Asset Inspector

Are you someone who notices the details? Do you enjoy being in the field, problem solving, and contributing to safer community spaces? Join us as an Asset Inspector and make a visible difference in our community. 

• High impact role with real visibility in the community
• Broad and varied work across multiple asset classes
• Opportunity to help build and improve inspection frameworks
• Long Jetty Location

About the role

As an Asset Inspector, you'll play a key role in inspecting and assessing a broad range of Council's assets, including buildings, structures, open spaces, environmental infrastructure, fire trails and community facilities. Your work will directly influence maintenance priorities, risk management and future investment decisions. This is a highly visible role with regular interaction with community members and internal stakeholders, offering a unique opportunity to shape and improve asset management practices in an evolving environment.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

Key activities of this role include:

• Undertake condition inspections of Council assets, including buildings, structures, open spaces and community infrastructure
• Identify defects, hazards and risks, and provide clear recommendations to support decision making
• Record inspection data accurately using mobile devices and update asset management systems
• Engage with members of the pubic to communicate asset conditions or respond to reported hazards

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Relevant trades qualifications OR demonstrated solid contemporary experience in building, combined with ongoing professional development
• Confined Spaces Certificate or willingness and ability to obtain prior to commencement
• Current Class C Driver’s Licence 

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

The commencing salary for this position is up to $73.5K per year. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $85.2K on completion of assessment of skills and performance plus 12% superannuation  

• We have a permanent full-time role available 
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight
• This role is located at the Long Jetty Depot 
• Tool of Trade with Home overnight Garaging - Light Commercial Utility - 4WD 

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits 

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.