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SalaryDevelopment Engineer
3 Year Contract
About Us
The Rural City of Murray Bridge is the fastest growing region in the Murraylands and is only a 40 minute drive up the South Eastern freeway from Adelaide. Here you will find a positive work environment that embraces dedicated and motivated people that want to help shape a growing and diverse community.
Council is embracing its position as a growth area and is striving to create a thriving and connected community. We are therefore looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Development Engineer to help support this growth in a full time three year fixed contract position.
Position Overview
The Development Engineer will play a crucial role in supporting the engineering elements of key land divisions within the Council area. Working proactively with the Council’s planning and infrastructure teams, developers, consultants and contractors this position will be a key part of the team driving the successful negotiation and delivery of gifted assets and other new infrastructure including leading nominated infrastructure projects.
Qualifications
A relevant and recognized diploma or degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent is essential together with knowledge of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act, Planning and Design Code and the operation of the Development Assessment Portal as it relates to land division.
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Coordinator – Infrastructure Planning and Design, responsibilities of the position include:
- Providing effective and timely engineering and technical advice for land divisions and other development applications
- Work collaboratively with planning staff to ensure coordinated responses to applications
- Providing specialist engineering technical advice to assist in the delivery of projects/programs
- Undertaking effective communication and negotiation to ensure development infrastructure complies with Council’s guidelines
- Reviewing and commenting on designs for the construction of civil infrastructure such as roads, storm water and traffic management.
The successful applicant will demonstrate high level skills in communication, customer service, time management, problem solving along with the ability to work as part of a team.
Benefits
You will be:
- working in a progressive and rewarding environment
- valued and appreciated for your proactive and customer-centric approach
- encouraged to be creative and resourceful
- supported by workplace policies that are family friendly and flexible with work from home options.
This is an exciting opportunity to have an impact on the future growth and enhancement of the Murray Bridge township, our small rural townships and rural community.
The position is offered as a full time three year contract in accordance with the South Australian Municipal Salaried Officers Award and Council’s current Enterprise Agreement within an annual salary range of $93,645 to $97,770 dependent upon skills, knowledge and experience.
How to Apply
A detailed job description for the above position can be obtained here
Enquiries may be directed to Jason Vaudin, Manager City Infrastructure, on 8539 1159 or emailing ********@murraybridge.sa.gov.au
All applications must be submitted via Seek and include a current resume with two referees supporting your cover letter of no more than 2 pages outlining your experience, skills and knowledge in accordance with the position description.
This role will remain open until 5pm, Friday 16 February 2024 or until a suitable candidate is found.
