Coordinator - Tweed Laboratory Centre

Tweed Shire Council Laboratory Centre is a water and soil environmental testing laboratory that services the Tweed and various external clients. This position manages the overall operations of the Tweed Laboratory Centre. This is a great opportunity to become part of a small, dedicated team that takes pride in providing high-quality analytical testing services.

**About the role**:

- Operate Council’s NATA-accredited laboratory as a viable commercial activity that conducts analytical testing of water and soil using best practice quality control and assurance management measures.
- Enhance the capacity of the laboratory to improve the services available in identified areas of expertise and provide an advisory service to internal and external clients.
- Develop the annual budget for the Tweed Laboratory Centre and reconcile expenditure and revenue across this budget quarterly.

**What's on offer**:

- a base salary ranging from $129,924 per annum with competency-based increments up to $144,368 per annum, plus 11.5% super
- 70-hour, 9-day fortnight
- leaseback vehicle option
- training and development opportunities
- flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
- generous employment conditions (we have too many to list
- **We are seeking**:

- Tertiary qualification to a postgraduate level in a relevant discipline, demonstrated knowledge and experience.
- Extensive knowledge of NATA's accreditation requirements and demonstrated knowledge of guidelines of Water and Wastewater quality, such as NH&MRC, WHO, ANZECC, EPA, etc.
- Financial and strategic planning, customer liaison, and marketing.

**About us**:

- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
- Join an **employer of choice**. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

**Where it's located**:
This position is based at the Tweed Laboratory Centre - Banora Point and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

**Position closes**:
**Pre-Employment Screening**:
Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.

Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:

- Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.

**Immunisations**:
This position is identified as at risk of contracting vaccine-preventable/manageable diseases and as a consequence impacted employees are strongly recommended to participate in Council’s workplace vaccination program.

**How To Apply**:

- Have your Resume document ready to go.

**If you'd like to COPY and PASTE question fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below**:

- Do you hold a tertiary qualification to a postgraduate level in a relevant discipline?
- Describe your experience in the technical operation and management of a laboratory facility including your knowledge of NATA's accreditation requirements.
- Describe your ability to manage a financially viable laboratory, including financial and strategic planning, customer liaison and marketing.
- Describe your experience in a NATA-accredited facility for releasing test results (either Chemical or Microbiological Testing) with recent bench experience in a wide range of environmental testing.
- Describe your knowledge of guidelines pertaining to Water and Wastewater quality, such as NH&MRC, WHO, ANZECC, EPA, etc.
- Describe your ability to manage a technical/professional workforce collaboratively.

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- Unit_
- Water and Wastewater_
- Job Grade_
- JG9_
- Industry_
- Engineering_
- Employment Type_
- Full-time_