ENGINEER CLOSED LANDFILL PROGRAM

Internal title: Engineer Closed Landfill Program

Personnel Area: Brisbane Infrastructure

Branch: Planning and Design

Salary Range: The position attracts a competitive remuneration and benefits package dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

Work type: Temporary Full-time

Duration: Up to December 2025

The Role

Reporting into the Unit Manager, Contaminated Land Services, as a Senior Landfill Engineer, you will be responsible for providing strategic engineering direction and program deliverables associated with the Closed Landfill Management Program and incidental projects on contaminated land or landfill sites.

 Your key responsibilities will include:

• preparing detailed project proposals, program management and coordination
• resourcing project deliveries
• attending program meetings and presenting progress updates
• communicating and influencing stakeholders, provide technical and specialist engineering advice and remediation design package deliverables
• work with Contaminated Land Services team members to achieve practical engineering solutions
• commission and manage consultants to support the delivery of engineering project deliveries.

 To be successful you will have:

• tertiary qualification in Engineering
• demonstrated experience in design and project management involving engineering disciplines with transferable skills to remediation outputs
• Proficiency in civil design, preparation of specifications and environmental engineering aspects associated with civil construction works
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a proactive attitude.

CLS’s expertise includes:

• ​​Closed landfill and contaminated land assessments
• Closed landfill and contaminated land remediation designs
• Preparation of remediation design documentation
• Project manager and design manager assistance to support project design development
• Landfill management infrastructure asset condition assessment
• Preparation of site management plans to manage residual impacts
• Spoil management onsite reuse and offsite disposal advice
• Contaminated land and closed landfill audits
• Environmental monitoring and reporting
• Management of Council's contaminated land database

Benefits of working for Council: CLICK HERE

How to apply: Click on the 'I’m interested' button to complete your online application. Please upload your tailored resume and covering letter (of no more than one page) demonstrating your suitability to the position.

Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland (RPEQ) in engineering will be highly desirable.

For more information:  Please call Satty Rai , Talent Partner on 07 3178 8253.

People from diverse backgrounds, including those living with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who may have questions about the recruitment process or working at Council, are encouraged to reach out to the contact above, who can connect you with a member of Council’s Diversity and Inclusion team.

Application Closing Date: 20 January 2025 at 11:55pm AEST

Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with ‘Gold Employer’ status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.

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