Project Engineer

About the Company

Responsibilities

• ● Undertake procurement for contractors within Council policies and guidelines.
• ● Evaluate tenders as a member of internal tender evaluation panels and prepare Council reports, providing a recommendation to award the contract.
• ● Undertake contract administration including monitoring contractor performance, programs, progress, quality of work, progress claims, contract payments, assessment of contractor claims and variations to ensure compliance with contract requirements and within budgets.
• ● Arrange induction and site inspections for contractors to ensure the compliance of contractors with safety requirements and Council policies and guidelines, as per approved plans and specifications relevant to the contract.
• ● Ensure adequate record keeping, including meeting minutes.
• ● Prepare and maintain project related financial reports including variations for presentation to the Coordinator, Manager, Director and Committee meetings as required.
• ● Prepare monthly progress reports, including Project Status Reports.
• ● Review and assess externally submitted Traffic Management Plans, Environment Management Plans, Cultural Heritage Management Plans and other technical reports or plans.
• ● Where necessary obtain independent advice for the above.
• ● Attend meetings with members of the community, developers and consultants to represent Council's position.
• ● Assist in external funding applications for infrastructure improvement proposals and attend associated meetings.
• ● Provide technical support and advice to internal and external stakeholders as required, including the evaluation of project outcomes to apply learnings to new projects.
• ● Investigate and improve the environmental aspects of designs and construction to improve sustainable outcomes on projects.
• ● Implement comprehensive and targeted marketing and promotions methods in collaboration with the Customer and Strategy directorate to disseminate information and promote community projects.
• ● Evaluate and report on consultant and contractor performance.
• ● Carry out project risk assessments, using relevant risk registers as applicable.

Requirements

• ● Sound technical judgment and problem solving, drawing on experience when making decisions, ensuring adherence to guidelines, policies, standards, legislative requirements and industry best practise to ensure outcomes align with the best interests of Council.
• ● Demonstrated technical knowledge in Civil Design, Traffic, Project Management, Estimating, Specifications, Tenders, Contract administration, Construction supervision and Asset Management.
• ● Demonstrated ability in the application of engineering principles in the context of achieving objectives and using software packages such as Computer Aided Design, GIS, asset management software, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office (particularly Word and Excel).
• ● Ability to appropriately manage time, set priorities, and organise one's own work, to achieve desired outcomes.
• ● Demonstrated experience in the creation of effective project scheduling to deliver successful outcomes.

Benefits

• ● Permanent Full Time 99,526.96 per annum plus superannuation