Major Initiatives Risk Business Partner

About the Company

SA Water is a successful, modern water utility wholly owned by the Government of South Australia. We employ more than 1,700 people across a broad range of disciplines who operate more than $14 billion worth of infrastructure to deliver essential water and sewerage services to more than 1.8 million South Australians.

We operate in a geographically and climatically diverse service area, with sites and locations from Ceduna through to Port Augusta, the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, across to the Riverland, down to Mount Gambier, and most places in between.

Our strength and expertise have been shaped by our history. For more than 165 years, South Australians have depended on us to innovate and deliver efficient and sustainable water services. With nationally and internationally recognised industry expertise, we’re focused on understanding and meeting our customers’ expectations.

As well as safely delivering smart and reliable services for our customers of today, we innovate to shape the water solutions of the future that will support thriving economies and healthy communities.

We are driven by our values; we value our people, we do work that matters, we keep it real, we know that our work has impact and we are future focussed. Staying true to our values ensures that we consistently deliver positive outcomes for all South Australians.

About the job

As the Major Initiatives Risk Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in partnering with business leaders to embed risk management practices that enable confident, risk-based decision-making. Working closely with teams delivering major projects and strategic initiatives, you will ensure that risk management activities align with SA Water’s Risk Management Framework and contribute to our broader organisational objectives.

This role provides the opportunity to influence how risk is managed across large-scale and high-impact projects, while supporting continuous improvement and a strong risk culture across the organisation.

About the Person

You are a trusted advisor with strong analytical and interpersonal skills, capable of building relationships at all levels of the organisation. Your background in risk management, ideally gained within capital infrastructure, engineering, or large project environments, will enable you to bring pragmatic and solutions-oriented advice to the table.

About Business Insights and Excellence

The Business Insights and Excellence group drives operational excellence by enabling best business practices, economic pricing, supply chain management, and performance optimisation to support the broader business and partners in delivering reliable, cost-effective, sustainable, and future-focused outcomes.

In addition, your responsibilities will include:

Fostering trust with our people, customers and community by providing expert advice and service that ensure we effectively communicate and engage audiences with our business strategy and its delivery across South Australia, every day.

- Lead the business through a partnering approach to conduct risk management activities in accordance with the RMF with a focus on impacts arising from significant projects and initiatives.
- Act as a liaison and conduit for risk information between the business and teams delivering major projects and initiatives.
- Provide risk advice and specialist risk support to the business, including on significant projects and initiatives.
- Ensure risk information is current to inform the formal quarterly reports of our risk information to Executive, the Board and Board Sub-Committees.
- Lead the business through a partnering approach to improve the risk maturity by undertaking improvement activities as outlined in the Enterprise Risk Management Uplift Program.
- Work collaboratively with Enterprise Risk Team members, risk professionals in Capital Project Delivery, and other embedded risk specialists and Subject Matter Experts to develop and implement tools, practices and processes to improve the identification, management and mitigation of risks arising from significant projects and initiatives.
- Contribute to maintaining and embedding a Risk Community of Practice to ensure a consistent application of risk practices in the business and support the business through participation in working groups and provide risk input as required.

Your success in this role will come from:

- Relevant recent experience in risk management or related fields e.g., audit, strategy, project management etc.
- Demonstrated application of risk management principles and practices.
- Intermediate to Advanced capabilities in GRC software applications and Excel.
- Strong influencing, negotiation skills interpersonal and relationship management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills communication and interpersonal skills to enable establishment and maintenance of positive relationships with stakeholders.

Further information can be found in the attached PD – Risk Business Partner (Portfolio - Major Initiatives).

To apply, click 'Apply'. Please submit and complete the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries, please contact Despina Livadiotis from the Talent Acquisition team Despina.Livadiotis@sawater.com.au.

Applications close 11:55pm, 5 November 2025.

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au.

Please note: We request that recruitment agencies do not submit candidates for this position, as they will not be accepted.

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