Principal Digital Modelling Officer

• Property and Facilities Division
• Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impact
• Join a university ranked in the world's top 50
• Based at the St Lucia Campus

As part of the UQ community, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting, real-world impact.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
• 17% superannuation contributions
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
• Health and wellness discounts - fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• On campus childcare options
• Discounted parking (from just $5.75 a day)

We are seeking an experience Principal Digital Modelling Offer to develop, implement, manage and lead the Digital Modelling, Drawings and Documents Office. This role provides excellent customer-focused service and leads a team within the CAD/BIM/GIS Digital Modelling office. This role will identify ways to continuously improve team performance and build capability that is aligned to current and future needs.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop, implement, manage and lead best practice CAD/BIM/GIS standards and capabilities for comprehensive Facilities Management at the University.
• Manage and maintain the Autodesk CAD/BIM/GIS system (AutoCAD, Revit, AutoCAD Map 3D) environment including AutoLISP, VB.net and the CAD interface to ARCHIBUS®.
• Develop, implement, and lead best practice document and records management associated with the built and natural environments at the University's campuses and sites as the subject matter expert.
• Conduct training and provide support to Division staff using the CAD/BIM/GIS and records systems.
• Coordinate and develop associated drawings and maps for UQ publications including car parking maps, bicycle plans, disability access maps, directory boards, annual reports etc.
• Coordinate and develop the UQ CAD/BIM/GIS records from project As Built information, site measurement and detailed surveys for UQ campuses and sites including floor plans, Fire and Emergency Evacuation Drawings, building services, site plans, surveys, site services plans etc.
• Participate in relevant committees and working groups to ensure P&F's Digital Modelling, drawings and document management are being championed.
• Provide a high level of support to the P&F's Infrastructure team, Campus Operations, Project Delivery and Planning & Property Sections including the work in relation to the capital works program and Soft Landings Framework.
• Provide effective leadership to the team including guidance, feedback, and coaching on complex operational, stakeholder or technical issues to help improve the capability and performance of the team.
• Any other duties as reasonably directed by your supervisor.

This is a Full-time,100% FTE, Continuing (Parament) position. At HEW Level 7, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $94,754.55 - $103,180.96 plus super of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be in the range $110,862.82 - $120,721.72 per annum.

• Qualifications and training equivalent to a degree qualification in a relevant field with at least four (4) years subsequent relevant experience; or extensive experience and management expertise in technical or administrative fields; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
• Demonstrable knowledge and extensive experience in current and emerging best practice in CAD/BIM/GIS standards and its implementation as a subject matter expert.
• Demonstrable experience of successful leadership with relevant experience managing a team and have the ability to motivate, develop and encourage performance in others, and to achieve set objectives in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Proficient in the use of Autodesk CAD/BIM/GIS software and bespoke software routines such as AutoLISP and VB/net.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to explain/present complex information, influence others, overcome barriers and deliver change.
• Proven problem solver with a dynamic attitude combined with a relentless drive to achieve targets and deliver meaningful results.
• Demonstrated experience provide exceptional customer-centric service.

Desirable

• Previous experience with Facilities Management Computer System ARCHIBUS®.
• Previous experience in GIS software such as ESRI ArcGIS.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Ms Brooke Veliscek (Director, Infrastructure and Sustainability) on **********@uq.edu.au

For application queries, please contact ******@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number in the subject line.

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the 'About You' section
• Resume

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled 'resume', which is step one of the application form.

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to ******@uq.edu.au

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close 27 February 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (R- 35208).