About Us
Zinfra is a leading infrastructure services provider committed to delivering exceptional solutions in the energy, utilities, and infrastructure sectors. We pride ourselves on our innovative approach, technical expertise, and dedication to safety, quality, and sustainability. Our over 2000 team members across the East Coast, consistently strive to exceed our client’s expectations and make a difference in the communities we serve.
About the role:
The Overhead Line Design Surveyor is responsible for conducting detailed site surveys and assessments to support the design and construction of overhead power line infrastructure. This role ensures accurate data collection, analysis, and interpretation to inform engineering designs using Survey gear and total station that comply with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
The surveyor collaborates closely with design engineers, project managers, and the field teams to deliver reliable and cost-effective survey & design solutions for new installations, upgrades, and maintenance of overhead line systems.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Design Team support:
The role will add support to and help improve service delivery, and will involve relationships with design engineers, project managers and administrative staff. Assist with various design support tasks, including AutoCAD drafting support, technical advice, and cable derating assessments. The candidate will have a strong focus on overhead line design and technical standards.
- Project Coordination & Scheduling:
Support the design & survey team with project scheduling, managing new survey requests, and maintaining up-to-date design, survey mailbox and team’s survey trackers.
- Timely Project Delivery:
Help manage the Survey works program by ensuring regular updating of the tracker and keeping an eye out on the target dates.
- Stakeholder Communication:
Assist in evaluating and communicating with project managers, maintenance planners, and other stakeholders including clients on behalf of the group regarding any project impacts.
- Customer Service:
Deliver a high standard of customer service in all interactions.
About you:
To be successful in this role you will bring several years of experience in a similar role, along with;
- Min. of certificate III in power systems, surveying or other relevant qualification.
- Previous power industry work experience.
- Previous experience in line survey design, CAD drafting, nPoles, Preparation of detailed design on substations, and overhead designs up to 66KV will be highly regarded.
- Lidar Skills and Neara design software working knowledge will be highly regarded.
- Practical experience in customer service delivery and effective client interactions.
- Experience in survey projects demonstrating planning, time management, communication, reporting and financial control.
- Victorian drivers licence.
- Working knowledge of Street lighting, underground & other design components will be regarded.
We are a champion of equal opportunity employment and have committed to targets for gender equity and first nations representation in our workforce. We want you to come as you are by promoting an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with.
We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds including First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics.
Our people are our energy source and we offer meaningful benefits and rewards that work for you. We offer the opportunity for potential long term career growth as part of our talent development and succession planning process.
Join our team and make a meaningful impact toward Australia’s “Net Zero” targets through the delivery of critical infrastructure projects and be a part of our journey to shape the future of the energy and utilities industry.
Recruitment Process
During our recruitment process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks including pre-employment medical, reference checks and a national police check
Notice to Third Parties: Jemena does not accept unsolicited resumes (or liability associated with fees or costs) from recruitment agencies, search firms or third parties. Interested candidates are welcome to submit their application independently.
