Building Surveyor Cadet

Tweed Shire Council is offering exciting new paid positions for people of all ages and abilities. This is your chance to gain invaluable experience and a recognised degree qualification while you earn.

**About the cadetship**:
Tweed Shire Council is proud to offer a Cadetship within our Building and Environmental Health team. As a cadet, you’ll gain hands-on experience while completing your final year of a Bachelor of Building Surveying degree.

The aim of the program is to produce cadets with strong technical and employment skills who are well-rounded, are capable, and whose contextual awareness is beginning to develop to the point they can be given greater independence - ultimately enhancing the incumbent's ongoing professional development and future career progression.

In order to meet the requirements of the Cadetship, successful completion of training and tertiary studies is required.

**What you'll do**:

- Provide administrative support to the Unit.
- Develop strong technical skills and gain valuable hands-on experience.
- Receive mentorship from the Manager Building and Environmental Health and experienced Building Surveyors to help you succeed.

**What's on offer**:

- A full-time position for a maximum period of up to 24 months, commencing February 2025.
- A starting base salary of $72,400 per annum +11.5% super. Salary progression is based on satisfactory completion of study plus work performance.
- Council will cover the associated course costs for the final year of your degree.
- Paid work placement while you learn.
- 70 hour fortnight, 9 day fortnight.
- Leave entitlements including annual leave, sick leave and public holiday pay.
- Training and professional development opportunities available to develop skills and grow your career.
- Ongoing coaching, mentoring and support.
- Flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance.
- Access to Health and Wellbeing Programs to support our staff.
- Generous employment conditions (we have too many to list
- **We are seeking**:

- Confirmation you are enrolled in your final year of your Bachelor of Building Surveying.
- Strong academic record - particularly where relevant to the position and Building Surveying.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams and individually.
- Demonstrated sound written and oral communication skills.
- Aptitude to manage multiple priorities to meet deadlines.
- A positive attitude and self-motivated.
- Current drivers licence.

**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**:

- What is your highest level of qualifications achieved to date?
- What are your long-term career goals, how does a Cadetship with Tweed Shire Council align with these goals?
- Provide an example of a time when you worked effectively as part of a team? What was your role, and what contribution did you make to the team's success?
- Is there anything else you would like to add about yourself, your interests or why you would like to work for a community organisation?

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- Unit_
- Building & Environmental Health_
- Job Grade_
- 5_
- Industry_
- Building & Environmental Health_
- Employment Type_
- Full-time_