Works & Services

Responsibilities:

Capital works preconstruction and delivery, infrastructure planning and specifications, works investigations, construction of roads, drains, parks and minor works, maintenance of roads, drains, parks and minor works, natural and cultural resources and noxious plant control, parks and reserves, swimming pools, sports liaison group, caravan parks, cemeteries, leisure venues, park bookings, camping grounds, Partnership Cairns management, facilities maintenance, design and survey services, disaster management, and management of the Council's fleet and metal fabrication services.

Divisional branches:

Business Support - administration, financial and logistical support.

Cairns Fleet - fleet management, acquisition, maintenance and disposal and metal fabrication services.

Cairns Works - construction, roads, drainage, parks and minor works, maintenance of roads, drains, minor works, parks, street litter and public toilet cleaning.

Infrastructure Management - strategic infrastructure planning, emergency planning, capital works programming, asset management and works investigations.

Precincts and Facilities - inner city facilities (City Place and Esplanade), parks and reserves, sporting group liaison, caravan parks and camping grounds, natural and cultural resource management, cemeteries.

Project Services - capital works preconstruction and delivery, infrastructure specifications.

Technical Support Services - facilities maintenance, design and survey services, systems support, disaster management.