Full Time Ongoing
Water Services Band C: $82,104 – $95,048 per annum plus 11.5% statutory superannuation.
Location: Maffra
About Southern Rural Water
Southern Rural Water (SRW) is a Victorian water corporation with nearly 170 staff, managing major dams, weirs, water licencing and more from Mallacoota through to the South Australian border. At SRW, we believe that diversity makes us stronger, and we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive and contribute to collective success. Through providing a flexible, always safe workplace and promoting employee development, we empower employees to contribute to our strategy of great value for customers and community through excellence in rural water management.
How We Support You
At Southern Rural Water, we recognise and prioritise the wellbeing and fulfillment of our staff members. Here's what we offer to ensure a balanced and rewarding work experience:
- Embrace flexibility: We support various working arrangements including WFH, 9-day fortnights, tailor your work schedule to accommodate for school drop off and pick up hours.
- Generous leave provisions: 15 days sick leave and 14 weeks paid parental leave to support you during life’s important moments!
- Health and Wellbeing: Yearly reimbursement of up to $150 per financial year to support you in physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
- Professional development: We support your growth through a range of internal and external training initiatives and offer study assistance programs to empower you to reach your full potential.
- Employee Assistance Program: Receive comprehensive support for yourself and your family through our employee assistance program.
- Salary Sacrifice: Salary Sacrifice options for vehicles, equipment, and superannuation to enhance your financial benefits.
- See what else we can offer you on our Careers Page!
About the Role
Southern Rural Water is currently seeking a motivated and adaptable individual to join our team as a Maintenance Planner. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the efficient operation of the Water Supply East team, where you will manage resources and coordinate daily maintenance activities to ensure we meet our corporate objectives while delivering outstanding customer service.
As the Maintenance Planner, you will be responsible for organising and overseeing maintenance operations, supporting the maintenance team, and ensuring processes within the Water Supply East team run smoothly. Your leadership skills will be critical in guiding and empowering a team to achieve shared goals, while upholding SRW’s values.
We are looking for someone with strong problem solving abilities and an always safe approach, capable of managing resources, delegating tasks, and making decisions with accountability.
If you are an excellent communicator, a collaborative team player, and adaptable to change, we would love to hear from you! This role offers a fantastic opportunity to build your skills and gain valuable experience across a range of operations.
As the Maintenance Planner, some of your responsibilities will include:
- Lead and manage daily maintenance activities: Set priorities, coordinate resources, and provide direction to the maintenance team and contractors, ensuring performance meets service delivery requirements.
- Culture Building: Lead by example as part of the Water Supply East Leadership team, fostering SRW’s values and culture.
- Managing Asset Integration: Manage and support the development and integration of modernised assets into SRW’s Asset Management System.
- Irrigation maintenance expert: Develop expertise in irrigation maintenance and serve as a subject matter expert.
- Providing technical support: Offer high-level guidance on maintenance and construction projects across districts.
About you
The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate some of the desired experience and abilities below:
- Proven ability to lead and supervise teams, driving efficiency and ensuring effective customer outcomes.
- Prior experience in planning or undertaking maintenance activities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain productive relationships.
- Broad understanding of compliance processes, with the ability to interpret and work within the Water Act 1989.
- HC truck license and competency tickets for earthmoving plant and equipment would be advantageous.
How to Apply
Applications should be made online by clicking 'Apply' before midnight Sunday 3 November 2024 or by visiting our website: www.srw.com.au
Please take the time to describe how your knowledge, skills and abilities would make you a suitable candidate for this role as part of your cover letter.
A Position Description for this position can be obtained from this link.
Southern Rural Water is committed to diversity and inclusion in employment and is proud to encourage applications from people of different backgrounds, abilities, ages, genders, gender identities and/or sexual orientations.
Southern Rural Water acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters we work with and within, and pay respects to Elders past and present.
We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to provide an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss your reasonable adjustments during interviews, please contact: peopleandculture@srw.com.au
