Assets Officer

Assets Officer

Do you want to be part of something challenging and rewarding? Are you passionate about our community? If so, joining the Glen Innes Severn Council might be the right career move for you.

Working for Council means you'll be joining a dedicated team where your individual effort is part of something much bigger – delivering great things for our community.

The Council covers an area of 5,487km2, and is located in the beautiful New England area of NSW.  This area encompasses the town of Glen Innes and villages of Deepwater, Emmaville, Glencoe, Wellingrove and Red Range. We're proud of the contribution our community makes to this vibrant, dynamic and attractive area in which to live and work. 

Glen Innes offers an attractive lifestyle including a well serviced and friendly rural community, laid back living, short commuting times, affordable housing, easy access to NSW north coast beaches and larger regional centres, and terrific recreational and sporting facilities.

A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

As part of our team you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to our community, working with a diverse range of passionate, supportive and engaging people within a collaborative environment. You will also be part of a workplace that offers competitive employee benefits and opportunities and encourages professional development including:

• Salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits) for all permanent staff
• Long service leave after 5 years
• Corporate wellbeing programs
• Employee vaccinations
• PPE supplied
• Training and development programs
• Education assistance

THE POSITION

This position will assist with the development and operation Council’s corporate asset management systems, geographical information systems (GIS) and fleet management systems.

Reporting to the Manager of Asset Services, you will: 

• Develop and review asset management plans in accordance with the International Infrastructure Asset Management Manual, relevant Australian and international standards and guidelines.
• Develop and maintain asset registers and ensures relevant data is collected and maintained in accordance with Australian accounting standards.
• Investigate and analyse systems for the enhancement of asset procedures.
• Prepare estimates for long-term financial planning.
• Prepare reports for the acquittal of Roads to Recovery grant funding expenditure
• Develop and maintain a system for collecting field data using global positioning system (GPS) enabled data collectors.
• Maintain corporate GIS software for Council’s activities.
• Act as Council’s nominated National Heavy Vehicle Regulator Road Manager.
• Manage heavy vehicle transport route requests through the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator Road Manager portal.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Specifically, you will have: 

Essential  

• Knowledge and understanding of asset management principles and practices
• Demonstrated capacity to effectively utilise spatial information systems
• Demonstrated effective analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to research issues, interpret and analyse information, determine an appropriate course of action, and provide sound advice, options or recommendations
• A high level of general computer literacy, in particular spreadsheets, databases and Internet
• Class C driver's licence (Car Licence

Desirable  

• Demonstrated experience in local government asset management
• Diploma in civil engineering, asset management, spatial information systems (or other relevant discipline)

HOW TO APPLY

• Applications close: 5:00pm on Monday 27 May 2024
• Carefully read the Information Package to familiarise yourself with the role and application process
• Please ensure that you attach a copy of a recent resume
• Position specific enquiries may be directed to David Hunt, Manager of Asset Services on (02) 6730 2*** or email *****@gisc.nsw.gov.au
• Any enquiries relating to the application process may be directed to Helen Stapleton on (02) 6730 2*** or email ****@gisc.nsw.gov.au
• Please note that as part of Glen Innes Severn Council's recruitment process, prior to an offer of employment being made, recommended candidates will be required to undertake referee checks, police checks and a functional assessment with Council’s physiotherapist. 
• All correspondence will be via the email address you supply as part of your application, therefore please ensure that the email address is valid and that you check it regularly (please be sure to check your junk email also).

Council is an EEO employer. Women, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, people with a disability, and members of racial, ethnic, and ethno-religious minority groups are encouraged to apply.

Bernard Smith - General Manager

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