Survey Assistant

at  Tweed Shire Council

This role will carry out a full range of survey activities including cadastral, topographic, engineering and construction set out surveys. Its primarily field-based and assists surveyors and survey technicians.
This is a permanent full-time position reporting to our Registered Surveyor and form part of our surveying team.

ABOUT US:

• Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
• The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
• Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
• Join an employer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

• Preparation for fieldwork.
• Assisting in survey activities.
• Basic survey observations and computations.
• Maintenance of survey equipment.