Manager Service Programs Water Treatment

At Melbourne Water we love water and love life. What we do makes a vital contribution to Melbourne’s famous lifestyle. We achieve this by supplying high quality drinking water, providing outstanding sewerage services, integrating drainage systems, building resilience to flooding and by enhancing our waterway and land for greater community use. At Melbourne Water we are in the ‘Decade that Matters’ and we’ve got some ambitious goals to achieve. It’s a pride we share in helping to make greater Melbourne a fantastic place to live.

Reporting to Matthew Daley Senior Manager One Water, the Manager Service Programs Water Treatment for  leading the Service Portfolio of Water Treatment, ensuring Melbourne Water has an optimised, fit for purpose suite of Programs to enable delivery of the defined services and service objectives, is regulated and meets other obligations and stakeholder expectations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Interpret Service Master Plans into Service Technical Objectives.
• Develop Programs, assess and respond to Program performance
• Lead the establishment of management strategies for various asset portfolios
• Lead the review of service risk profiles across various asset portfolios
• Governance reporting of the 3 to 10 years investment portfolio, service risk and benefits realisation
• Identify opportunities for the implementation of new techniques and processes for impacted Melbourne Water assets
• Investigate business needs, prepare business cases (BNI’s)

To be considered for this role, candidates should have:

• Tertiary degree in relevant engineering or discipline field (e.g. , process, chemical) or extensive experience in relatable area
• Experience and knowledge of service planning and asset management processes, risk assessment and management techniques.
• Experience in project and program management.
• Technical leadership and guidance in relation to complex works, projects and programs.
• Demonstrated capability to practically evaluate options and proposals
• Knowledge and proven experience in Whole of Life Asset Management and large scale infrastructure planning.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen skills to control, budget and forecast expenditure
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships and partnerships both within and outside the business
• Prior experience working in the Water Treatment industry is also important

For more information, please see the attached Position Description:  Manager_Service_Programs_Water_Treatment.pdf

We take enormous pride in cultivating a culture that holistically benefits our team and the wider Melbourne community. The pillars of our culture are based on Flexibility, Impact, Growth & Development, and People.

We are committed to flexible working in a variety of manners including hybrid work, varied start/finish times, purchased leave, part time work, and 9 day fortnights. We understand that Melbourne Water and our customers are benefitted by enabling balance in work and life.

Make an impact as part of a passionate team doing meaningful work to, drive and deliver on effective and efficient asset planning and management outcomes, including the management of risk and investment at optimal lifecycle points (growth, compliance or asset performance and renewal), across various asset portfolio discipline(s). to enhance life and livability in Melbourne.

We relish learning and challenging the status quo for continuous growth. Perpetual and varied opportunities for learning and development are offered in a variety of manners - from formal development programs, digital learning content and lunch & learns; to visiting our sites and getting to see our initiatives and projects first hand.

People are the foundation for all that we do. Our people are warm, welcoming, and inclusive.

We welcome applications from everyone, including people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTQI+ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Melbourne Water welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

How to apply

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Closing date: 11 February  at 11:55pm AEST