Senior Field Leader - Mildura

About us:

CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks that services 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria.

We provide reliable, safe and affordable electricity to our customers, and our businesses are independently rated as the best in the country for their efficiency. Sustaining this is critical and challenging as greater electrification of homes, fleets and industries becomes a core strategy for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.

Using advanced analytics, knowledge built through years of practical expertise, partnerships with leading researchers, and the courage to experiment, our people are proud to be progressive influencers amongst the electricity industry.

We value inclusive leadership and teams and celebrate the results of succeeding together. But our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within.

This includes their physical safety – ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday – as well as their psychological safety, by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be. 

About the Role:

We have a unique opportunity for an experienced influential leader to join the Network Services team to take on the role as Senior Field Leader based at our Mildura depot.

Reporting to the Field Delivery Manager, the successful incumbent will manage the overhead and underground works program (construction, maintenance and restoration works) allocated to the area in a way that meets and exceeds key performance metrics.

You will play a pivotal role in managing and leading a depot of Field Leaders, employees, contractors and service providers with technical skillsets to meet the requirements of the company, and our clients, as measured by health, safety, environmental, schedule, quality and cost metrics.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of our Overhead capital works program
• Provide leadership for employees and resources across a whole depot/area.
• Provide support, direction and leadership to local (or across area) Field Leaders in all operational and people-related tasks.
• Play a lead role in the implementation of improvement programs to drive innovation in all parts of the workplace.
• Provide strategic direction to local field teams to enhance capability and efficiency in an ever-changing operational environment.
• Ensure the effective coordination of multi discipline teams working on complex electrical distribution projects.
• Support the Field Delivery Manager in managing people issues and opportunities as required, and acting as an SME for business improvement initiatives.
• Proactively play a part in driving and developing capabilities and skills across the teams in the depot.
• Be a strong role model and champion of Health, Safety & Environment values.

Required skills and experience: 

• Qualification/ Certification in an electrical distribution trade.
• Tertiary qualifications in an Engineering or Management discipline with demonstrated extensive experience in a similar role.
• Knowledge of the electrical distribution industry.
• Significant experience at a senior leadership role and management of a large, unionised field /construction workforce
• Experience in work force change and planning and implementing transformation to a large skilled resource group to meet customer requirements
• Experience in implementing best practice Field Leadership and practices
• Extensive experience in identifying, planning, and innovating business models as well as developing new channels, business models or business transformation

Note: Employment will be subject to the candidate successfully completing a pre-employment medical examination (which includes a hearing test, colour blindness and physical examination) as well as relevant drug and alcohol testing and to assess fitness for work, reference checks, as well as Entitlement to Work in Australia checks.

Your career with us:

We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability.

We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees.

We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women. 

Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within.

What’s next?

Please submit your application via our careers website by 14 April 2024.