Join our survey team and play a vital role in delivering accurate survey work and asset investigations that meet the high standards and specific needs of the Infrastructure Delivery Unit's clients.
About the role:
* Assist in delivering accurate survey work and asset investigations as a key member of the survey team, ensuring all tasks meet the specific requirements of Infrastructure Delivery Unit and their clients.
* Support a wide range of survey activities including topographic, engineering, cadastral, GPS and construction set out surveys.
* Primarily field-based, assisting surveyors and survey technicians with the preparation and execution of survey tasks.
* Involves responsibilities such as field preparation, instrument setup, basic survey observations and maintenance of survey equipment.
* May assist in asset investigations across the Tweed Shire Council area, including measuring underground infrastructure using a ute-mounted crane and confined space entry equipment.
What's on offer:
* a base salary ranging from $57,321 per annum with competency-based increments up to $67,436 per annum, plus 12% super
* 76 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 herefor more).
We are seeking:
* A candidate with current confined space accreditation and demonstrated competence in using confined space entry equipment.
* Sound literacy, numeracy and general education skills, typically equivalent to Year 10 completion.
* Knowledge and understanding of fieldwork activities involved in surveying, including procedures and practical tasks.
* Demonstrated competence with survey instruments and equipment, along with knowledge of WHS principles associated with survey work.
* Good physical fitness and mobility to perform rigorous survey fieldwork in a variety of environments.
About us:
* Located on thepicturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
* The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, ina 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 Murwillumbah and can be directed to work from any Council work site.
Position closes:
Friday 11 July, 2025, at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.
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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
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.
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
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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