Rockhampton Regional Council is the 9th largest Council in Queensland and offers its staff a balance of challenging roles and work/life balance. With more than 1200 staff, Council offers a wide range of positions in a number of diverse career areas. The below gives you an overview of the types of jobs available at Rockhampton Regional Council.
Click on the area your interested in working for to find out more:
Administration
Community Development
Community Facilities
Customer Service
Community Standards and Compliance
Engineering
Finance and Accounting
Heritage
Human Resources, Training, Safety and Payroll
Information Technology
Marketing
Parks and Recreation
Planning
Roads and Infrastructure
Trades and Mechanical
Venues and Events
Water
Administration
There are a range of administration positions located across all units of Council’s business. From marketing to IT – get involved in the day to day operations of Council.
Community Development
Tasked with the goal to make the Region the most liveable in the world – community development means running libraries, supporting families and seniors in the community, engage the community in future planning and more.
Community Facilities
Be involved in the management and operation of community facilities such as Venues and Events, the Heritage Village, and community cemeteries.
Customer Service
Be the face of Rockhampton Regional Council by working in the Customer Service unit. Responsible for being the single point of contact, get involved with residents either face to face, via phone or email.
Community Standards and Compliance
If you are firm, fair and friendly and have great customer service skills – we want you! Council’s Community Standards and Compliance unit is responsible for administering and reporting on compliance issues in line with Local and State legislation. This unit calls for people who have great people skills and who can work in a professional, efficient and confidential manner.
Engineering
Get involved in the design and management of a wide range of engineering projects from road infrastructure projects to major construction projects like the Rockhampton Regional Library.
Finance and Accounting
Council has a strong finance and accounting unit who is responsible for the management, planning and reporting of Council’s organisational financial management.
Heritage
Work closely with volunteers to restore and maintain the heritage collections including the Rockhampton Heritage Village, Archer Park Rail Museum and Mount Morgan Rail Museum and host visitors, including school groups or tours.
Human Resources, Training, Safety and Payroll
People, Performance and Wellbeing is a specialist group that combines, Human Resources, Training, Safety and Payroll. This unit provides specialist advice, support and training to Management and staff and is focused on innovation and change.
Information Technology
Responsible for the planning and support of the organisations Information Technology needs, the IT teams have a range of specialty positions available.
Marketing
Be the community's eyes and ears on Council matters… Marketing not only covers communication with residents and ratepayers, it also organises events, signage, promotions, submissions and more.
Parks and Recreation
Get involved in the management, planning and maintenance of the Region’s parks, gardens and recreation facilities. Or help Kickstart CQ by planning and implementing a range of health and wellbeing activities within the Region.
Planning
Responsible for the future planning of the Region, the planning team within Council address planning across a range of fields such as strategic planning, land use, building compliance, development assessment and natural resource management.
Roads and Infrastructure
Council maintains a total of 3300km of roads throughout the Rockhampton Region and has $2 billion in assets.
Trades and Mechanical
Do you have a trade or are mechanically minded? Council relies on the trades and mechanical positions to maintain and support Council’s large fleet of cars, trucks, machinery and equipment.
Venues and Events
Organise key civic events and community celebrations as well as sourcing and producing a wide range of high quality theatrical companies or get involved in producing an annual musical, designed to give locals first hand professional performing arts experience.
Water
Fitzroy River Water is a business unit of Council and manages the network, process, treatment and maintenance infrastructure and water and sewerage systems throughout the Rockhampton Region.
For a list of current Council vacancies, visit the Job Search page on this website, or call 4936 8352.