Classification: Technical Officer Level 3
Salary: $89,760 - $100,632 plus superannuation
Position No: 18127
Directorate: City and Environment
Advertised (Gazettal date): 29 June 2026
Contact Officer: Daniel Byrnes on [email protected] or 0404551450
Details: Within the Infrastructure Planning unit, the Asset and Data Integration (ADI) team supports Roads ACT and City Presentation in managing Canberra’s public infrastructure and places. Our work focuses on maintaining high-quality asset and spatial data to support planning, operations and infrastructure management.
We are seeking a CAD and Spatial Data Officer to fill a six‑month temporary vacancy. This role is focused on the quality, consistency and management of Traffic Control Device (TCD) and Works as Executed (WAE) AutoCAD data. You will play an important role in ensuring engineering drawings and asset data meet required standards and are accurately captured and maintained.
Key Responsibilities
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Review and validate Traffic Control Device (TCD) and Works as Executed (WAE) AutoCAD submissions to ensure compliance with drafting standards
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Maintain and manage the TCD AutoCAD Grid, ensuring data is accurate, current and complete
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Record and manage asset documentation within a Common Data Environment
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Provide clear advice and support to staff and stakeholders on CAD, TCD data and related standards
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Maintain and improve the quality and consistency of spatial and asset data across systems
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.
Eligibility/ Other Requirements:
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Relevant qualifications in engineering, drafting, spatial sciences or a related discipline, or equivalent experience, are desirable.
Note: This is a temporary position available immediately for a period of up to six months. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. This position operates in an activity-based working (ABW) environment, where staff do not have a designated workstation. Flexible working arrangements are supported, including a mix of working from home, office-based work, and FlexiSpace locations across the ACT.
How to Apply: Expressions of interest are sought from potential candidates and should include:
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A statement of no more than two pages addressing the numbered Selection Criteria (Capabilities) in the attached Position Description.
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A current curriculum vitae.
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Contact details for two referees.
Applications should be submitted .
Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.
Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.
The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.
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This is a temporary position available immediately for a period of up to six months.
