Employment Status: Permanent, full time
Days & Hours of Work: Monday to Friday totalling 38 hours per week
Competitive Salary: Band 6 - $101, 833.74 + 12% superannuation
Location: Corporate Centre in Sandringham, with the flexibility to work from home.
About Us:
We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.
Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities, and we consider these in everything we do: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.
We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving – and excited about our future – as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.
About the Role:
Working closely with the Coordinator Civil Infrastructure the Civil Infrastructure Maintenance Engineer provides engineering oversight of civil maintenance activities while actively managing contractor performance to drive improved customer service, service quality and outcomes across the civil asset network.
The role provides dedicated technical leadership across planned, reactive and cyclic maintenance programs, validating contractor outputs against contractual standards, specifications and key performance indicators. This includes undertaking inspections, technical assessments and quality assurance activities to ensure works are compliant, fit for purpose and supported by audit‑ready documentation.
You will be responsible for:
- Provide technical expertise and oversight for planned, reactive and cyclic civil maintenance programs to ensure maintenance activities are engineered, prioritised and delivered in accordance with Council standards, contractual requirements and service expectations.
- Ensure full compliance with Council’s Road Management Plan (RMP), including inspection regimes, defect identification, categorisation, rectification timeframes and reporting to reduce statutory and compliance risk.
- Monitor and managing contractor performance and support contract administration activities, including performance reviews, non‑conformance management and risk identification.
- Support contract administration activities in collaboration with the Coordinator Civil Infrastructure, including performance reviews, non‑conformance management, risk identification and documentation to ensure effective oversight across multiple maintenance contracts.
- Contribute to asset lifecycle planning, renewal strategies and evidence‑based prioritisation using inspection outcomes and performance data to improve long‑term asset condition, service consistency and community outcomes.
- Support Council’s customer experience objectives by investigating and responding to customer requests and infrastructure-related enquiries, ensuring issues are addressed professionally, accurately and within agreed service levels to achieve positive community outcomes.
Key Selection Criteria:
To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:
- Degree qualification in civil engineering or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in civil maintenance programs, contractor oversight and quality assurance, preferably within a local government or regulated environment.
- Experience working with road, drainage and civil asset networks and applying relevant standards, specifications and management plans.
- Strong customer service skills, including the ability to respond to customer enquiries professionally, manage expectations, and deliver positive outcomes for the community and stakeholders.
- Knowledge of RMP obligations and inspection frameworks is highly desirable.
- Sound knowledge of contract management principles, including performance monitoring, KPIs, non‑conformance management and documentation requirements.
- Ability to interpret and apply technical standards, drawings, specifications and contractual conditions.
Mandatory pre-employment requirements:
- Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check.
- Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check.
What we can offer you in return:
- A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year.
- Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts.
- Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive.
- A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach.
- Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel.
If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.
How to apply:
- To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description.
- Provide a cover letter responding to the Key Selection Criteria and what has motivated you to apply for this role.
- Click Apply to submit your application.
- If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager.
Applications close: Tuesday 11 August, 11:55pm
Please note - Shortlisting will commence prior to the closing date so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please contact Kim Neuweck on 03 9599 4645 or via email [email protected]
Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.
Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.
