Melbourne Zoo based Ongoing Part-time (16 hours per week) Friday and Saturday (6:00am - 14:30pm) Band P Zoos Victoria operates world-class zoos on four sites: Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary, Kyabram Fauna Park and Werribee Open Range Zoo.Our Moral Purpose is - Fighting Extinction and creating a future rich in wildlife.Our vision is to be a world leading zoo-based conservation organisation, working locally and globally to deliver tangible conservation outcomes.The purpose of this role is to operate and maintain all daily recycling plant and machinery including waste collection and earth moving equipment to ensure waste related resource reduction goals are achieved to an acceptable and agreed level.This includes daily truck, forklift, front end loader and skid steer driving.Operation of plant and equipment including Hot Rot, waste sorting conveyer, and organics grinding/chipping machinery.Maintenance of all waste related plant and equipment.Proactive risk identification and best practice workplace safety based around Safety Circle principles.The role is to assist and support the Sustainability Manager and plant operator to ensure daily tasks are met.Team work is critical and the incumbent's people and team skills are as important as their waste processing skills.The idea candidate will have: Current manual driver's license FEL, Skid Steer, Fork Lift competencies and MR truck licence or willingness to undertake training Experience with the use and maintenance of plant and machinery Experience in dealing with contractors.Knowledge, experience and open support of Workplace safety principles and procedures An Employee Status Victorian Working with Children Check Card successful external candidates For more information on this role, please see the attached position description.If you have any questions about this role, please contact Zac Saber, Sustainability Manager on email ****** Applications close COB 15th November 2024.At Zoos Victoria we value diversity, celebrate difference and work to be inclusive in everything we do.We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and people from the LGBTIQA+ community.In addition, Zoos Victoria will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability, illness or injury.If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please advise via ****** or visit https://www.zoo.org.au/about-us/careers/inclusion-and-diversity/ for more information.