Landscape Gardener

Job Title: Landscape Gardener

Directorate: Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS)

Start Date: ASAP - Pending cleared Police Check

Duration: 3 Months

Location: 490 Northbourne Ave, Dickson

The primary responsibilities for this position are to assess a wide range of planning and design submissions and provide technical responses against design standards, codes, guidelines and policies, particularly on landscape elements, within given timeframes. This includes liaison with various Government entities and private consultants.

This role will be a suitably qualified Landscape Architect and requires a person who can inspire, energise and positively influence team and individual outcomes. The role, whilst not a supervisory role, may at times include supervising, managing and motivating a small team and providing appropriate support and guidance.

The primary responsibilities for this position are to:
1. Assess a wide range of landscape and open space related planning and design submissions and provide technical responses against TCCS Municipal Infrastructure Standards and Municipal Infrastructure Technical Specification and other relevant codes, guidelines and policies, within given timeframes and ensure appropriate consideration of asset owner requirements and expectations. This includes liaison with various Government entities and private consultants and developers.

2. Under supervision, review documentation as submitted for design review, soft landscape consolidation, soft landscape handover and Operational Acceptance and Final Acceptance and oversee the assessment and inspection for accepting soft and hard landscape municipal infrastructure assets that are built as part of subdivision and infill developments in the ACT and coordinate/raise issues to project owners or representatives and coordinate internal business unit participation in these processes, including ongoing defect management within specific periods.

3. Ensure all landscape design, consolidation and handover documentation is submitted, stored and/or distributed to Asset Data Integration and the operational areas who will be responsible for the ongoing management and maintenance of the asset. This includes but is not limited to works As Executed drawings, Asset Data Forms, summary drawings, operation and maintenance manuals, warranties, keys and access codes.

4. Provide technical and specialised input into the development/enhancement of the Municipal Infrastructure Standards and Specifications relating to landscape works and other agency guidelines affecting asset acceptance.

5. Adhere to the TCCS Code of Practice, values and behaviours and the Respect, Equity and Diversity (RED) framework ensuring professional conduct and confidentiality is maintained at all times; ensure compliance with TCCS policies, procedures, systems and processes; ensure that Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) principles are understood and adhered to across the business unit.

6. When required this position may involve temporary direct supervision of staff within the team.

WHAT YOU REQUIRE

The following capabilities form the criteria that are required to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.

1. Demonstrated experience in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of multi-discipline projects consisting of complex open space public infrastructure assets, including both soft and hard landscape features, water sensitive urban design and open space land management.

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