- Significant engineering leadership role, leading the Engineering Team accountable for bridging between engineering design and construction teams and operational teams to ensure successful integration of all new and renewed assets
- Exciting opportunity to lead a team pivotal to transformation in the way Sydney Water creates new assets.
- Establish new ways of working across the Capital Delivery value chain to optimise translation of operational needs into performance standards and acceptance criteria and to optimise existing assets and integrate new assets smoothly.
- Role model Sydney Water values and behaviours and create a constructive and supportive working environment.
- Competitive Salary and Super, Permanent Position
About us
Water is the most valuable natural resource in the world. The work of the Engineering and Technical Support team is essential to continuously improving the health of the rivers and beaches of Greater Sydney. We are supporting the design, construction, maintenance, operations and optimisation of water and waste water treatment solutions that contribute to the circular economy, restoring and reinvigorating the natural environment. You will be able to make a real difference to the community and the environment through this essential service.
The workplace is a mix of office and onsite project activities and you will be leading and working with a diverse group of employees. You will have the opportunity for formal and in-house training to support your career development as a water professional. We are a family friendly workplace and offer job and workhour flexibility.
About the role
As the Engineering Integration Senior Manager you are responsible for the enterprise and functional leadership of teams accountable for operational acceptance, new/renewed asset integration and process optimisation. You will achieve this work through a combination of leading direct reports and working in partnership with operational, design and delivery teams.
Your team is accountable for contributing to the performance requirements and standards defined up front in design development and then ensuring that these operational and engineering standards are endorsed and handed over from delivery teams to operational teams. You have the opportunity to build a high performing team of facilitators and proactive solution focused leaders. The team will work proactively identify potential risk points and work across the value chain and throughout multiple stages of the project to identify concerns, facilitate solutions and address any performance or maintenance limits arising from capital delivery or delays.
The team works closely with a Project Manager from the Program Delivery team within Infrastructure Delivery and Design Directors from Design Development to ensure the performance outcomes and scope being developed meets operational needs and have clear handover measures defined.
Reporting to the Senior Manager Engineering, you will lead Operational Acceptanced Specilaists (~ 6) plus partner with operations engineers (~ 30). You will have access to engineers, specialists and operational acceptance personnel through the ETS Engineering teams.
Sydney Water is delivering a significant increase in capital projects over the next 10 years as defined in the Long Term Capital and Operating Plan. Your role in establishing and leading a highly professional engineering integration function which delivers smooth, effective handovers to achieve enterprise goals is pivotal. You will be working closely with the Planning Team, Delivery Teams, Operations teams and technical specialists across ETS to ensure your designs safely and cost effectively achieve compliance, customer and enterprise needs.
About you
This role will suit a leader with significant experience in leading design teams in complex engineering environments. To be considered for this position you will need:
- Highly developed leadership and facilitation skills and demonstrated ability to build a high performing team and influence indirect reports.
- Demonstrated experience and skills in operations, capital interface management, operational acceptance or engineering, delivering to meet safety, economic, community and sustainability expectations at the right cost and quality at an acceptable level of risk.
- Demonstrated business acumen and commercial understanding of quality/cost/risk trade-offs with a lens on short, medium and long-term outcomes.
- Highly developed facilitation skills for proactively identify risks and navigating suitable solutions in a proactive way
- Degree qualifications in engineering / science or equivalent experience to meet the needs of the role
- Demonstrated business planning skills and ability to provide strategic direction and frameworks for building and optimising business unit performance.
- Minimum of 10 years experience in engineering design role (water/wastewater and/or resource recovery is highly advantageous but other engineering industries are strongly encouraged to apply)
- Exposure to quality management systems (ISO 9000, 14000, 4801)
Closing date: Monday 5th August 11.59pm
Please see the position description for the role’s full accountabilities.
You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident at the time of submitting your application to be considered for this role. For more information please contact recruitment@sydneywater.com.au
Sydney Water welcomes you to apply if you feel you meet the selection criteria. The successful completion of a Criminal History Check and Medical Assessment form part of the application process.
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