Closing Date: 5pm, Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Position Type: Full-Time Permanent
Salary: Level 6/7 being $82,337 - $96,116 per annum + superannuation
An exciting opportunity for an engineering Project Design Officer to work with a talented team at the City of Kalamunda. Working closely with the Asset Delivery Team your skills and knowledge will see you provide high quality, Civil Infrastructure design and drafting services for the City’s wide-ranging projects. The City’s environment is diverse in geology and topography, combining a mix of rural and urban sites. This position offers variety in design needs and opportunities for professional growth.
This is a fantastic opportunity working in one of the most exciting and dynamic regions of Perth. The position is responsible for providing professional design and drafting services for roads, intersections, drainage and minor landscape projects. With an ability to build strong working relationships both internally and externally, you will provide advice and make recommendations on design matters, respond to queries and deliver quality outcomes in a timely manner.
Experience and Skills in the following
- Experience in undertaking road, landscape and drainage design (including safety in design), cost estimation and specification/price schedule preparation.
- Sound knowledge of Australian Standards, Main Roads WA Design Standards and Austroads Guidelines relating to road, landscape and drainage design.
- Knowledge of basic landscape design practices.
- Presentation of accurate and effective design drafting of construction plans in a time efficient manner.
- Maintenance of electronic project folders, registers and implementation of document version control.
- Highly developed communication, negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to foster and maintain open and clear communications between all engineering teams along with operations teams and across the organisation.
- A sound level of understanding the broad functions of Local Government.
- Advanced computer literacy in specialised graphic and design software including AutoCAD 2021, Civil 3D and Civil Site Design along with Drains Software and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher).
- The ability to produce good quality and accurate presentation of advice, both verbally and written, via all standard forms of business communication (including email, memo, letters, reports; procedures; and the development and delivery of visual presentations
For this role you should have:
- Experience in designing Roads or Civil structures.
- Experience in undertaking road, drainage design and minor landscape (including safety in design) and specification/price schedule preparation.
- Experience in the preparation of cost estimation/quotation.
- Sound knowledge of Australian Standards, Main Roads WA Design Standards and Austroads Guidelines relating to road, landscape and drainage design.
- Advanced computer literacy in specialised graphic and design software including AutoCAD 2021, Civil Cad, 12D or Civil 3D and Drains Software and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher).
Hours of Work
This is permanent full-time position working Monday to Friday, 75 hours per fortnight.
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