Litter Bin Crew Operator

• Full-time permanent role (based on 35 hours per week)
• FortnightlyRDO
• Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government

Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 195,125 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts.

Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

Provide high-quality public litter collection services throughout the Municipality in a safe, efficient and effective manner to improve and enhance the cleanliness of municipality in accordance with accepted work practices.

The successful candidate will work in accordance with developed rosters and work practices; these shifts start at 3:30am and operate with a fortnightly RDO.

Supplement requirements in the City Amenity Unit when other staff are unavailable to ensure continuity of the provision of services within the Street Cleansing Unit, as required.

Participate in regular overtime to service the needs of the Saturday morning and Sunday morning programs.

To be successful in this position you must be someone who enjoys contact with the community and working within a dynamic team to ensure Council's City Amenity Cleansing services are delivered to a top standard.

• A current Victorian Drivers Licence with Medium Rigid Endorsement,
• Demonstrated experience in driving trucks in built up areas and operating a range of small plant and equipment.
• Demonstrated experience in providing a high standard of street cleansing and / or related maintenance programs.

• Fortnightly RDO
• Extensive opportunities for training & career development
• Salary sacrifice options
• A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
• Employer-supported study assistance schemes
• Wellness programs

• Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
• Purchase leave
• Ceremonial leave
• Gender affirmation leave
• Family violence leave

For further information about this position please contact Jamie Morris on  or Marc Young on .

Applications close: 11:30pm, Tuesday,6 October 2026.

* in the case that we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this advertisement before the current closing date.

Please note that when applying for this role, you may be required to attach your valid Driver's Licence with Medium Rigid Endorsement and WWCC. Please have this ready when completing your application.

In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of…