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Join City of Moreton Bay as a Senior Coastal Infrastructure Engineer, and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

 Position Description - Senior Coastal Infrastructure Engineer.pdf

Australia's newest City boasts more than 180km of coastline. Our coastal landscape is a dynamic backdrop to life in and around our foreshores, canals and waterways.

Whether it’s our beaches, canals, or our coastal settlements along our foreshores, people continue to choose Moreton Bay as a place to live, work and visit. Our coast is highly varied and includes sandy beaches, rocky shorelines, mangrove forests, intertidal marshes and urban foreshores.

We must carefully manage our coastal areas, implement coastal erosion protection for vulnerable coastal areas, and plan for the projected impacts of climate change.

As our Senior Coastal Infrastructure Engineer, you will provide technical engineering expertise and undertake investigations for a range of coastal infrastructure and coastal management matters to meet the needs of the community within the City of Moreton Bay region. 

About you

We are seeking someone with broad experience in coastal infrastructure planning and management, experience in coastal infrastructure design. You will have extensive experience in completing field inspections, site inspections and data gathering to support technical design projects

You will have an open approach to sharing knowledge and working to mentor and coach team mates. 

You will hold a Degree in Coastal Engineering, Civil Engineering or equivalent and a minimum of 2 years’ experience. 

Our Coastal Infrastructure team is a technically diverse group, who are dedicated to achieve high quality results for our community.

We are focused on delivering on our corporate values of Service, Teamwork, Integrity, Respect and Sustainability - we are seeking people who resonate with these values.

Why City of Moreton Bay?

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

• See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our region. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
• Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.
• Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day (72.5-hour) fortnight, plus a hybrid, flexible working environment with some work-from-home days.
• Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
• Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
• Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
• Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, chaplaincy program and Mates in Construction program.
• Our Strathpine offices have local parking on site and are close to public transport networks, making for an easy commute.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role.  You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at careers@moretonbay.qld.gov.au. 

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See it. Shape it. Live It.