Job Description

Role: Technical Officer

Location: Brookvale NSW 2100

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Salary: $121,120 -$126,400 (+super, +salary packaging)

Who are Bridge Housing?

We are an award-wining Community Housing Provider (Tier 1 NSW) who provide safe, secure and affordable homes to people on very low to moderate incomes. We aim to provide our tenants with stability and support.

At Bridge Housing, we value integrity, innovation and inclusion and throughout those values its pivotal to every one of our employees that we CARE about the work we do, our tenants and their safety and wellbeing.

What is a Technical Officer? (The role)

Our Northern Beaches office in Brookvale has a permanent, full‑time (35 hours per week) opportunity for an experienced Technical Officer to join our Assets team.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting safe, well‑maintained homes by providing technical expertise across asset‑related works and programs. Working closely with internal teams, contractors and external partners, you’ll apply sound technical judgement to support maintenance delivery, capital works and long‑term asset planning with a strong focus on customer service and positive experiences for tenants.

What does a day as a Technical Officer look like?

• Supporting the delivery of quality homes by implementing and monitoring asset maintenance programs, ensuring works are delivered within agreed timeframes and budgets
• Coordinating and overseeing disability modifications, environmental sustainability initiatives and tenant alteration approvals across the portfolio
• Applying technical expertise to assess works undertaken by Bridge Housing and contractors, ensuring compliance with building codes, standards and WHS requirements through pre‑, progress and post‑work inspections
• Accurately scoping and managing vacant works to minimise turnaround times and loss of rental income
• Monitoring and auditing contractor performance, including workmanship quality, workplace health and safety and environmental compliance
• Identifying and escalating risks, defects or compliance issues through appropriate internal channels
• Project managing major structural works and supporting tender preparation and review
• Working collaboratively with Housing, Assets and other internal teams to support delivery and manage workload peaks
• Sharing technical knowledge and supporting capability‑building across Bridge Housing staff
• Engaging respectfully with tenants, property owners and stakeholders and responding professionally to enquiries
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with contractors, sector partners and industry stakeholders

Who are we looking for?

Essential criteria

• Valid Drivers licence
• White Card
• Intermediate skills in all Microsoft Office applications
• At least 5 years’ experience in construction, maintenance, skilled trades or property project management
• Demonstrated ability to apply technical knowledge and sound judgement to assess building works, identify defects, manage contractors and support asset related programs
• Experience working autonomously in a field based role, managing competing priorities and meeting agreed timeframes
• Demonstrated problem solving capability and ability to respond appropriately to issues identified on site
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across teams and engage professionally with tenants, contractors and internal stakeholders

Desirable criteria

• Previous licenced builder
• Trade Certificate IV or equivalent
• Experience using CHISORS (Community Housing Industry Schedule of Rates)
• Experience in contract or supplier management, including monitoring performance and compliance
• Demonstrated stakeholder engagement experience within housing, construction or asset management environments

They also need to be willing to obtain a Criminal Record Check.

Why join Bridge?

We are an award winner of Best Workplace; we have achieved this title as a result of our fantastic workplace culture, which results from all our employees living the organisation’s values (Integrity, Innovation, Inclusion and Impact). Bridge Housing values its employees, their wellbeing and their professional development.

To recognise and reward the hard work of our employees, Bridge offer an inclusive and extensive Bridge Rewards Program that includes:

• support for employee wellbeing and professional development
• regular “recharge” day off a month for staff
• 35 hour working week
• extensive leave options (equivalent to 5 weeks per year including Christmas and your Birthday off!)
• study assistance and study leave
• training and development from internal and external providers
• team building
• monthly massages/ reflexology
• hybrid working arrangements (up to 2 days WFH per week)
• flexible work arrangements
• Grade 6 under the SCHADS Award + 10% (Base salary = $121,121 - $126,478 per annum)
• competitive, above award salary
• PLUS superannuation,
• PLUS not for profit salary packaging options up to $15,900
• We use Maxxia for our salary packaging (give them a google!)

APPLY NOW! By uploading a resume and cover letter through our portal. Don’t forget! We want to see in your cover letter why you want to work for us and how your values align.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. We will be reviewing and assessing applications on merit as they are received and consequently the closing date may be subject to change without notice.

Good news! We are establishing a Talent Pool from this recruitment process. If you are currently unavailable or the exact opportunity does not currently suit you, feel free to submit your application to be considered for suitable applications in the future.