Senior Engineer - Planning and Assets (Water and Wastewater)
Tweed Shire Council
Posted 19 hours ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Engineer to coordinate water and wastewater infrastructure planning and develop programs of works to meet strategic objectives, levels of service and anticipated growth. This role involves the development and implementation of Lifecycle Asset Management and associated policies, strategies, plans and systems.
About the role:
- Coordinates the planning and approvals of major water and wastewater infrastructure projects
- Engages and manage specialist consultants on strategic and asset-related projects
- Develops and maintain asset policies, registers, and systems for valuation, financial, operation, and maintenance requirements
- Develops short and long-term capital infrastructure plans within budgetary and funding constraints
- Ensures compliance with changing regulatory requirements
- Develops and maintain water supply and sewerage network models
- Prepares submissions to government on legislative changes and process improvements
- Prepares Council business paper reports and make presentations to Council and stakeholder groups.
What's on offer:
- a base salary ranging from $133,822 per annum with performance-based increments up to $148,699 per annum, plus 12% super
- 70 hour, 9 day fortnight
- Option of a full- leaseback vehicle
- 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 Engineering Degree
- Extensive experience in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Planning, demonstrating competence in planning, designing, and managing water and wastewater systems
- High-Level knowledge of asset management plans and systems, develop and implement asset management strategies, including lifecycle asset management
- Proven experience in managing and developing a team, including professional and technical roles.
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 1 August 2025 at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.
SK97188A
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About Tweed Shire Council
Tweed Shire Council is the largest council on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Covering an area of 1300 square kilometres, the Tweed adjoins the local government areas of Byron, Lismore, Kyogle, Scenic Rim and Gold Coast, with the NSW–Queensland border to its north where it divides the twin towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.
Council is the largest employer in the Tweed with a workforce of more than 750 employees across a wide range of professions. Through a budget of about $256 million, Council delivers more than 50 services to 41,500 ratepayers and almost 100,000 residents who call the Tweed home.
In late 2021, Council was named Employer of Choice by Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) for its great employment practices within NSW local government.
Professionals Australia recognises what workers throughout the region already know – people choose to work at Tweed Shire Council when presented with other employment opportunities due to its:
employment terms
great workplace culture
amazing location.
Aboriginal Acknowledgement – Tweed Shire Council wishes to recognise the generations of the local Aboriginal people of the Bundjalung Nation who have lived in and derived their physical and spiritual needs from the forests, rivers, lakes and streams of this beautiful valley over many thousands of years as the traditional custodians of these lands.
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