Central Coast Council

Graduate Engineers – Water and Sewer

Want to start your engineering career and have a passion for serving your community? Do you have a willingness to learn and love to find unique solutions to problems? We are currently seeking three new Graduate Engineers to join our Water and Sewer directorate and if you have these skills then this might be your chance to rewrite the future with us!  

• Start your Engineering career in a large organisation within our Water and Sewer Directorate 
• Work/ Life Balance - 9 day fortnight with flexible/ hybrid working arrangements available
• 3x temporary full time positions for up to 2 years

About the role

These graduate roles within our Asset Delivery, Asset Planning or Maintenance Services section will see you gaining skills and experience across a broad range of functions in your relevant area of study. 

You will be able to apply the knowledge you have learnt to everyday situations and learn from a range of industry professionals. 

This will be achieved through the adoption and implementation of sound engineering principles and practices while receiving mentoring to contribute to the provision of clean, safe drinking water and quality sewerage services for our customers. 

If you are interested in assisting in tasks such as effective asset planning, improvement of operational and maintenance processes for water and sewer, or learning how to work safely and effectively in a highly regulated industry then this may be the graduate position for you. 

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

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A Degree qualification in Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, Environmental Engineering or relevant equivalent, combined with ongoing professional development. 
• A current Class C Drivers Licence. 
• A current Construction General Induction Card - SafeWork NSW or equivalent. 
• Experience in the use of Microsoft suite of applications (e.g. MS Teams, MS Word, and MS Excel)
• Demonstrated ability to participate and actively contribute in a team environment to achieve organisational goals and outcomes. 
• Demonstrated positive approach to provision of customer service. 
• Ability to complete work and deliver according to project schedules an competing deadlines and priorities. 
• Ability to use judgement and problem-solving skills to achieve positive outcomes. 
• Good communication skills, including both written and verbal, across varying audiences. 

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 $74.7k per year. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $86.5k per year on completion of assessment of skills and performance 11.5% superannuation 
• We have a three temporary full-time positions available. 
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight/19 day month.
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role - 2 days from home and 3 days onsite.
• This role is located at the Nexus Business Hub, North Wyong or Council's Erina Works Depot. 

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

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

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. For further instructions please click here. 

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.