Are you an organised and detail-oriented professional with experience in asset inspections, infrastructure or civil maintenance? If you're passionate about improving community infrastructure and delivering excellent customer service, we'd love to hear from you.
We are seeking an Asset Assessment Officer to support Council's transport and infrastructure functions by undertaking safety, condition and compliance inspections of Council assets, responding to customer requests, and providing accurate field-based information to support asset management and maintenance planning.
What's on offer
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Permanent, full-time position (35 hours per week)
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Remuneration package of $3,210.88 gross per fortnight, with progression opportunities to $3,853.06 gross per fortnight, plus 12% superannuation
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Access to Council's Flexible Working Arrangements
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Generous leave entitlements, including access to MyLeave
Your new role
As the Asset Assessment Officer, you will undertake inspections of Council's infrastructure to identify risks, assess asset condition, support maintenance planning and ensure timely responses to customer requests. Your responsibilities will include:
Conducting safety, condition (OCI) and compliance inspections of Council assets.
- Identifying hazards, defects and non-compliance issues, and escalating risks where required.
- Recording accurate inspection data, photographs and supporting information within Council's asset management systems.
- Investigating and responding to customer requests relating to Council infrastructure.
- Preparing reports and maintaining accurate inspection and customer service records.
- Liaising with internal teams to coordinate maintenance activities and communicate inspection outcomes.
- Providing professional customer service and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Qualifications relevant to civil infrastructure, asset maintenance, spatial information services or a related field.
- A current Class C Driver's Licence and Construction Induction (White Card).
- Demonstrated experience undertaking field inspections, data collection and using GIS, GPS or asset management systems.
- Sound knowledge of civil infrastructure assets and the ability to assess defects, risks and maintenance priorities.
- Strong organisational, time management and administrative skills.
- Well-developed communication and customer service skills.
- The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- A commitment to workplace health and safety and delivering quality customer outcomes.
Tertiary qualifications in Engineering or Asset Management will be highly regarded but are not essential.
What is next?
Applications close Sunday, 19 July 2026 at 11.59pm AEDST with interviews to be held in the week commencing Monday, 27 July 2026.
If you are interested in this role and would like more information, please contact John Blackmore, Asset Assessment Coordinator on 02 6926 4629 or Gordon Lagaali, Project Supervisor on 02 6971 4619.
As part of the recruitment process, pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with requirements of the position.
All selected candidates for this position will be asked to consent to a police check. Please note that people with a criminal record are not discouraged from applying for the position. Each application will be considered on its merit.
For more information and to apply, please visit: https://wagga.pulsesoftware.com/Pulse/jobs
https://wagga.nsw.gov.au/the-council/working-with-council/why-work-in-wagga
Council is an inclusive employer. We strive to reflect the community in which we work, as a result we welcome and encourage applications from skilled people from all walks of life. This includes women, men, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with a disability, veterans, sexually and gender diverse people, people with lived experience and people of all ages.
