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Closing: 06-Jan-2025
Job Summary
Dates
- Opening Date: 09-Dec-2024
- Closing Date: 06-Jan-2025
Location
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
Salary
- Level 4 - $78k - $82k - plus 17% Superannuation and annual leave loading
Responsibilities
- Assist in the ongoing operation of the NSW-IMOS oceanography program including participation in field activities (both IMOS and other).
- Setup, testing, and download of data from oceanographic instruments (including ADCPs, thermistors, CTDs, acoustic releases, GPS units, Moana TDs etc.).
- Travel safely to and from mooring deployment locations; loading and unloading of gear from vehicles.
- Assist in the deployment and recovery of oceanographic instruments at sea, including coastal moorings and CTDs from small boats under the supervision of senior staff.
- Assist with sensor installations on Fishing vessels and liaise with fishing sector stakeholders.
- Perform routine cleaning and maintenance, following established procedures and guidance from senior staff on more complex fault resolution (e.g. fault-finding, replacing batteries and O-rings etc.) and testing of all instrumentation types.
- Maintaining up-to-date calibration and servicing registries.
- Cleaning and maintenance of mooring lines and floats (e.g. replacing shackles, splicing new sections of line).
- Preparing and shipping instruments for calibration or for deployment on fishing vessels.
- Keeping an up-to-date inventory of instruments.
- Liaise with manufacturers and suppliers regarding purchasing, maintenance, and calibration of instrumentation.
- Contribute to technical reports, presentations, research proposals and research publications where required.
- Respond to a range of in-person, telephone and email enquiries from internal and external stakeholders, and initiate, action or escalate as necessary.
- Align with and actively demonstrate the Code of Conduct and Values.
- Cooperate with all health and safety policy and procedures of the University and take all reasonable care to ensure your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself and others.
Requirements
- A university degree in Oceanography or related discipline (including environmental science, coastal or ocean engineering, fisheries science), or an equivalent level of knowledge gained through a combination of education, training or experience.
- Physically fit with the ability to undertake manual handling of heavy equipment.
- Ability to work at sea under a wide range of conditions, including manual handling of equipment on board vessel at sea, safety under standard operation procedures.
- Willingness to travel occasionally and work flexible hours needed to support operational requirements.
- Demonstrated offshore experience in assisting with the deployment of oceanographic instrumentation or similar boat-based field work.
- Confident using a range of basic workshop tools for servicing and maintaining oceanographic gear.
- Computing skills using desktop software and applications such as MS Office, Teams, Zoom.
- Sound organisational skills including ability to prioritise tasks and duties under established priorities.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to provide effective service and support to lab colleagues and external collaborators.
- Effective interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated capacity to work effectively independently under guidance, or as part of a team.
- Current drivers’ licence, First Aid certificate or ability to obtain one.
- Demonstrated ability in the use and administration of online systems and databases.
- An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.
Benefits
- 17% Superannuation
- Annual leave loading
- Fixed Term – 2.5 years
- Full-time (35 hours per week)
Notes
- There is no visa sponsorship available for this role.
- You should systematically address the selection criteria listed within the position description in your application.