Ground Penetration Permit Coordinator

Make it yours.
Experience the excitement of building a career in an evolving construction business where people and performance make amazing things happen.
This is Symal
Symal is a trusted partner in the building and construction industry.
We're an evolving and cohesive group of businesses offering fully integrated civil solutions across diverse sectors. Our group capabilities include self-performing civil infrastructure on large multi-million projects, plant and equipment hire, an Indigenous contractor, a waste resource and recovery business, and commercial, industrial and retail property development.
Together, we believe in fostering partnerships today to create a better tomorrow.

**The role**:
You will be responsible for reviewing and issuing of permits and ensuring conformance of on-site activities with controls nominated by the relevant Utility Authorities

**Your impact**:
Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of HSEQ management systems relevant to services and utilities for all construction activities undertaken

**Your every day**:

- Review of all Ground Penetration Permits ensuring:

- All known assets are identified, present on the permit and their depth/location is correct
- The controls for all assets are correct and applicable
- Review to ensure that methodology outlined on the Ground Penetration Permits are able to be undertaken in accordance with the requirements of Utility Authorities
- Confirm that all known assets have been positively identified
- Undertake full site walk through with work crew on first issue to adequately convey the location of all services and the controls relevant to each service.
- Undertake daily audits of ground penetration permit conformance/ adherence/ implementation
- Manage register of permits, ensuring up to date permits are available at all times
- Liaise with Utility Authorities to ensure all relevant permits (e.g. VESI) and DBYD plans are available, and up to date.

Who are you?
- A construction or civil engineering qualification
- a minimum 5 years experience working around live utility services
- technical knowledge to identify and communicate relevant utility service provider duty of care requirements
- demonstrated ability to interpret construction and engineering plans and specifications.
- Stakeholder Management skills
- A proven track record of assisting project delivery

A career with us
Symal is an equal opportunity employer. Our teams are made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, with aligned ways of working, enabling us to overcome any challenge, advance our careers and outperform competitors.

Staff perks and benefits offered to build an engaged and talented workforce include:

- Tailored professional development opportunities for career advancement
- Opportunities to work on a wide variety of exciting and complex projects
- Annual social calendar of fun activities and events
- A corporate social responsibility program for the chance to support not-for-profits and social enterprises
- Bonus leave days, including your birthday off and a day of wellbeing
- Bupa corporate healthcare benefits
- Flexible working arrangements

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.