Permanent | Full-time | 76 Hours Per Fortnight

Nine Day Fortnight* | Premium Recquatic Membership | 12.5% Superannuation

*hours of work for this position are 7:00am – 4:00pm Monday to Thursday and 7:00am – 3:45pm Friday.

This position is classified as a PACS Band 3 ($35.47 – $37.47 p.a) under the City of Kwinana’s structured remuneration system.

What’s On Offer
A fantastic opportunity is available for a suitably qualified Horticulturalist with a passion for working outdoors and contributing to the presentation of public open spaces. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering horticultural and landscape establishment and maintenance services across the City of Kwinana’s parks, reserves, streetscapes and gardens.

Working in the field, you will apply best practice horticultural techniques to maintain and enhance public open spaces in line with the City’s maintenance standards. You will collaborate with team members to help create and maintain attractive, safe and thriving landscapes for the community to enjoy.

Who are We?
The City of Kwinana is an award-winning local government at the heart of Western Australia’s major industrial region and is home to the state’s second fastest growing population. With ongoing redevelopment, including new residential areas, modern community facilities and improved transport links, Kwinana is rapidly evolving into a vibrant, connected and liveable city – making it an exciting place to live and work.

What You’ll Need

- Demonstrated practical experience with parks and garden maintenance and landscape development tasks; and knowledge of amenity planting and common weed species.
- The ability to safely prepare and apply herbicides.




- Communication and interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with an operational team working in public spaces; and address public queries as required.
- The ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and report on work outputs as required.
- Cert III in Horticulture, or other relevant tertiary qualifications or experience.
- Current MR Class Licence, Basic Worksite Traffic Management Certificate, SafetyAwareness Training – White Card, First Aid Certificate.
- Accreditation in herbicide application desirable.

What’s In It For You?
At the City of Kwinana you will enjoy a true work-life balance, with access to flexible working arrangements and a fantastic workplace culture borne from a collaborative team environment.

Other perks include, but are not limited to…

- A fantastic workplace, recently ranked alongside the top 10% of the most constructive local governments in Australia and New Zealand for workplace culture!
- Market-competitive salary plus 13% superannuation.
- A robust employee wellness program with initiatives designed to support employees' physical and mental wellbeing.
- A generous Celebration and Recognition Policy for employees.
- Career development, training opportunities and study support.
- Premium Kwinana Recquatic Centre membership.

Want to Know More?




For more information relating to the position (not application packs) call David Riley, Supervisor Parks on 9236 4350.

*Please note the hours of work for this position are 7:00am – 4:00pm Monday to Thursday and 7:00am – 3:45pm Friday.

Apply online: click on the green ‘Apply Now’ button below.

Applications close: 5.00 PM, Monday 28 September 2026.

The City of Kwinana reserves the right to commence recruitment prior to the closing date and will not accept or consider late applications.

The City of Kwinana promotes and values diversity to create a unique work force. Applicants from diverse backgrounds,

such as Aboriginal people, people living with disability or people from different cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The

City also strives to be a customer-centric organisation, with the customer at the centre of everything we do. As such, all employees

play an important role in helping us to achieve this by ensuring they provide best-practice customer service. The City has the goal

of zero harm for its employees, this includes providing a smoke-free environment and minimising exposure to the elements. Conditions of employment are in accordance with the City’s current

Enterprise Agreement. For further information, please contact our Recruitment team on 9236 4618 or 9236 4628.

Please note: As part of the City’s recruitment process, the selected applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical which includes a Drug and Alcohol screen test.

Attachments:

- Position Description
- City Infrastructure
- City Operations
- Horticulturalist
- 5185 (WK51).

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