• Bring your technical capability (or emerging engineering skills) to an essential service.
• Join a knowledgeable, supportive team and learn from experienced operators and leaders.
• Make a genuine, visible impact for our community — every day.

About the role

The City of Coffs Harbour has multiple opportunities for Technical Officers to join our Water & Wastewater Services teams, working across Water Services and Wastewater Operation streams. These roles suit experienced technical officers as well as emerging engineers who enjoy applying practical engineering thinking in a real-world operational environment.

In these roles, you'll provide technical and administrative support that helps keep the City's water and wastewater systems running safely, compliantly and efficiently. Your work will be varied — combining office-based technical coordination with site inspections and stakeholder liaison — and will include supporting key programs such as:

• Asset protection and operational investigations, including improving asset data quality and resolving anomalies in GIS/asset systems;
• Operational and customer-focused technical advice, including liaising with internal teams, customers and contractors and contributing to practical solutions; and
• Compliance and administration activities, such as program-based audits and coordination (e.g., maintenance scheduling and reviewing wastewater network operations in the wastewater stream; backflow prevention, metering, pressure testing and related administration in the water stream).

If you like solving problems, working with data and systems, getting out on site, and seeing your work translate into better outcomes for the community, this could be the role for you

Please refer to the attached position descriptions for further details or reach out to our Talent Team.

About you

You're practical, curious, and enjoy turning technical information into clear actions. You communicate well with a wide range of people and take pride in producing accurate work that supports safe, compliant operations.

You'll bring:

• A commitment to Work Health & Safety, risk awareness and continuous improvement.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Confidence using common business tools (e.g., Microsoft applications) and an interest in working with data, mapping and asset systems (e.g., GIS/CAD and related systems as relevant).

Essential Requirements:

• Diploma in Civil Engineering (or working towards) or related field
• Class C Drivers Licence
• Experience in water and waste water industry/operations
• National Construction Induction Certification (Whitecard)

Desirable Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant legislation
• Bachelor Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering
• Project Management or Contract Management certification

What's on offer?

• Competitive Salary (from around $88k - $97K for Water Services and from around $92K - $101K for Wastewater Operations) depending on your capabilities and experience + 12% superannuation
• Permanent Full Time 35 hours per week
• Flex time, flexible work arrangements and generous leave entitlements!
• Scope for performance-based salary increases.
• Numerous benefits as outlined here!

About us

The City of Coffs Harbour strives to ensure the community and visitors can enjoy and grow the City's opportunities. We empower our people to innovate and work collaboratively with accountability and respect at the core of our approach. This is an excellent opportunity to be a part of a dynamic organisation and a thriving community in one of NSW's most beautiful regions. Check out the benefits of living on the Coffs Coast

Hear from our General Manager, Murray "Muz" Wood, on why a career at the City may be right for you!

Want to chat?

Please reach out to Jonathon Bell, Section Leader Water and Wastewater Services on jonathon.bell@chcc.nsw.gov.au or via phone 02 6648 4889 to discuss the roles in more detail.

If you have any queries around or require specific assistance or adjustments with any aspect of the application/recruitment process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Team via email at recruitment@chcc.nsw.gov.au

Want to apply?

The application process and further details, including the Position Description, can be found below.

Applications are to be submitted by 9pm (AEST, NSW) on the advertised closing date.

The City of Coffs Harbour is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace based on the principles of employment equity and diversity. We actively encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran or disability status.