Waste Infrastructure Coordinator

at  Ipswich City Council

ABOUT US

Ipswich is a dynamic blend of rich heritage, proud communities, diverse landscapes, and a lively energy all contributing to a region full of liveability and opportunity. It is the state’s fastest growing city and oldest provincial city.
Ipswich City Council contributes to our vibrant and growing region with teams operating across various industries delivering services to the community and creating our vision:

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Waste Infrastructure Coordinator, you will provide specialist advice and support to the Manager Resource Recovery, act as part of the senior Branch management team. You will liaise with relevant sections of council and external providers to ensure business continuity and operations of the Resource Recovery Branch are maintained, including informing the allocation and planning for waste infrastructure requirements.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Strategic oversight of council’s civil and built waste and resource recovery infrastructure assets
• Ensure council’s compliance with all relevant legislation (including safety, quality, and environment) with a focus towards achieving best practice performance of waste and resource recovery infrastructure
• Lead and engage relevant stakeholders with a focus on ensuring effective asset delivery, operation and maintenance of waste and resource recovery infrastructure
• Identify cost and funding optimisation strategies for establishment and maintenance of civil/municipal waste infrastructure
• Reporting including forecasting, monitoring and control on the resource recovery capital works program
• Liaise with and provide specialist oversight to ensure the management and completion of projects
• Identify and document potential risks to projects and determine effective mitigation strategies to minimise risk
• Manage internal and external stakeholders’ expectations relating to the waste and resource recovery infrastructure capital works program, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction

View the position description for more details about the role.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (e.g. engineering, environmental management, or project management) and/or extensive civil construction experience
• Extensive experience working in a similar role
• Current Queensland “C” class driver’s licence
• Project Management qualifications desirable
• Ideally, experience in a local government procurement and delivery environmen