Technical Assistant - Meter Reading And Inspections

Careers At Council; Tweed Heads; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9 day fortnight

Commuter vehicle option

Training and development opportunities

Flexible work options

Generous conditions

Job summary

Tweed Shire Council is seeking a Technical Assistant to join the water meter reading and inspections team. The role involves reading meters, performing on-site tests, and ensuring meters operate accurately while supporting anomaly investigations and program optimisation.

The position is based in Tweed Heads and offers a permanent full-time contract with a 9-day fortnight, a commuter vehicle option, and flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated working knowledge of water meters, water billing and water efficiency principles.
• Ability to carry out maintenance tasks and on-site tests to ensure water meters are working correctly.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate professionally and courteously with members of the public.
• Experience with corporate business systems such as records management, property and rating, customer requests, GIS systems, Outlook, Word and Excel is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Read water meters and carry out on-site tests to ensure meters are functioning properly.
• Investigate water consumption anomalies and meter faults and provide solutions.
• Implement, review and optimise quarterly and monthly water meter reading programs.
• Carry out special water meter reads for property conveyancing purposes.

Skills

water meters

water billing

water efficiency principles

communication with public

Tools

records management

GIS systems

Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

Technical Assistant - Meter Reading and Inspections

Great opportunity to join Council in a permanent full‑time position within our water meter reading team responsible for managing Council's fleet of over 27,000 water meters.

The position reads water meters and carries out on‑site tests to ensure that meters are working properly and reliably. The position investigates and finds solutions for water consumption anomalies and meter faults. The role also implements, reviews and optimises the quarterly and monthly water meter reading programs and carries out special water meter reads for property conveyancing purposes.

This position is suitable to those who enjoy walking and working outdoors independently.

What's on offer

• a permanent full‑time position with opportunities to expand your skills and expertise
• a base salary ranging from $64,608 per annum with competency‑based increments up to $74,025 per annum, plus 12% super
• 76 hour, 9 day fortnight
• commuter use vehicle option
• training and development opportunities
• flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
• generous employment conditions (we have too many to list -for more).

We are seeking

• demonstrated working knowledge of water meters, water billing and water efficiency principles
• the ability to carry out maintenance tasks and on‑site tests to ensure water meters are working correctly
• problem‑solving skills and the ability to communicate professionally and courteously with members of the public
• previous experience with corporate business systems such as records management, property and rating, customer request, GIS systems, outlook, word and excel is desirable
• previous experience reading meters and knowledge of the Tweed Shire water supply network is desirable

About us

• Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
• The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
• Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non‑traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options.
• Join anemployer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

Where it's located

This position is based in Tweed Heads, and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

Position closes

Friday 6 November 2026 at12 noon sharp(NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.

TIPS for Addressing the Selection Criteria

Recruitment timeframe

• Shortlisted candidates will be notified week commencing 23 November 2026
• Interviews will be held week commencing 30 November 2026
• Successful candidate will commence January 2027

Pre‑Employment Screening

Tweed Shire Council conducts pre‑employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.

• Pre‑employment medical – some roles require a functional (physical) assessment, and all positions are subject to drug and alcohol screening (a positive test result means the recruitment process ends and your application willnotbe considered).
• Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.

Reference Checks are undertaken by the panel. Your 2 referees should ideally be your current and most recent supervisors. Your referees are not contacted unless you’ve been interviewed and are a preferred candidate.

Immunisations

This position is identified as at risk of contracting vaccine‑preventable/manageable diseases and as a consequence impacted employees are strongly recommended to participate in Council’s workplace vaccination program.