Cultural Heritage Officer

**At Powerlink, every possibility starts with you**:
We believe life’s about possibilities. And so is the future. That’s why we need you.

With exponential growth already underway, we currently have opportunities for Cultural Heritage Officers to join our CopperString 2032 Project. Backed by a $5 billion investment, this is a once-in-a-generation project to rebuild our network backbone.

This opportunity is available to be based out Brisbane, Gladstone or Townsville.

We’re working at the heart of Queensland’s energy transformation. Now more than ever, we need people who want to help us deliver a world-class energy future and ensure we continue to navigate through this once in a generation energy challenge. Join us and make it happen.

**Life at Powerlink**:
As a Cultural Heritage Officer, your focus you’ll help us connect a more sustainable energy future for more than five million Queenslanders and 253,000 businesses.

Your work with us is about every light turned on, every community connected, and every future made possible.
- Additional leave purchasing
- 14 weeks paid parental leave - at full or half pay
- Hybrid, family-friendly flexible working arrangements including substitution of public holidays.
- 12.75% superannuation and salary packaging of novated lease vehicles.
- Health & wellbeing benefits, including corporate health plan with employee discounts, annual flu vaccinations.
- Robust leadership development through integrated programs, fostering growth across all levels including Women in Leadership programs.

**Find a career that matters and lasts**:
As a Cultural Heritage Officer on you’ll help find clever solutions to interesting problems as you grow your skills every day. And you’ll do it with down-to-earth people who you’re proud to work with and get to know. Working closely with First Nations stakeholders, your role will include:

- Conducting and facilitating cultural heritage assessments, inspections and surveys as agreed under Cultural Heritage Management Plans and Agreements.
- Ongoing engagement and consultation with Traditional Owners, Technical Advisors and property holders
- Implementing agreed actions under cultural heritage agreements including site identification
- Working in close collaboration with Traditional Owners and construction personnel, you’ll prepare for construction activities to ensure significant areas are actively protected
- You’ll ensure continual improvement to our processes, training and project documentation.

**The community you will join**:
CopperString 2032 is the largest ever economic development project in North Queensland, and one of the largest expansions to the power grid in Australia.

The CopperString project will build 840 kilometres of transmission line from just south of Townsville in the Burdekin region to Mount Isa with the highest voltage levels in the state.

Reporting into the Cultural Heritage Team Leader, the position will implement agreed cultural heritage management measures to ensure that Powerlink’s activities during the construction, maintenance and refurbishment programme adheres to processes under Cultural Heritage Management Plans and Agreements (CHMPs & CHMAs).

**Your expertise**:

- Degree or equivalent qualification or equivalent relevant experience in archaeology, anthropology, cultural heritage management or other relevant discipline

What you’ll bring:

- Experience in collaborating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Owners, their advisors and representatives
- Strong interpersonal, report writing and research skills,
- A clear interest in other people and cultures.

**Be the start of every possibility**:
There’s lots to love about a career with Powerlink. But our people say there’s three things that really stand out:

- ** A career that matters and lasts**: You’ll shape a progressive career connecting more than five million Queenslanders to a world-class, clean energy future.
- ** Unique work and the chance to grow**: You’ll help find smart solutions to interesting problems as you develop your skills and impact every day.
- ** People who love to support and share**: You’ll build relationships with experienced, down-to-earth people who you’ll be proud to work with.

**Our commitment to inclusion and belonging**: