Planning & Facilities Admin Officer | 9‑Day Fortnight

Council Jobs; Mackay Regional; On-site; AUD 78,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary AU$86,710.48

18% superannuation

4 or 5 weeks’ annual leave with 17.5%留

9-day fortnight roster

Salary sacrificing options

Study assistance programs

Employee Assistance Program

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Active Social Clubs

Job summary

Mackay Regional Council is seeking a Planning Officer in the Building & Facilities team based in Mackay. The role combines administration, financial support and asset information management to keep planning activities organised and to provide reliable data that informs decisions.

You will coordinate day-to-day administration, collate information for business cases, raise purchase orders, track expenditure and support budget monitoring.

Qualifications

• Strong administration and record-keeping skills, with attention to detail.
• Confidence working with figures to support purchasing, budget tracking and forecasting.
• The ability to organise workload, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines independently.
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach to teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day administration for building and facilities planning.
• Collate information and assist with preparing business cases and project concepts.
• Raise purchase orders, track expenditure and assist with budget monitoring and forecasting.
• Upload documents and maintain accurate records in Assetic, ECM and SharePoint.
• Retrieve photos from existing systems and organise them in Assetic to build an asset photo library.
• Assist with updating reports and dashboards that present planning and budget information.

Skills

Administration

Record-keeping

Attention to detail

Power BI

Education

Certificate in administration/finance/asset management

Tools

Assetic

ECM

SharePoint

Job description

Mackay Regional Council is seeking a Planning Officer in the Building & Facilities team based in Mackay. The role combines administration, financial support and asset information management to keep planning activities organised and to provide reliable data that informs decisions.

You will coordinate day-to-day administration, collate information for business cases, raise purchase orders, track expenditure and support budget monitoring.