Looking for your next opportunity? Busways, the largest Australian-owned bus operator, is seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Cleaner to join our growing team at the Lonsdale Depot. If you take pride in your work and want to contribute to a team that keeps communities moving, this permanent part-time role offers the chance to work locally, support your community, and be part of an organisation that values its people.
About Busways
Busways has been delivering high-performing transport services since 1942, making us the most experienced Australian bus specialist. Today, our 2,800-strong team manages 20 depots and 1,350 buses, operating 72 million trip kilometres and 53 million bus journeys annually. As the first choice for real-world public transport solutions, we’re committed to dependable, intelligent services that continuously improve and evolve to meet community needs. When you join Busways, you join an organisation that values, recognises, and appreciates its employees as the driving force behind our success.
Role Details
- Location: Lonsdale Depot (work locally and support your community)
- Employment Basis: Permanent Part-Time
- Weekly Hours: 27.5 hours per week
- Shift: Primarily PM shift, with ability to work early morning and day shifts as required
- Hourly Rate: $25.2216 – $29.0048 (dependent on shift times worked)
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Workshop Supervisor, your main duties will include:
- Cleaning the interior and exterior of company cars as required.
- Cleaning the interior of buses, including seats, floors, ceilings, windows, behind rear seats, side walls, and dash area.
- Cleaning the workshop lunchroom and change rooms, including toilet areas.
- Cleaning office areas, carpets, desks, emptying office bins, and cleaning toilet areas including the driver’s room.
- Implementing quality control and assurance procedures to ensure fleet presentation standards, particularly regarding internal cleanliness, graffiti removal, and external bus presentation.
- Performing ad-hoc tasks and other duties as directed.
What We’re Looking For
Essential Qualities:
- Adequate verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to complete tasks both autonomously and within a wider team.
- Efficient organisational and time management skills to plan and prioritise tasks.
- Physically fit this role encompasses general labouring and is of a manual nature.
- Willing to take direction and have a keen eye for detail.
- Reliable, punctual, and well presented.
- Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident, or have unrestricted working rights in Australia.
- Willing to undergo a pre-employment medical check and working with children check.
Highly Regarded:
- Previous commercial cleaning experience.
- Previous vehicle detailing experience.
- Unrestricted Australian Drivers licence.
Why Choose Busways?
- Close to Home: Work locally and support your community.
- Team Environment: Join a close-knit, team-oriented workplace with quarterly BBQs to celebrate together.
- Employee Referral Program: Opportunity to earn a cash bonus for successfully referring qualified candidates.
- Benefit Programs: Fitness passport, Novated Lease options, Employee Assistance Programs, and more.
- Career Growth: Opportunities to develop, evolve, and take on additional duties, with possibilities to progress your career over time.
- Values-Driven Culture: We value, recognise, and appreciate our employees as the driving force behind our success.
How to Apply
If you believe this is the perfect role for you, please apply by submitting a resume and a cover letter that specifically addresses your suitability to the role.
Individual applications will be processed as soon as they are received.
Apply by:
- Sending your application to: recruitment@busways.com.au
Important Notes:
- Busways is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer, with a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We encourage applications from all individuals, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and those from diverse social, cultural, and gender backgrounds.
- No agency applications, please.
Take the next step in your career join Busways and help keep communities moving. Apply today.