Groundwater Technical Officer

**Groundwater Technical Officer**

**Classification **Level, Central Highlands Water Enterprise Agreement

**Team, unit **Groundwater, Water Supply Services

**Division **Infrastructure Planning & Operations

**Work location/s **Learmonth Road Ballarat

Various groundwater sites

**Employment type **Fixed term contract

months.FTE

**Position reports to **Coordinator Groundwater

**Our Values**

Our vision: _Our Water - Our Customers - Healthy Living _

Our mission: _Together, we provide quality water and wastewater services, safely, efficiently and sustainably to _
- communities in the Central Highlands Region _

Our values: _Integrity Teamwork Leadership Care**Organisational Environment**

At Central Highlands Water (CHW) ‘_Safety is Everyone’s Priority_. We are committed to the safety of our people,
customers and the community we serve and have a zero tolerance towards bullying, harassment or violence within
the workplace.

We have an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and difference. We believe all jobs can be worked flexibly
LGBTIQA+ and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We support and encourage employees’ continuous professional development. Employees are supported in keeping
informed of current industry best practice and are encouraged to take an active personal interest in staying up to
date with professional practices, standards and latest trends.

We believe that everyone has the capability to demonstrate leadership, regardless of their formal level of authority.
We expect all team members to focus their efforts on developing and displaying the leadership behaviours defined
in our Leadership Capability Framework. We have a commitment to enhancing our leadership maturity across the
whole business, through our internal Personal Leadership Program, Learn Lead Grow (LLG), and focussing on
Leading Self, Leading People and Leading the Organisation.

**Purpose**

The purpose of the Groundwater Technical Officer role is to:

- Plan and implement site-based groundwater projects, including small scale capital renewals, new monitoring

installations, bore decommissioning programs and water quality and site safety improvements
- Help CHW to meet its every-day groundwater operational activities, including remote and site-based bore

operations, contractor engagement and supervision, water sampling, bore cleaning and monitoring
instrumentation support
- Help CHW to ensure that groundwater supplies are maintained in an operable condition and comply with safety,

environmental and health-based regulations, in a responsive and collaborative manner taking strong field-based
initiative and technical leadership
The position will work closely with the Coordinator Groundwater across core functional areas of CHW’s Water Supply
Services business unit, including water supply assets, water resources, water quality and water treatment. The
incumbent will also collaborate with a number of other CHW teams, including SCADA, laboratory, land assets,
network operations, capital projects and maintenance teams, plus relevant external authorities.

The position includes both field-based and office-based activities and requires someone who is physically fit for the
required tasks.

**Key Duties/Responsibilities
- Work with the Coordinator Groundwater to plan and prioritise groundwater projects and tasks
- Ensure a safe work environment at all times
- Develop and implement routine groundwater catchment and asset inspections at CHW bore sites
- Scope and deliver small-scale asset renewal and decommissioning projects
- Provide field-based support to water quality investigations and site safety improvements
- Maintain inventory of monitoring equipment installation and equipment across CHW bore sites
- Coordinate new monitoring installations
- Process and interpret field information and data, including SCADA and telemetry data, to identify issues and

inform decisions
- Conduct field-based site inspections and tests, including groundwater sampling at pumping bores, water level

monitoring, maintenance of field instrumentation, bore cleaning
- Liaise with, induct and/or supervise contractors, consultants and new employees to CHW groundwater sites
- Respond to operational issues and incidents, including raising work orders and timely attendance and support

on site as required
- Review reactive maintenance processes for CHW groundwater bores and identify and implement improvements
- Provide input to documentation and currency of groundwater asset information and operating procedures
- Work with a range of CHW systems to support investigations, planning and implementation of groundwater works

(e.g. GIS, SCADA, asset and monitoring databases, contractor management, finance)
- Collaborate with staff and stakeholders from ‘catchment to tap to catchment’
- Provide support to broader Water Supply Services team functions as required

**. Authority and Accountability**
- Self-accountable with ability to work effect