Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Technical team, Subsidence
Advisory NSW

Grade: Clerk Grade 9/10
Salary range: $129,464 - $142,665 + superannuation and leave loading
Duration: Ongoing,
Full-time
Location: Hybrid work
arrangement, Newcastle location. Office attendance required 2 –3 days per week.

About Us

The Department of
Customer Service (DCS) is a service provider, regulator and central agency of
government.

Subsidence Advisory
NSW operates for the community in coal mining areas of New South Wales,
Australia, and is responsible for administering the Coal Mine Subsidence
Compensation Act. Expert advice is provided to property owners, government
departments and authorities, local councils, community organisations and
industries within Mine Subsidence Districts, and throughout NSW.

About Subsidence
Advisory NSW Technical Team

The Subsidence
Advisory NSW technical team provides specialist geotechnical and engineering
expertise to support the assessment and management of mine subsidence impacts across
New South Wales. Among others, the team undertakes and oversees technical
reviews, risk assessments, geotechnical investigations, and the management of
remediation works in areas affected by mine subsidence.

About the role

As a Senior
Geotechnical Engineer, you will apply your technical skills and experience to
support subsidence advisory services. You will be involved in a range of
projects/tasks including scoping and managing geotechnical site investigations,
scoping and managing subsidence remediation works (e.g. grouting works),
analysis of different survey (ground survey, groundwater, InSAR, LiDAR, GNSS)
data and preparation of survey reports, review and interpretation of
geotechnical and survey reports to predict and manage mine subsidence risk on
existing and future developments.

To be successful
in this role, you must be able to demonstrate at the required capability level:

• A degree in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering, and relevant work experience in geotechnical or mining engineering.
  
• Ability to interpret and analyse data, identify risk and provide sound geotechnical advice.
  
• Experience in conducting geotechnical risk assessments.
  
• Communicate engineering concepts to a range of diverse internal and external key stakeholders.
  
• A criminal record check is required and a full drivers licence is essential.
  

Desirable
experience and capabilities

• Experience providing geotechnical advice regarding mine subsidence risk.
  
• Experience providing strategic advice on engineering controls to mitigate subsidence impacts to surface development.
  
• Experience in relevant technologies e.g. InSAR, LiDAR, GIS.
  

What we need from you

Please submit your resume of no more than 5 pages, including
a cover letter of no more than 2 pages, sharing your motivation for applying
for the position and demonstrating your capability and relevant
skills.   

Salary Grade 9/10, with the base salary for this role starting
at $129,464 base plus superannuation

Click Here to access the Role Description. For enquiries relating to recruitment please
contact Gabriella Schulzer via

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practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities
listed in the role description.

Closing Date: Thursday 27th November 2025 [9.59am]

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