Job Description

Trade Overseer – Engineering 5 Day
Corrective Services NSW
Macquarie Correctional Centre

Location: Macquarie Correctional Centre

Employment type2ongoing, Full Time 5D (5 Days) roles
Salary: $94,456 pa + Incidental Allowance + Leave Loading + Superannuation

Turn your trade experience into leadership that changes lives. Are you an experienced trade professional ready for your next challenge?

Macquarie Correctional Centre is seeking a motivated and capable Trade Overseer experienced in Engineering to lead engineering workshop operations while developing practical trade skills and work readiness among inmates to support successful reintegration into the community.

This is more than a traditional workshop role. You will combine your engineering trade expertise with leadership, coaching and operational delivery in a dynamic environment where your work creates meaningful outcomes every day.

Key Accountabilities:

• Supervise, coach and support inmates to develop workplace skills, improve post-release employment opportunities and contribute to reduced re-offending outcomes
• Demonstrate and promote professional values, including integrity, accountability and ethical conduct aligned with CSI and organisational standards
• Support business unit operations through the delivery of inmate training programs, including Inmate Traineeships, and contribute to case management outcomes through the Work Readiness Program
• Manage resources effectively and maintain a safe and compliant work environment in accordance with Work Health and Safety legislation

The Successful candidates are provided with paid training to undertake Certificate III in Correctional Practice at an allocated Corrective Services Academy training facility.

Qualifications Required:

• Current Certificate III in Correctional Practice or willing to obtain within 12 Months.
• Relevant trade qualifications: Minimum Cert III in any metal fabrication trade
• Current NSW Drivers Licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle while performing the role

Essential Requirements:

• Proven post trade experience
• Experience which demonstrates the ability to meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities as detailed in the role description.
• Ability and willingness to work across varying trades as required.

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Why join Corrective Services NSW?

This is an opportunity to build a long-term career while making a direct contribution to safer communities. We offer:

• Stable NSW Government employment
• Structured training and development
• Career progression opportunities
• Meaningful leadership experience
• Supportive team environment
• Opportunity to apply your trade skills in a unique operational setting
• Regional lifestyle benefits with easy access to Dubbo and the Central West

Why Wellington?

Enjoy a regional lifestyle with shorter commutes, more space, strong community connections and access to the amenities of the wider Central West region.

Are you ready to join us?

• Click Apply
• Attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities of this role as specified in the role description (please refer to the Role Description so that you can address the highlighted capabilities)
• An up-to-date resume (maximum 5 pages)
• A copy of your Trade Qualifications MUST be attached to be considered for this role

Applications close 11:59pm, Monday 3rd August 2026

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Peter Mason via Peter.Mason@correctiveservices.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please contact Jessica Genovese via Jessica.Saliba@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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