Meath County Council invites applications from suitably qualified persons who wish to be considered for inclusion on a panel from which permanent and fixed-term contract vacancies for the position of Technician Grade 1 shall be drawn.

The panel will be used to fill vacancies across the organisation including in the Transportation, Planning, Housing and Environment and Climate Action Departments.
 

The duties of the post of Technician Grade 1 include, but are not limited to:

• Preparation of detailed design drawings for contract documents using AutoCad, for various complex construction projects
• Preparation of pavement condition surveys
• Preparation of traffic management plans and traffic surveys
• Road accident mapping and investigation
• Surveying for various water services and roads projects
• Planning for, and supervision of,  various construction/ investigative projects
• Preparation of Health & Safety documentation for works projects.
• Producing presentation work for Council and Public display
• Duties in relation to Public Lighting
• Mapping of watermains and sewer networks including mapping of burst plots records for watermains
• Mapping of sewer defects
• Carrying out of surveys to capture, record and map data on water-mains & sewers realigned as part of a road or other capital scheme  
• Liaison with IT section and provide updates for water services infrastructure on Location Publisher
• Liaison with all relevant sections in order to gather and compile all existing hard copies of water-mains and sewer networks and digitise same
• Liaison with Planning Section in terms of estates taken in charge for purposes of digitising same
• Creation of mapping through MapInfo/AutoCAD Map and use of GIS editors e.g. Mapinfo, Mapdrain, Sus25, Mapnet,  Autocad, An Post Geodirectory, Leaks Database
• Provide and distribute maps and reports for LA Water Services Section and Irish Water
• Implementation of GIS applications for sourcing and collation of geographical information from third party and internal LA sections
• Coordinate GIS activities between Meath County Council and Uisce Eireann
• Use of Irish Water Web Mapping Applications
• GIS map production including GIS data collection, conversion/editing, integration, updating, quality assurance and management and GIS System deployment and maintenance
• Create and present GIS data reports and mapping

• Maintenance of asset databases in GIS system

• Management of GIS systems implementation
• Produce Water Audits at DMA and WSS levels
• DMA mapping and Use or ArcGIS

• Control and supervision of staff
• Support other staff in the implementation and use of AutoCad & GIS systems and applications
• Report writing in relation to all of the above including ensuring that reporting is complete, timely and accurate, and that content is appropriate to users’ needs
• Keeping up to date with best practices in relation to duties above

• Any other activities as assigned by Line Manager/Supervisor