Capital Projects Officer

**Full Time Permanent Position**

**Salary Range $96,640 - $108,020 per annum + 10.5% Super + RDO**

**About Melton City Council**

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality—one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

**The Opportunity**

This role is responsible for managing various sized capital projects in accordance with Council’s Project Management Framework (PMF). There is a diverse range of projects being delivered by the Capital Projects Team including Civil Infrastructure, Built Form, Parks and Landscaping. This is an ideal opportunity for working with other teams on similar projects and want to diversify their skillset by focusing on the delivery side of projects.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Support the Capital Projects Coordinator in the program management of Council’s suite of capital projects and in the planning, development, programming, design, construction and handover of same, including contributing to the development of Council’s ten year capital works program.
- Responsible for all aspects of project management in relation to assigned capital projects in accordance with Council’s PMF during the full project life cycle, and ensure that assigned projects are delivered on time, within budget and scope and in accordance with the approved business case.
- Responsible for all financial aspects of the project including budgetary control, complying with Council’s procurement and purchasing policy, adhering to Council’s tender and contract management process and submit reports on the progress and financial status of projects.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary qualifications in project management, engineering, building or equivalent, or extensive and demonstrable technical expertise and experience in all aspects of project management, contract management and procurement.
- Embrace and foster change in an innovative and expanding work environment and rapidly growing municipality.
- Extensive experience in large scale project and contract management, negotiation and dispute resolution.
- Extensive experience in project management and the implementation of capital works programs particularly as they relate to planning, design and construction of building, open space and civil infrastructure.
- A current valid Victorian driver’s licence

**Culture and Values**

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture

**Benefits**

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 19 Day Month
- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Belal Chundoo, **Coordinator Capital Projects, on **9747 5254**.

To view the Position Description, click here.

Applications **must** include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role.

We encourage you to use the STAR approach when writing your responses to the selection criteria.
- Situation (Task) - provide a brief outline of the situation or task?_
- Action - what did you do in response to the situation or task?_
- Result - what was the result of your action?_

To address the Key Selection Criteria you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.
- Successful applicants must comply with COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide d