Infrastructure Trade Specialist

Are you a trade professional with a passion for fire maintenance and building services?

Do you enjoy ensuring buildings are safe and compliant?

Do you want to work with a team that values your expertise and supports your growth?

Do you like taking ownership of projects and becoming a go-to expert?

If you enjoy a challenge and would like to work in a high-performance team, then this may be the opportunity for you. Join us and contribute to the maintenance and safety of our infrastructure, making a difference to the community.

The Property Service Operations Branch within Infrastructure Canberra is seeking a suitably qualified individual to work on a team of talented professionals managing the fire maintenance capabilities used across ACT Government properties.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes, and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other Requirements:

Mandatory:

• Hold specialist trade / technical experience / qualifications in the Fire Maintenance, or Fire Services fields; or
• Hold a relevant professional qualification in engineering, architecture or project management, or accreditation with a professional body recognised within Australia; or
• Hold a relevant building degree; or
• Have significant building or infrastructure knowledge and/or project management experience.

In addition, applicants must:

• Hold or have the capacity to obtain White Card, Asbestos Awareness, Silica awareness training.
• Hold a current driver's licence (car).
• Qualification/s in procurement / contract management / work health and safety are highly desirable.

Notes: Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

This position is based in an activity-based working (ABW) environment. Under ABW arrangements, officers will not have a designated workstation/desk.

A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to Apply: Please review the Position Description for details about the role and associated responsibilities. Suitability for this position will be assessed on your demonstrated Skills, Experience, Knowledge and Behaviour in relation to the duties/responsibilities listed in the Position Description.

Please submit the following:

1. A current curriculum vitae including details of work history (roles, timing, responsibilities, achievements), professional memberships and qualifications, and contact details of at least two referees.

2. A two-page pitch that tells the selection committee about your ability to perform the advertised role (knowledge, experience, skills, behaviour) and why you are the best person for this role. The pitch should:

3. Show that you have the capabilities in "What you Require" section of the Position Description including Professional/Technical Skills and Knowledge, and Behavioural Capabilities.

4. Demonstrate your capacity to perform the duties and responsibilities detailed in "What You Will Do" at the specified classification including examples of how you have done this in the past.
5. Tell the panel how your abilities, ingenuity, experience and qualifications make you the best person for this role.

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Applicants should note that a Joint Selection Committee (JSC) established in accordance with the collective/enterprise agreement provisions will assess all applications for this position.