Senior Asset Engineer (Civil / Mechanical / Electrical)

Do you want to work for your community by contributing to the management of the water and sewer network infrastructure? Do you love to work as part of a team to find unique solutions to problems? We are currently seeking a range of different engineering discipline focused Senior Asset Engineers to join a growing team and if you have these skills this might be your chance to rewrite the future with us.

• Work in a dynamic and service focused team
• Multiple permanent full-time engineering positions available for Civil, Electrical, Materials, and Mechanical Engineering disciplines
• Balance your life with a 9 day fortnight
• Hybrid work conditions - 2 days work from home and 3 days on site 
• Flexible work arrangement options are available
• Vehicle Allowance

About the role

This role will see you preparing asset management strategies, maintenance, renewal and rehabilitation programs to manage asset risks, and ensure management of whole of life costs for all Central Coast Council's water supply and sewerage infrastructure assets.

Central Coast Council owns, operates and manages three dams, 11 treatment plants, over 50 reservoirs, 350 pumping stations and nearly 5,000km of pipelines for you to plan and manage as well as undertaking planning and investigations to support an expanding annual capital program of over $100M per year.

Reporting to the Lead Engineer Asset Management, the role of Senior Asset Engineer is responsible for identifying projects and development activities in response to operational events, scoping projects, working right through the inception, selection and preparation of business cases stages and finally to handover for construction and delivery stage, always on hand to provide technical guidance, mentoring and support on the management of future and current assets.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

key activities of this role include:

• Preparing, reviewing and updating management and planning documents, including inspection, condition and capacity assessment and maintenance schedules, for treatment, collection and distribution network assets
• Preparing and developing renewal prioritisation tools and subsequent programs including, asset replacement and renewal programs
• Managing projects from inception to handover to asset delivery, including undertaking investigations and options assessment and preparing project initiation/handover documentation

About You:

• You enjoy a challenge and working through varying projects in Water and Sewer assets maintenance and development
• You enjoy being able to mentor and provide technical skills and knowledge to others in a senior capacity
• You enjoy sharing your knowledge and expertise, while also learning from others
• Having a work/life balance is important to you

About Us:

• We are a large organisation delivering a wide variety of services to our local community
• You’ll be joining a team of Water and Sewer professionals who excel at what they do
• We offer a supportive work environment with opportunities for career development
• We provide opportunities to collaborate with subject matter experts from a variety of areas across the organisation

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A degree qualification in Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Environmental or Mechanical) or related field OR demonstrated solid contemporary experience in a similar role, combined with ongoing professional development
• A current Class C Drivers Licence
• A current Construction General Induction Card (or willingness to obtain)
• Experience in asset management and planning within a water business related area with experience in project delivery 
• The ability to lead small teams or work as part of teams that consist of multi-disciplinary professionals and trades-based staff. 

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The salary range for this position sits between $99.7k - $119.6k + Market Loading + 3.5% Civil Liability Allowance (in accordance with the Award) + 11.5% superannuation
• This is a Permanent full-time role.
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight.
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role.
• This role is located at the Nexus Building, 3 Amy Close, North Wyong.
• Successful candidates will be required to have vaccinations against Hepatitis A and B and Tetanus.

Council will be creating an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check ups, a 'me day' to refresh you. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

What to know more?

The contact person for this role is Rex Haydon, Lead Asset Management Engineer. You can contact them on 0477 371 769 or on email at Rex.Haydon@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au.

This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday 8 September 2024.

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Location

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

We have a number of work locations across the region, offering different work locations for team members.

Central Coast Council is the third largest water utility (or water and sewage service) in NSW servicing 139,000 homes and businesses in a growing region.

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false. 

You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate.  This may include associated checks including reference checks, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.

You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

PLEASE NOTE: We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.