Infrastructure Project Officer

Full Time Fixed Term Position - 12 month

Band 6 - Salary Range $95,073 to $103,531 per annum + 11.5% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

About Melton City Council

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated individual to join the Facility Maintenance Team as an Infrastructure Project officer. 

Reporting to the Program Lead Facility Maintenance, you will deliver and document a broad range of minor-medium capital works projects including building renewals, minor refurbishments, upgrades while providing input into the development of policy and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Using Council's Project Management Framework, manage the successful delivery of programmed and other minor capital works projects.
• Support the program leader in providing input to reviews of current and planning for future programs subject to regulations and policies.
• Use standardised processes, templates and project management systems to prepare project briefs, scope of works, specifications, contract documents, tender and quotation requests.
• Contribute to the development and continual improvement of project management systems, processes, standardised templates and policies.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you
 

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Tertiary qualification with some relevant experience in Project Management, building construction, maintenance, or allied Engineering or other specialist discipline; or Lessor qualification/s with substantial relevant experience in Project Management, Building construction, maintenance, or other specialist discipline.
• Experience working in a multi-disciplined team to achieve set objectives, specifically in the fields of project management, construction, maintenance, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with project planning, implementation, and management of project activity at those sites that continue to deliver critical Council services to the Community.
• Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

• Motivate
• Empower
• Lead
• Trust
• Open
• Nurture

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council: 

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council

• 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
• 5 weeks annual leave*
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)*
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

*Eligible after 12 months of employment.

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Matthew Simpson, Program Lead Facility Maintenance on 0456 369 877.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise. 

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

 Applications close 11:59pm Monday 22 July 2024