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There's no life without water, and at Urban Utilities, we live and breathe that knowledge every single day. As leaders, we inspire and empower our passionate team to drive meaningful change. Join us in shaping the future of Urban Utilities, making a lasting impact, and leading our teams towards a better tomorrow.
About the role
Do you thrive on complex challenges and delivering real world results? Are you searching to work for an organisation that serves a higher purpose?
We’re seeking a passionate and experienced Capital Delivery Leader to join The City & Regional Delivery team at Urban Utilities as a Delivery Manager. In this key role, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of infrastructure across our service territory.
You will be responsible for overseeing the safe and efficient delivery of a portfolio of infrastructure projects and the 5-year capital investment plan. You will take full accountability for your portfolio through the project life cycle from need identification through development, delivery and benefits realisation, working across a complex range of Resource Recovery, Wastewater, and Water assets.
As a Leader at Urban Utilities you will play an integral role in shaping and growing the team culture, relationships with key stakeholder groups, including those within Urban Utilities, regulatory bodies, landowners, governmental entities, and the local community. You will also lead a diverse, integrated and highly talented team made up of direct employees and integrated partners, fostering an inclusive work environment that delivers safe and efficient solutions.
Our goal is to be the employer of choice and we strive to make UU a great place to work. We actively seek feedback and take steps to grow and improve.
Core Responsibilities:
- Provide Safety Leadership to ensure safety and safety performance improvement remains the key focus of the team
- Lead the detailed planning, development, and delivery of a complex capital portfolio
- Provide leadership and strategic direction for the team to ensure portfolio outcomes are safely achieved
- Manage the 5-year capital investment portfolio for the region, prioritising investment to minimise service risk and maximise value for customers.
- Lead a multidisciplinary, integrated and highly skilled project team, fostering an inclusive and collaborative work environment.
- Develop and implement strategic program plan and report on status to meet the requirements of key business, client, and stakeholders.
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including internal teams, design partners, delivery partners, customers, regulators and the local community.
- Drive a collaborative, integrated approach with our delivery partners, focussed on the best for business outcomes.
What you can bring to the role?
We’re looking for a passionate leader to join our team and take charge of complex capital programs. Here’s what will make you a great fit:
- Technical Expertise: A degree in Engineering or equivalent experience is a must.
- Proven Track Record: You have significant experience leading large capital infrastructure programs in utilities, public works, energy, or heavy industrial sectors. Ideally, you’ve managed geographically diverse portfolios with multiple, concurrent projects.
- Leadership Prowess: You possess strong leadership skills with a proven ability to manage multidisciplinary, integrated teams. You'll foster an inclusive and high-performing culture to safely deliver exceptional results on our infrastructure portfolio.
- Collaboration is Key: You're a critical thinker who naturally builds strong relationships with stakeholders. You excel at collaboration, aligning objectives, and achieving desired outcomes.
- Results-Oriented: You have a demonstrated ability to deliver on your promises and achieve committed outcomes.
At UU, we celebrate diversity. We genuinely believe that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expressions is key and crucial to our success as a business. You might find you meet some, but not all, of the job requirements for this role. We’d still encourage you to apply as we we’re looking for the right human being for this role - it’s about so much more than ticking all the boxes!
Why Urban Utilities?
At Urban Utilities, the work we do is about so much more than the bottom line. We're a leading provider of world-class drinking water and wastewater services to the vibrant communities of Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Somerset, and Scenic Rim. As we continue to grow, we're committed to planning ahead and shaping a sustainable future around water for generations to come.
At the core of our work lies genuine care: for our team, our customers, communities, and the environment. From the flush of a toilet to major infrastructure projects and residential developments, we're dedicated to being there every step of the way.
Our HQ is in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, but you'll find us all over SEQ - working in cool places like the SAS Laboratory in Darra, field-based depots in Eagle Farm, Acacia Ridge, Bundamba, and wastewater treatment plants dotted across the region.
We know the chance to thrive, and progress comes hand in hand with the support to balance work with life. So, you’ll access an increasingly diverse range of benefits and initiatives that’ll help you bring the best you. Speaking of which, here’s just a sample of the benefits we offer our team:
- Generous Salary Packaging options, including novated leases
- Corporate discounts across Health insurance, technology and more
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave, 15 days personal leave including two proactive wellbeing days, and an additional day of leave each year to connect with friends and family
- Flexibility at UU depends on the type of work you do but could include options such as, 9-day fortnights and flexible days. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you!
- Urban Utilities is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and policies directly at WORK180
Visit our website to learn more about us at www.urbanutilities.com.au
How to apply
Click on the "Apply” link below to complete your application.
Please note: applicants will be required to undergo a Pre-employment medical & National Police History Check and other background checks as part of the recruitment process for this role.
For further information please contact our Talent team at *******@urbanutilities.com.au
