Duties

Provide expert, contemporary advice and guidance to Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) staff and external stakeholders on a range of building fire safety and fire engineering matters in accordance with relevant legislation, codes, standards. and risk management principles.

• Period of Appointment: Permanent
• Hours per fortnight: 73.5 hours per fortnight
• Location: Hobart

Market Allowance

This position is currently subject to a Market Allowance of 10%, which is in addition to the stated salary.

Essential Requirements

• A degree in Engineering (or acceptance by Engineers Australia as the relevant professional body as having equivalent qualifications).
• Licensed or are eligible to become licensed as a Fire Engineer through Consumer, Building and Occupational Services (CBOS), Tasmania.

Pre-Employment Checks

The Head of the State Service has determined that a person nominated for appointment to this position is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, promotion or transfer. Any relevant serious criminal offence or repeated serious offences over any period, which are not mitigated by additional information, may provide grounds for declining an application for appointment. Such offences would include, but are not limited to:

• Arson and fire setting;
• Sexual offences;
• Dishonesty (e.g. theft, burglary, breaking and entering, fraud);
• Deception (e.g. obtaining an advantage by deception);
• Making false declarations;
• Violent crimes and crimes against the person;
• Malicious damage and destruction to property
• Trafficking of narcotic substance;
• False alarm raising.

Desirable Requirements

Current driver’s licence.