Graduate Building Surveyor

Trainee or Graduate Building Surveyor

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Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Penrith
Categories: Building Surveying
Salary: $43,025.00p.a (Trainee) - $78,619.00p.a (Graduate)+ 12% Superannuation

About the role

Permanent full-time opportunity for a motivated individual to join our team as either a Trainee or Graduate Building Surveyor.

This role provides a valuable pathway to develop professional skills and contribute to the delivery of safe and compliant building outcomes for our growing community.

To advance Council’s vision of a prosperous region with a harmony of urban and rural qualities and a strong commitment to environmental protection and enhancement. The position holder will achieve this by way of the effective and efficient discharge of Council’s statutory land use responsibilities. The three fundamental elements to the position include; land use advice; development assessment (DAs, CCs and CDCs); and land use management (regulation and compliance).

Remuneration

Trainee Building Surveyor commencing salary: $43,025.00 per annum / per hour, plus 12% Superannuation.

- Enrolled in a course in environmental Health & Building Surveying, Building Surveying or related field that would achieve A4 accreditation with the Building Professionals Board

- An understanding of development approval and certification processes in New South Wales

- Written and verbal communication skills

- An understanding of the principles of EEO and WHS

- Experience in working in teams

or

Graduate Building Surveyor commencing salary: $78,619.00 per annum / per hour, plus 12% Superannuation.

- Completed or nearly completed tertiary qualification in Environmental Health, Building Surveying or a related field

- A good understanding of development approval and certification processes in New South Wales

- Previous experience in a local government environment.

You will be required to undertake employment checks, which may include a Criminal History Check, Qualification Check, Working with Children Check, Medical Declaration and/or a Functional Test, as relevant to the position for which you have applied. Where a Criminal History Check is required and has returned a result that indicates disclosable court outcomes, you will be required to provide a copy of the report to Penrith City Council, for review, in order to progress through the recruitment process.

Visit careers.penrith.city to view the position description and to find out more information about employment with Penrith City Council. To submit your application, please apply online using the link below.

In addition to a cover letter and resume, applicants are required to submit comprehensive responses to theselection criteria (listed above) as a part of their initial application. Applicants who do not meet the essential criteria will not be considered.

Completed applications must be received by 11.55pm on the closing date. Please allow 4 weeks from closing date for the processing of your application.

For further information about the position, please contact Ross Kerkham, Building Assessment Coordinatoe, on 4732 7858.

About us

At Penrith City Council, we’re passionate about people; in our community and in our workplace. We want you to be able to be your best self and we get that work is just one part of your life, so we’re here to support you in the moments that matter. As the winner of the 2020 Local Government Excellence in People and Culture Award and an Excellence Award winner in the 2020 Australian HR Awards, you can be confident in joining a workplace that offers truly outstanding benefits, including:

- A range of flexible work arrangements

- 18 weeks paid maternity leave

- Health and wellbeing leave

- 15 days personal leave

- Significant financial and leave support for undertaking further education

- Diverse salary packaging

- Free access to all Ripples venues

- And much, much more

Development Services is committed to ensuring that Penrith is a well-planned, balanced City that supports the housing, lifestyle, employment and other needs of our diverse, growing population. We are achieving this through quality and sustainable development outcomes. Our talented and dedicated team of planning and building professionals are responsible for development assessment, certification and fire safety. We are the heart of the New West and we’re building a City of the future… join us

Council is a Child Safe Organisation, for more information about this please see ourwebsite.

Applicants must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this position.

Advertised: 05 Nov 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 19 Nov 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Launch your career in local government as a Trainee or Graduate Building Surveyor with Penrith City Council - where your passion for the built environment meets real-world impact.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Darug and Gundungarra people who are the traditional owners in which Penrith Local Government Area is situated.

We also pay our respect to elders past, present and emerging, and to the First Nations people living in our community today.

Office Hours

- Penrith Civic Centre
8.30am - 4pm weekdays
(excluding public holidays)
601 High St, Penrith NSW 2750

- St Marys Business Office
9am - 12:30pm and
1:30pm - 4pm weekdays
(excluding public holidays)
207-209 Queen St, St Marys NSW 2760

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