Survey Assistant

Join our survey team and play a vital role in delivering accurate survey work and asset investigations that meet the high standards and specific needs of the Infrastructure Delivery Unit’s clients.

**About the role**:

- Assist in delivering accurate survey work and asset investigations as a key member of the survey team, ensuring all tasks meet the specific requirements of Infrastructure Delivery Unit and their clients.
- Support a wide range of survey activities including topographic, engineering, cadastral, GPS and construction set out surveys.
- Primarily field-based, assisting surveyors and survey technicians with the preparation and execution of survey tasks.
- Involves responsibilities such as field preparation, instrument setup, basic survey observations and maintenance of survey equipment.
- May assist in asset investigations across the Tweed Shire Council area, including measuring underground infrastructure using a ute-mounted crane and confined space entry equipment.

**What's on offer**:

- a base salary ranging from $57,321 per annum with competency-based increments up to $65,471 per annum, plus 11.5% super
- 76 hour, 9 day fortnight
- 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**:

- Sound literacy, numeracy and general education skills, typically equivalent to Year 10 completion.
- Knowledge and understanding of fieldwork activities involved in surveying, including procedures and practical tasks.
- Demonstrated competence with survey instruments and equipment, along with knowledge of WHS principles associated with survey work.
- Good physical fitness and mobility to perform rigorous survey fieldwork in a variety of environments.

**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 in Murwillumbah 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.

**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**:

- Why are you interested in working at Tweed Shire Council and what excites you most about this particular opportunity?
- Do you hold a current vehicle/driver's licence?
- Do you currently hold a valid confined space accreditation, or would you be willing to obtain one? Please also describe your experience and confidence in using confined space entry equipment.
- Describe your level of literacy, numeracy and general education, and how it supports your ability to perform in a field-based survey role?
- What experience do you have with fieldwork activities involved in surveying? Please outline the types of procedures and tasks you’ve been involved in.
- This role requires physical and mobility capabilities necessary to carry out demanding survey field work. Please describe any relevant experience or conditions you’ve worked in demonstrating these capabilities.
- Please detail your demonstrated ability to work as part of a team.

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