2022 Stormwater Engineer - TAFE Student preferred null

City of Newcastle (CN) is seeking an enthusiastic engineer, interested in either developing their technical engineering and asset management skills, specialising their existing skills or implementing their current stormwater expertise to deliver core stormwater infrastructure services for CN. As the successful candidate, you'll join our Assets and Projects team for a period of 24 months to temporarily replace an employee currently on secondment.

Although the position requires a diploma or degree qualified engineer, we offer a flexible salary range that can accommodate applicants at all career stages. We are committed to providing mentorship and professional development opportunities and will consider students in their final year of education.

In this role, you’ll be involved in the following tasks:

• Performing drainage investigations – including site inspections, condition assessments, obtaining technical site data, hydraulic modelling, preparing concept designs and responding to customers.
• Preparing business cases and works programs.
• Programming robotic CCTV inspections and performing GIS mapping.
• Providing design review, construction advice, quality assurance and asset handover services.
• Providing updates for technical drawings, specifications, plans, procedures, and policies.

What’s it like working at the City of Newcastle?

We are focused on making a real difference in our community and achieving our vision of creating a smart, liveable, and sustainable global city.  We are proud to deliver services valued by our community.  People come first at the City of Newcastle, which means providing employees with meaningful work and the capacity for work-life balance. As a large local organisation, CN offers opportunities to develop in your current role, grow into future opportunities and reach your full potential.  

Our organisation’s values are Cooperation, Respect, Excellence and Wellbeing which are underpinned by our behaviours of courage, trust, and pride. Together, our values and behaviours support our decision making, our day-to-day interactions and everything we do. 

We value diversity of thought, and we focus on equity in the workplace. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace culture where everyone feels respected, safe, and valued so they can be themselves and fully contribute their opinions and perspectives to the success of the organisation.

What are the benefits?

• 35-hour working week with flexible work arrangements including optional 9-day fortnight
• 4 weeks of annual leave
• 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• 2 additional paid Public Holidays
• Additional paid leave days including Health & Wellbeing, NAIDOC, and Community Volunteer leave
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities to ensure you continue to evolve and grow your career ambitions
• Corporate fitness program from as little as $4.30 per week that will give you and your immediate family members access to a wide range of fitness and aquatic centres

Interested to know more?

Our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

CN proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion to represent the community of our Local Government Area. All candidates will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where diverse styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected. People from diverse backgrounds (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, and veterans) are encouraged to apply!

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact recruit@ncc.nsw.gov.au for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 31 July 2022.

Contact: Peter McMurray – Assets Services Manager – 02 4974 2613

Remuneration range:  $67,209.56 - $84,501.63 + 10.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week. Successful applicants that meet the essential criteria of the position description can expect the upper limit of the salary range.

Please note: we have advertised with the title ‘Stormwater Engineer’ for recruitment purposes only, this position is titled Asset Project Officer -Stormwater within CN.

CN do not accept unsolicited resumes and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.

At CN we understand the skills and attributes veterans can bring to our organisation and highly encourage veterans to apply for suitable roles.