Engineer - Projects

4 weeks ago

Tweed Heads, Australia Tweed Shire Council Full time

The Engineer - Projects position provides support for the Senior Engineer – Capital Works in the project planning and management of the delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure including storage, reticulation and treatment assets. This position requires you to make decisions and provide advice as a professional engineer on complex issues across a range of infrastructure types.   

About the role:

  •  Supervise and manage construction programs and projects including staff and contractors as necessary.
  •  Prepare reports and recommendations to Senior Engineers, Managers, Directors, General Manager and Councillors.
  •  Manage projects and budgets up to $5 million.

What's on offer:

  • a base salary ranging from $95,331 per annum with competency-based increments up to $109,716 per annum, plus 11.5% super
  • 70-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 - click here for more).

We are seeking:

  • Bachelor of Civil Engineering or related field eligible for membership of IE Aust or substantial technical experience and competence.
  • Demonstrated sound level of competence/knowledge in Civil Engineering including design, construction, operation and maintenance activities.
  • Competence in contract and/or project management and the ability to manage multidiscipline engineering projects.
  • Competence in infrastructure asset management.

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.  
  • Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles.  We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options. 
  • 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 Tweed Heads and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

Position closes: 

Friday 8 November 2024 at 12 noon sharp (NSW time).  Late applications will not be permitted.

Click here to view the Position Description 

TIPS for Addressing the Selection Criteria

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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:

  • Pre-employment medical – some roles require a functional (physical) assessment, and all positions are subject to drug and alcohol screening (a positive test result means the recruitment process ends and your application will not be considered).
  • Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.  Click here for more information.

Reference Checks are undertaken by the panel. Your 2 referees should ideally be your current and most recent supervisors.  Your referees are not contacted unless you’ve been interviewed and are a preferred candidate.

How To Apply:

You must use your own email address, and not one used previously by another person that has applied for a position with council.

Once you start your online application, you cannot save and return to it later. 

  1. Have your Resume document ready to go.
  2. Fill out all questions below. Click 'Next'. 
  3. You'll then be prompted to attach your resume and other documents (if applicable). Click 'Next'.
  4. Review your application to confirm everything is correct. Click 'Confirm' to submit your application.

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:

  1. Bachelor of Civil Engineering or related field eligible for membership of IE Aust or substantial technical experience and competence.
  2. Please outline your experience in project management and project delivery of water and sewerage projects.
  3. Please outline your experience in estimating and the preparation and control of budgets for capital projects.
  4. Please summarise your experience in the management of design outcomes for infrastructure projects you have worked on.
  5. Please provide examples of where you have previously prepared specifications, assessed quotations and administered contracts for delivery of works.

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