About Us:
North Queensland Region consists of Far North, North West and Northern districts with offices in Cairns, Cloncurry and Townsville the region extends from the tip of Australia (including islands), west to Camooweal (Northern Territory border) and as far south as Home Hill.
The region has a population of over 546,000 people and incorporates 35 local governments and is supported by agriculture, tourism, fishing, mining and retail, with TMR managing 1,756kms National Highways, 6,335km State controlled roads and has 35,483km local government roads. The North Queensland area covers 589,240km2 (38.2% of Queensland State).
This region incorporates some world-famous tourism destinations to name a few: Daintree, Cassowary Coast of Mission Beach, Atherton Tablelands, Kuranda, Magnetic Island, historic Charters Towers and of course the Great Barrier Reef. We have it all from coastal towns, secluded beaches, untouched rainforests, to the dry heat of the outback, and of course expansive areas of reef, all this makes this region sought after for its quality and unique environment.
We offer diverse work experiences that allow you to unleash your potential with benefits such as:
- Flexible work arrangements to enable the best of our people.
- We offer long-term job security and attractive salary and benefits.
- A focus on learning and development opportunities to grow your career path.
- Annual reimbursement of professional fees.
- 5 weeks annual leave + 14% annual leave loading.
- Paid parental leave.
- Locality allowance of up to $43.40 per fortnight.
- Relocation assistance.
The Role
In the role of Surveyor, you will manage survey projects to ensure services meet all objectives through the phases of engineering project cycles of planning, designing, constructing and managing the road network.
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Manage engineering survey projects, survey contractors and field staff to ensure timely completion and adherence to scope and quality to meet the project cycle requirements.
- Undertake specialised survey projects and provide technical expertise and consultancy service in geospatial applications to a diverse range of customers to ensure success, value for money and best practice are adopted.
- Manage and maintain effective liaison and communication with internal and external stakeholders on all matters relating to survey projects.
- Ensure operational practices and standards of service and performance comply with departmental and regional policies, legislation (incl. WH&S), TMR surveying standards and governance obligations.
Mandatory qualifications and conditions:
- A three (3) year degree in Surveying from a recognised tertiary institution, or a qualification that is acceptable for registration as a surveyor/surveying graduate with the Surveyors Board of Queensland (SBQ).
- A current Class 'C' Drivers Licence
- Must be eligible to work in Australia.
- Due to this role having access to sensitive data, a criminal history check and serious disciplinary action declaration will be undertaken prior to appointment to the role.
Submit your application online via the Smart Jobs and Careers website at www.smartjobs.qld.gov.au. For more information about the role, please contact David Dance on 0417 783 656.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/688965/26
Closing Date: Monday, 15 June 2026<space>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
