
Biocontainment Manager
19 hours ago
APS 6 - $91,944 - $104,393 per annum plus superannuation
- Biosecurity Plant and Science Services Division
- Mickleham, VIC
- Work in a state-of-the-art facility performing work critical to ensuring Australia's biosecurity status is maintained.
- Utilise technical skills in solving complex problems.
- Work as part of a dynamic, motivated team in achieving success that contributes to Australia's Agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries.
**Who we are**
The **Biosecurity Plant and Science Services Division (BPSSD)** safeguards Australia’s plant health status to achieve, maintain and expand overseas markets, while protecting the economy and environment. The division includes four branches, which together focus on providing scientific analysis and technical advice, facilitating the safe importation of plants and plant products, improving systems, market access, capacity building and stakeholder engagement. The division provides diagnostics, with advice on biosecurity risk and measures, and biosecurity training. The division conducts surveillance and response at first points of entry and approved arrangements sites nationally, and delivers plant, animal and aquatic health surveillance in northern Australia. The division works closely with communities and Indigenous rangers and regulates biosecurity risk in the Torres Strait.
The **Post-Entry Quarantine Group (PEQ)** is responsible for the post arrival quarantine of plants and animals at the Mickleham Post-entry Quarantine Facility located on the outskirts of Melbourne. The Mickleham PEQ Facility is purpose built for accommodating high risk plants, horses, cats, dogs, ruminants, birds and bees while undergoing post-entry quarantine. Working in partnership with plant scientists and veterinarians, we ensure that all plants and animals passing through the facility meet all necessary requirements to demonstrate compliance with the regulatory requirements for their safe import and that the health and welfare of the plants and animals is maintained throughout the period of their stay in PEQ.
The management of plant species within quarantine involves the highest level of physical containment undertaken at the PEQ facility (Biosecurity Containment Level 3 and level 2). The Biocontainment team will work along-side the operations team, to manage all Biocontainment aspects which support the operations of the building and the commodity imports that pass through these facilities. This is a seven day a week, 24 hours a day operation.
**The Job**
We are seeking applicants who are energetic, resilient, capable and driven, to enable the department to achieve its service delivery goals.
- Management of the complex mechanical, electrical and hydraulic operations and maintenance of the physical biocontainment units to ensure required conditions for the quarantine of plant imports can be maintained.
- Management of the complex building and its services to ensure the requirements of all related BC3 and BC2 codes and standards for the quarantine of plant species are maintained.
- Provision of timely and accurate technical advice relating to complex issues involved in the management and operation of the physical biocontainment units.
- Significant stakeholder engagement and management with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure facility maintenance requirements do not impact biosecurity.
- Overseeing the regular and emergency maintenance requirements of the biocontainment units.
- Management of the annual facility and equipment certification requirements.
- Leadership and supervision of a small number of direct reports.
- Preparation of reports and maintaining computer based and manual records as appropriate.
- Provision of technical input into the development of standard operating procedures, instructional material and training for operational teams.
- Promotion and ensuring compliance with department WHS policies and guidelines.
- Promotion and ensuring adherence to APS Values and Code of Conduct.
**Please note** that the merit pool established through this selection process, which is valid for a period of eighteen months from the date the vacancy was advertised in the Public Service Gazette, may also be used to fill future ongoing vacancies in the branch where the duties are of a similar nature.
**Knowledge and experience**
- Experience in a facility management, laboratory staff, or an engineering-related role associated with controlled environment.
- Understanding and knowledge of mechanical, electrical and other services required to operate and maintain physical containment requirements would be highly regarded.
- Experience with the use and maintenance of autoclaves would be highly regarded.
- Experience in dealing with a complex range of stakeholders including specialist trades, facility management providers and government stakeholders.
- Understanding of the Biosecurity Act 2015 and other relevant legislative and policy frameworks would be an advantage.
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