Senior Project Officer - Facilities Planning

This is a permanent full-time position commencing ASAP

The Infrastructure Division has responsibility for the planning and provision of facilities (land, buildings and equipment), which includes land planning, student enrolment forecasting and facilities planning, strategic asset management, capital works programs, maintenance and minor works programs and provision of facilities related services.

The Capital Works and Maintenance Directorate is responsible for compilating, managing and implementing the asset investment program including capital works projects and maintenance at public schools across the State.

The Role

As the Senior Project Officer - Facilities Planning you will research, review, plan and commission the infrastructure within schools to improve and maintain the quality of the built learning environment, including the provision of furniture, fit-out and equipment components within all capital work programs. You will ensure that policies, schedules, standards and specifications as they apply to infrastructure requirements for WA Government Schools are met and implemented by service providers and consultants.

Within this role you will engage with other stakeholders to ensure that effective solutions are investigated and proposed to better manage capital costs and recurrent expenses. Additionally, you will review information related to room data sheets, fit-out (including treatments and finishes), furniture, specialist technologies, machinery and equipment and other physical resources used in schools regularly to ensure that planning guides and briefs for new schools…