First Nations - Team Leader Maintenance Engineering - Tamworth, Armidale, Newcastle, Dubbo, or any other locations in Northern NSW

We invite you to join WaterNSW and be part of a thriving, inclusive team that celebrates diversity and values unique perspectives.   

At WaterNSW, we communicate openly and honestly whilst maintaining respect for one another. We understand everyone is different, and this is what we value as part of our inclusive culture.   

We are currently recruiting for Team Leader Maintenance Engineering (Full Time, Permanent) and would love to hear from you!    

Acknowledgement of Country   

WaterNSW acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.   

Our perks and benefits:   

We believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.    

• Aboriginal Support Network    

• Flexible working    

• Work a 9-day fortnight at full pay on the Enterprise Agreement    

• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave    

• Yearly corporate wear allowance    

• Professional development and educational assistance    

• Remote Area Benefits based on work location 

• A supportive and inclusive work culture that embraces diversity, cultural understanding and values    

• An opportunity to work on country and be part of a team that is making a real difference in the NSW communities. (Visit our First Nations programs page for more information) https://www.waternsw.com.au/about-us/our-business/first-nations-programs    

Location: Tamworth, Armidale, Newcastle, Dubbo, or any other locations in Northern NSW 

Salary range starting from: $150,332.00 + Super   

Tenure: Permanent, Full Time 

What we are looking for:   

• A strong desire to contribute your skills and expertise to our business    

• Someone who is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander decent / identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and is accepted as such by the community in which they were born, has lived or currently lives    

• A commitment to promoting and preserving Aboriginal culture and value   

• Bachelor’s degree, Advanced Diploma (or equivalent) or trade certificate complemented by appropriate post-trade experience, in an appropriate asset management field.  

• Ability to work effectively in teams or autonomously as required.  

• Highly effective report writing and communication skills.  

• Proven competency in the use of Microsoft Office applications  

• Current Australian Drivers License.  

Join us on our journey to build a more inclusive workplace and make a difference in the lives of our customers and communities.    

What you will work on:  

• Actively engaging in the risk management processes including processes relating to safety, asset integrity and process integrity, ensuring risks are identified, understood, documented, and controlled.  

• Actively engaging in asset life-cycle management processes including the identification, initiation, planning and engineering of asset upgrades or refurbishments, whilst ensuring assets are managed. 

• Actively engaging in asset management processes including the development and improvement of maintenance techniques, strategies and systems, ensuring maintenance work outcomes and systems are high quality, effective and efficient.  

• Supporting the maintenance and project work management processes and work activities to ensure safe, high quality, effective and efficient (including in terms of costs and resource utilisation) work outcomes are achieved.  

• Supporting continuous improvement processes relating to the investigation of safety incidents, asset and process performance and reliability issues, ensuring root causes and contributing factors are identified and understood, and related improvements are realised. 

• Managing the audit processes including the condition and operational integrity of assets, to ensure that the knowledge of asset condition and operational and maintenance expertise is maintained in accordance with WaterNSW and regulatory requirements.