Senior Infrastructure Pipeline Lead

Full Time Fixed Term Position

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

 About Melton City Council

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

The Opportunity

A new opportunity has arisen for an experienced leader to coordinate the Long-Term Infrastructure Pipeline and Capital works process. The position of Senior Infrastructure Pipeline Lead will work closely with the Manager City Infrastructure Planning to lead development and ongoing improvement/maintenance of the Capital Works Projects and Programs, to achieve a reliable long term infrastructure program that sustainably meets the needs of our growing community.

The Senior Lead position assumes a pivotal role in the planning of long-term transportation and social infrastructure to accommodate the continuous population growth. This includes coordinating with developers and State Government to ensure the timely provision of necessary infrastructure, ultimately fostering well-connected and sustainable communities.

You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to build, foster and maintain positive working relationships including the capacity to resolve and negotiate conflicts in a timely manner with all stakeholders.

We are seeking highly experienced candidates that can provide inspirational leadership for a very diverse team with the energy and passion to deliver quality outcomes for Council and our community.

Key Responsibilities

This position will be responsible for:

• Coordinating the development and ongoing improvement/maintenance of the long-term capital works projects and programs, to achieve a reliable program that sustainably meets the needs of our growing community and to ensure smooth implementation and execution of infrastructure projects by the organisation.
• Coordinating all land acquisition activities within growth areas to support the long-term infrastructure plan.
• Coordinating with State Government agencies and utility supply companies with regards to the provision of state infrastructure and regional transmission services, including but not limited to level crossings, major roads and rail projects, schools and kindergartens, drainage, gas, electricity, sewer, water and telecommunications and understand service delivery impacts on Council/Developer lead projects.
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the team, encouraging innovative thinking and identifying opportunities for enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Actively participating in the strategic leadership of the City Infrastructure Planning Department and Council by contributing valuable insights and expertise as a member of the leadership team. Collaborate with other leaders to shape and execute the department's strategic initiatives, aligning them with the overall goals and vision of the Council.

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About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Tertiary qualification in engineering, project management, strategy, business management or a relevant discipline with further formal qualification in the field of expertise with extensive experience in the planning of infrastructure to service a population growth.
• Extensive experience in the development and interpretation of strategies and programs the direct policy and decision making
• Substantial experience working with the Growth Area Planning processes.
• Extensive experience in leading a team and people management
• Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

• Motivate
• Empower
• Lead
• Trust
• Open
• Nurture

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council

• 4 weeks and 2 days annual leave (As of 1st of July 2024 will increase to 5 weeks)
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Bhavin Mehta, Manager City Infrastructure Planning on 9747 5758.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

Applications close 11:59pm Tuesday 2 July 2024