Full Time Limited Term (12 months)
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 highly motivated and experienced leader to join our team as the Team Leader Irrigation Delivery (TLID) on a 12-month fixed term role.
As the TLID, you will play a pivotal role in fostering a collaborative, high performing culture where meeting and exceeding targets is a shared commitment. Your leadership will promote a positive and productive work environment, fostering a team culture centred on growth and shared achievements.
Working within the Water Supply East team and as part of the management group, you will oversee the Water Supply East infrastructure, systems, and delivery services to achieve SRW’s corporate goals. Operating within broad guidelines and under minimal direction, you will ensure that performance and productivity standards are consistently met to support strategic outcomes.
You will use your strong relationship building skills to maintain effective relationships with contractors, stakeholders, customer and services providers whilst playing a lead role in infrastructure works and capital planning.
If you have experience leading a team, and can adapt in a dynamic work environment, we would love to hear from you!
As the Team Leader Irrigation District, some of your responsibilities will include:
- Cultivating a customer focused culture within the Delivery and Maintenance team and actively championing and leading SRW’s Values.
- Support the delivery of water and maintenance activities to customers within Water Supply East.
- Ensuring maintenance operations meet industry standards and regulatory requirements, aligning with service expectations.
- Assist with capital planning programs and the development of project proposals, business cases and problem statements.
- Support the integration and ongoing maintenance requirements of modernised assets within the irrigation district.
About you
The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate some of the desired experience and abilities below:
- Experience in Maintenance or Asset Management.
- Proven leadership skills in staff supervision and guiding teams to deliver efficient, high-quality outcomes for customers.
- Highly developed written and verbal communications skills with the ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- The ability to work with managers to understand service expectations and meet service standards.
How to Apply
Applications should be made online by clicking 'Apply' before midnight Sunday 10 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
