Ironbark Sustainability,Street Lighting Design and Technical Officer Jobs in Australia

Summary

The
Street Lighting Design and Technical Officer will be responsible for supporting
the Ironbark team working with council clients through the process of
developing public lighting designs. The role will involve close liaison with
Ironbark staff and potentially other public lighting stakeholders.

The
successful candidate should be experienced in AS/NZS 1158 (or similar) and
preferably be able to use the PerfectLite

software suite to produce
lighting tables, isolux plots and preliminary lighting designs to be added into
final AutoCAD designs.

The
Technical Officer component will incorporate assessing street lights and the
facilitation of the Public Lighting Approvals Network (PLAN), which involves
liaison with approval authorities and street light suppliers, technical
assessment of street lights and fulfilling the requirements of Ironbark’s NATA
accreditation as an Inspection Body.

Key
Duties:

Key
Duty 1

Produce
lighting spacing tables, isolux plots and preliminary lighting designs in
Perfect Lite.
Create
CAD based lighting and electrical designs
Use
GIS software and a general set of assumptions, to assess whether a street
lighting scheme is compliant with the requirements of AS/NZS 1158

Measure

Carry
out tasks using Perfect Lite design software with little oversight from
managers in a timely manner.
Develop
high quality CAD based lighting and electrical designs in a timely manner;
Communicate,
both formally (reports, emails and phone calls to clients) and informally
(verbally to colleagues), the outcomes of compliance assessment of
lighting schemes in the context of AS/NZS 1158.
Communicate
at both a technical and layperson’s level depending on the technical
knowledge of the client or colleague

Key
Duty 2

Assessing
street lighting luminaires to AS/NZS 1158 Standard

Measure

Completion
of initial Independent Technical Market Assessment reports to a high
quality standard
Liaison
with lighting suppliers, manufacturers and Distribution Network Service
Providers (DNSPs).

Key
Duty 3

Assist
in the development of “PLAN and NATA” strategic initiative

Measure

Input
into project plan with lighting team to be developed by early 2016

On-going
assistance to fulfil the requirements of Ironbark’s NATA accreditation as an
Inspection Body including reporting, auditing,

Key
Selection Criteria – Skills and Experience:

Qualifications

Must
have bachelor degree or diploma in science or engineering

Project
Management

Skills
in managing time setting priorities, planning and organising one’s own
work with guidance from a project manager.
Exceptional
attention to detail
Efficient
worker and task oriented

Demonstrated
Workplace Experience

Experience
in dealing with customers/third parties in a professional manner via mail,
phone and in person.
Understanding
of technical assessments to Australian Standard required – understanding
of AS/NZS 1158 would be beneficial.
Member
of the Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand
looked on very favourably

Stakeholder
knowledge

None
required, but a basic knowledge of one or more of the following is
beneficial: Local government structures and processes, Distribution
Network Service Providers (DNSP) structures and processes.

Computer
Competence

Proven
computer skills are essential including the use of e-mail and the
internet, demonstrated ability to work with Microsoft environments
especially Excel
Competent
in the use of PerfectLite, AutoCAD and MapInfo.

Communication

Well
developed communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to
liaise with multiple internal and external stakeholders on a single matter.
Well
developed writing skills, including the ability to produce high quality
and well-written quantitative reports.

Decision
making/Accountability