Senior Technical Specialist

Senior Technical Specialist

Location: Parramatta or Orange

Employment type: Ongoing (Permanent) Full time

Salary: Clerk Grade 11/12 ($145,378 - $168,130 pa), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

As a Senior Technical Specialist, you provide technical and subject matter expertise, including advanced technical guidance and solutions, across facility management, lifecycle maintenance, and capital works upgrades. The role supports the delivery of organisational goals through proactive planning, technical innovation, and alignment of asset capabilities with business objectives and performance requirements across the full asset lifecycle.

What you’ll do

As part of the Major Program Delivery team within Infrastructure and Assets division, you will be responsible for but not limited to:

• This role provides expert technical guidance and leadership within the Programs and Partnerships team, supporting the delivery of facilities management, lifecycle asset maintenance, and capital works programs across the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ).
• The position is responsible for ensuring that the department’s diverse and often heritage-listed assets are maintained and upgraded in line with legislative requirements, industry standards, and strategic objectives.
• Key responsibilities include resolving complex technical issues, developing forward maintenance strategies, supporting project delivery through sound technical advice, and ensuring compliance with best practices.

The role also plays a key part in driving innovation and continuous improvement by leveraging emerging technologies and data-driven tools to enhance asset performance and support long-term infrastructure planning.

The successful candidate will join the Programs and Partnerships team, working closely with the Director, Senior Managers, Senior Project Officers, Lead Maintenance Coordinators, and Maintenance Coordinators. Our team operates across NSW and is known for its strong collaboration, supportive culture, and commitment to delivering high-quality maintenance and project outcomes. We foster a dynamic and inclusive environment where open communication, teamwork, and continuous improvement are highly valued.

What we’re looking for

We are seeking a candidate with a strong technical background, ideally holding a tertiary qualification, trade certification, or equivalent experience in a facilities management-related discipline. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in maintenance or service delivery, bringing practical knowledge and insight into field operations. We're looking for someone who can apply this experience to support continuous improvement, embrace technical innovation, and help enhance our systems and processes for more effective maintenance outcomes. A demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development is essential.

Download the role description.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career

• Flexible, autonomous work environment

• Competitive pay and conditions

• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Want more information?  Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Wednesday, 18th June 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Andrew Dean, Director Programs and Partnerships on 0461 257 439 or at Andrew.dean1@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Sarah Nguyen on 02 9765 5046 or via thikimyen.nguyen@dcj.nsw.gov.au   

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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