Senior Landscape Environment Compliance Officer

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About your new branch

The Engineering, Design and Standards Branch is responsible for infrastructure engineering, design, survey, specifications, asset standards, electrical infrastructure and contributed assets across all customer and community facing infrastructure classes.

About your new role

The position is accountable to Council, through the Manager Contributed Assets, for ensuring the quality of municipal infrastructure constructed and contributed to Council by the land development industry is in accordance with development permits and the planning scheme requirements of the local authority. In addition, you will provide assistance to staff with the more complex issues, lead the sections policy and procedural update process and assist with business improvement initiatives.

The position liaises and works with a wide range of Council personnel, including City of Gold Coast Asset Custodians, statutory authorities, professional consultants, contractors, developers and the general public.

You will work under limited supervision, however, for more complex matters, you will be supported by the Supervisor Contributed Assets (Landscape and As-Constructed). The position occupant will supervise significant development projects and exercise a degree of autonomy in decision making.

Key Deliverables of the position:

• Develop, distribute, enforce and assess against as-constructed related standards in accordance with the Land Development Guidelines and Standard Electronic Format for as constructed data, including ADAC.
• Promote and educate development industry representatives on Council processes and requirements through representing Council at site meetings and statutory inspections.
• Ensure contractors produce quality assets that meet required standards and infrastructure requirements through providing direction and quality assurance of civil and landscape works (as part of development applications).
• Provide guidance on minor redesign of approved drawings (if/when required) to provide suitable solutions for latent site conditions, ensuring compliance with civil and landscape engineering principles and land development guidelines.
• Ensure that development works are constructed in accordance with land development guidelines, providing effective economic life for Council.
• Provide advice to the section Supervisor on all performance and uncompleted work bonds within the relevant area and manage Council's bonding system, including notification to relevant staff and updating of relevant computer systems as required.
• Provide advice to the Supervisor on Contributed Assets meeting Council requirements in that they are satisfactory and acceptable to Council standards.
• Lead the policy and procedural update process for the section.
• Participate in the survey plan endorsement process.
• Project manages Council compliance procedures for constructed works, the management of bond assessment though to the return of bond monies and procurement of associated works.
• Make a substantial commitment to the operational policies, practices and guidelines relevant to the role and on occasions when requested project manage the delivery of these related projects.
• The position liaises and works with a wide range of Council personnel, including City of Gold Coast Asset Custodians, Spatial Information Services, statutory authorities, professional consultants, contractors, developers and the general public.

What you bring to your new role:

With a passion for the environment and a commitment to delivering service to a high standard, you will bring energy and an ability to work well with a team. This role involves a mix of office-based assessment work and site inspections where you will get to see new development happening on the Gold Coast.

The successful applicant will self-manage significant development projects and exercise a degree of autonomy in decision making.

You will also possess:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to foster good working relationships.
• Be customer focused.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and organise/prioritise a high workload.
• A positive and energetic outlook and enjoy working within a team.
• You will hold a Bachelor Degree of Landscape Design/Engineering qualification and/ or Equivalent knowledge.
• You will hold a Current ‘C’ Class unrestricted Drivers Licence
• You will hold a General Construction Induction white card

Interested? 

Click on the 'Apply' button to complete your online application. Please upload your current resume and a cover letter (no more than one page) that demonstrates how your skills and experience make you a great candidate for this role (please confirm you hold the mandatory qualifications/licences for the position). Please ensure each document is within a 2MB file size limit, preferably in PDF format. For any technical issues with uploading your applications, please email **********@goldcoast.qld.gov.au.

The City of Gold Coast is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the diverse makeup of our workforce reflects the community we serve. We are committed to creating a diverse workplace and inclusive culture. All qualified candidates are considered for employment regardless of race, colour, age, religion, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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