Total Remuneration Package: $161,000 inclusive of superannuation.
Location: Negotiable across SRW major offices in Maffra, Werribee and Mitcham
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.
Southern Rural Water is currently seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to deliver high value ICT and digital transformation projects central to our strategic priorities and long term success. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute towards enterprise wide technology initiatives and play a key role in major projects already underway in our digital transformation program.
The Senior Project Manager is accountable for the planning, execution, and delivery of major ICT and digital transformation projects, with a strong focus on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other high value, enterprise wide technology programs. You will provide strategic leadership across the full project lifecycle, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within scope and budget, and aligned with SRW’s corporate objectives.
As the Senior Project Manager, you will provide leadership and expertise to ICT project teams, implement robust governance frameworks, and foster strong stakeholder engagement. A critical aspect of the role will be driving system adoption and organisational change, ensuring that initiatives deliver sustainable business value and long term benefits.
As the Senior Project Manager, some of your responsibilities will include:
Lead end-to-end delivery of ERP and other complex technology projects, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, budget, and aligned to SRW outcomes.
Define project scope, requirements, deliverables, resourcing, and budgets, supported by robust risk and benefits management.
Provide governance, reporting, and oversight across all phases of the project lifecycle, including executive and board committee updates.
Engage and communicate effectively with business units, executives, partners, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with organisational strategy.
Manage vendors and partners, ensuring capability, quality, performance, and risk obligations are met.
Desired Skills and Experience
About you
The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate some of the desired experience and abilities below:
Degree or equivalent qualifications in Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Extensive experience leading complex digital transformation projects, particularly across ERP (- Major Platforms i.e. Microsoft, TechOne, CIVICA) and infrastructure (cloud, networks, cybersecurity).
Proven ability to lead cross-functional and technical teams through the full project lifecycle from solution design and integration to go-live, transition, and change adoption.
Strong knowledge of enterprise platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, Technology One, CIVICA with expertise in cybersecurity, identity management, and data governance in regulated environments.
How to Apply
Applications should be made online by clicking 'Apply' before midnight Sunday 31 May 2026 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
