Head of Network Maintenance
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network for Sydney Water
- Job no: A7PRR
- Category: Customer Delivery
- Fulltime permanent Maintenance Lead to join our Customer Delivery portfolio
- Fantastic salary package with the opportunity to travel across the Sydney Water network
- Develop and refine short, medium, and long-term Network Maintenance strategies to deliver on the Customer Delivery and Sydney Water’s vision and strategy
About us
We have a proud heritage and a progressive future, providing world class drinking water and beautiful waterways from the mountains to the sea. We see the world is changing so we are changing too. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve.
About the role
Reporting to Sydney Waters Head of Network Maintenance you will be a key leader in the business, drawing from your wealth of experience, strategic thinking and whole of business focus. Managing a large, multi-disciplinary, and geographically dispersed workforce that operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Managing a team of up to 8 direct reports over 100 indirect reports you play a key role in developing meaningful strategies that integrate across our Customer Delivery portfolio and Sydney Water.
You will provide effective leadership to field-based teams ensuring customers receive consistently high quality and reliable water, wastewater, stormwater, and recycled services, through the provision of reactive and planned maintenance services within Sydney Water’s area of operation.
About you
As a successful applicant you enjoy a collaborative and challenging role, with experience managing a field base tactile workforce in a large organisation, demonstrating your ability to build strong relationships with your extended teams allowing you to deliver our workforce goals future proofing Sydney Water.
- Degree qualifications in Engineering / Science / Business Management or experience deemed equivalent
- Extensive knowledge of water industry trends and water, wastewater, and recycled water systems
- Extensive experience at a senior level in managing technical issues relating to operations or maintenance of operating assets and networks
- Demonstrated leadership in a varied, geographically dispersed team environment and operate as part of a management team
- Extensive understanding of the requirements for total quality management, including quality assurance, service assessment, continuous improvement, and environmental management
- Demonstrated high level strategic thinking experience with significant impact on short-, medium- and long-term goals
Please send through your updated resume, and as part of your application please ensure to upload your cover letter addressing the About You section of this role.
Please note, your cover letter is to be no longer than two (2) single sided pages
Information
- Location: Sydney, Australia
Taxonomy
- Network Optimisation
- Distribution Network Management