Senior Tradesperson – Carpentry and Cabinet Maker
Corrective Services NSW
Location: St Heliers Correctional Centre, Muswellbrook
Employment type: Ongoing, Full Time (Monday to Friday 6am – 2pm)
Salary: $108,197 pa + Incidental Allowance + Leave Loading + Superannuation
If you're a qualified and experienced Carpenter and/or Furniture/Cabinet Maker and ready for a fresh challenge, greater work-life balance and a career with real opportunities to grow, this could be your next move. Enjoy the benefits of a NSW Government career while putting your skills to work in a rewarding and unique environment.
Your Role
Bring your trade, operational or industry expertise to a role where your skills can make a real difference. Whether your background is in Carpentry or Cabinet/Furniture Manufacturing or associated you'll lead and mentor Overseers while coaching and supporting inmates to build practical, job-ready skills.
You'll play a key role in planning, coordinating and delivering daily operations, driving productivity, efficiency and commercial outcomes while creating a positive, collaborative workplace. Your leadership will help prepare inmates for meaningful employment after release, while ensuring high standards of safety, quality, compliance and customer service.
What You'll Do
Lead, coach and develop work teams to achieve organisational objectives.
Supervise, train and mentor inmates to build practical skills and work readiness.
Drive continuous improvement and ensure compliance with CSNSW and CSI policies and probity requirements.
Manage budgets and resources to maximise productivity and operational outcomes.
Maintain a safe, compliant workplace for staff, contractors, inmates and visitors.




The Successful candidates are provided with paid training to undertake Certificate III in Correctional Practice at an allocated Corrective Services Academy training facility.
Why work and live in Muswellbrook?
Located in the heart of the Hunter Valley, Muswellbrook offers a relaxed regional lifestyle with affordable living, beautiful natural surroundings and a solid sense of community. Enjoy the benefits of working locally while being within easy reach of Newcastle, the vineyards and the stunning Hunter Valley countryside.
Essential Requirements
Relevant trade qualifications: Minimum Certificate lll Carpentry, Cabinet Making/Furniture Manufacturing
Proven post trade experience in Cabinet Making, Light Metal Fabrication or Manufacturing with the ability to apply your skills effectively in a diverse operational environment
Current Certificate III in Correctional Practise or willingness to obtain within timeframe set out by CSNSW
What We Offer
A challenging and rewarding career
Flexible, autonomous work environment
Competitive pay and conditions
Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
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We do work that really matters
Working for Corrective Services NSW provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners,



to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.
We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity.
Applications close 11:59pm, Sunday 4th October ****
Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit
We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.
Other Information
A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.
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Got a question?
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📌 Senior Overseer - Furniture 5D - St Heliers Correctional Centre (Muswellbrook)
🏢 Nsw Department Of Communities And Justice
📍 Muswellbrook