Drinking Water Quality Improvement Program Practitioner
5 days ago
**Job Number**:
979270
**Work type**:
Fixed Term Contract
**Location**:
Melbourne - Docklands
**Categories**:
Environment, Operations and Maintenance, Planning
**Who we are**:
In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.
As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.
Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet, run through a yard sprinkler, or kayak down the Yarra—we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home —just as we have for over 130 years.
If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.
**About the Role**:
This fixed term contract is through to June 2026. As the Drinking Water Quality Improvement Program Practitioner you will be responsible for implementing Melbourne Water’s Drinking Water Quality Improvement Program (DWQIP). Based from our Preston site this role reports into the Drinking Water Quality Improvement Program Lead as part of the Quality & Process Improvement Team. This role will operate in a complex environment, and maintaining effective relationships with key stakeholders will be critical to the delivery of project outcomes.
For more information please review the Position Description: Position Description - Drinking Water Quality Improvement Program Practitioner.pdf
**About you**:
- Project management experience, including in managing multiple strategic projects with competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Outstanding analytical skills and an ability to pursue agreed objectives and use sound problem solving skills to overcome obstacles.
- Drinking Water processing or quality management experience advantageous.
- Experience in incident and change management advantageous.
- Experience with implementation of risk and quality management systems.
- Proven ability to work at both a strategic and detailed level.
- Tertiary qualifications in engineering or science and expertise gained in previous positions
- Valid Victorian Driver’s License
- Ability to pass both a Criminal Record check and an AusCheck
**Why join us**:
At Melbourne Water, we care about water and all life that springs from it.
Our people are fuelled by passion, and with safety at the forefront, we have an unwavering sense of purpose, and are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.
We walk the talk when it comes to flexible working - but that’s not all. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning permeates everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.
**How to Apply**:
Closing date: Sunday 12th January 2025 at 11:55pm AEST
- The Security of Critical Infrastructure (SoCI) Act 2018 requires Melbourne Water, as an operator of critical infrastructure, to prepare a Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program (CIRMP), which has been undertaken and managed by the Security and Emergency Management Team._
- Melbourne Water are required to assess roles across Melbourne Water to determine what roles are critical under the Act. All employees working in a role deemed SOCI critical will require additional ground checks via AusCheck. This role is deemed critical, and the preferred applicant will be asked to undertake an AusCheck._
**Advertised**:
19 Dec 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Closing**:
12 Jan 2025 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
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