Floodplain Officer

Job description

• 3 Month Contract (Opportunity to Extend)
• $55.73 per hour + Super
• 7 Hours per day
• Blacktown Location

• To contribute to effective and efficient floodplain catchment management and drainage design across our City.
• Provide flooding and drainage information and advice to our community and stakeholders.
• Act in accordance with the NSW Work Health Safety Act 2011, Work Health Safety Regulation 2017 and the Work Health and Safety (WHS) System.

• Facilitate background investigations to allow Council’s design team to prepare designs with consideration but not limited to flooding and existing infrastructure
• Lead investigations and prepare GIS maps for updating flood-lines in conjunction with Council’s senior drainage engineers
• Preparation of flood extents and flood level data in electronic and/or hard copy format for use by various Council sections and the community
• Issue flooding and drainage related information to various Council sections and the community in relation to development across the City
• Act as the quality assurance (QA) administrator to ensure all required documentation is completed and filed systematically to satisfy QA auditing requirements.
• Implement, monitor and, or comply with Council’s WHS system, including but not limited to work health and safety policies, standard operating procedures, risk assessments/work instructions and associated system tools in their relevant work area.
• Adequately familiarise yourself with your work health and safety responsibilities and actively fulfil these as indicated in the WHS Responsibilities guideline WHS001.

• Tertiary qualifications in civil engineering, surveying or a related field
• Considerable practical experience in the undertaking of engineering surveys and minor civil engineering designs and investigations for road and/or drainage works.
• Knowledge and/or experience using GIS and computer-aided design software programs such as Civil CAD, 12D and AutoCad.
• Knowledge and/or experience of land surveying, survey m.ark management systems, cadastral mapping and land titles systems.
• Understanding in flooding, catchment management, drainage design and investigations.
• Well-developed communication skills in a workplace context
• Current Class C driver’s licence.
• Knowledge of applicable legislation and regulations.
• Computer literacy in basic Microsoft Office applications and the ability to quickly learn corporate applications.
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service.
• Ability to work in a team environment.