Asset Management Project Lead – Community Buildings

Careers at Council; Newcastle-Maitland; On-site; AUD 98,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and 12% superannuum

Enterprise Agreement pay increases

35-hour work week / 4-day week

Long service leave after 5 years

Training and development opportunities

Corporate fitness program

More perks

Job summary

Lake Macquarie City Council is seeking a Project and Technical Officer for Community Buildings to manage assets across libraries, art galleries and swim centres. The role involves developing capital works programs, asset management plans, and lifecycle cost analyses to support informed decisions.

You will provide expert advice on asset management practices, compliance, and data management, while coordinating with internal teams and external stakeholders to deliver community-focused outcomes.

Qualifications

• A degree, diploma or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Project Management, Building and Construction or Recreation Planning.
• Experience delivering civil works or recreation facility projects.
• Strong communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with project teams, stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Experience preparing or reviewing technical specifications, contract documentation, policies, procedures or funding applications.
• Experience applying QA, WHS, financial and risk management principles.
• Knowledge of asset management principles, lifecycle costing and project capitalisation processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop forward capital works programs for community buildings and assets.
• Help develop asset management plans with current asset data, procedures, and performance indicators.
• Analyse asset condition and life cycle costing.
• Provide timely, professional and technically sound advice on asset management including financial sustainability and risk.
• Initiate projects to replace aging or failed assets including investigations and stakeholder engagement.
• Develop and maintain up-to-date asset data and improve data systems.
• Extract, review and audit data from asset registers for financial and strategic reporting.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Team collaboration

Contract documentation

Risk management

Asset management

Education

Relevant degree/diploma (Civil Engineering, PM, Building & Construction or Recreation Planning)

Job description

Lake Macquarie City Council is seeking a Project and Technical Officer for Community Buildings to manage assets across libraries, art galleries and swim centres. The role involves developing capital works programs, asset management plans, and lifecycle cost analyses to support informed decisions.

You will provide expert advice on asset management practices, compliance, and data management, while coordinating with internal teams and external stakeholders to deliver community-focused outcomes.