Airfield Civil Maintenance Manager

**_We currently have an exciting new opportunity available for a Leader in Maintenance or Civil Construction to join the Melbourne Airport team Diverse and rewarding role driving improvement, safety, and quality within our Airfield._**

The Airfield Civil Maintenance Manager is responsible and accountable for the day-to-day maintenance of the Airfield Civil Assets (pavement, line marking, grasslands, fencing, fixtures and associated infrastructure), ensuring they are well maintained, meet operational availability and MOS139 requirements.

This role is a key leadership role, responsible for leading the civil maintenance team, and ensuring that the team is productive, professional, and highly engaged.

With the aviation and travel sector booming, on top of transformational projects that will underpin the future growth and development of Melbourne Airport and Victoria as a whole, now is a very exciting time to join

**Key responsibilities**:
**Manage the day-to-day running of the Airfield Civil Maintenance Team**
- Promote and drive a just culture and positive team engagement of the Airfield Civil Maintenance team
- Host regular team meetings with the airfield civil maintenance team to drive productivity, efficiency and teamwork.
- Define and manage work priorities, providing direction to teams through team leaders on daily and weekly tasks.
- Manage the department spend in line with annual budget.
- Ensure all team members are up to date with compliance modules and licenses required to complete their role
- Ensure Friction levels are maintained through regular testing and rubber removal, review results to determine compliance and maintenance requirements moving forward.

**Improve Melbourne Airport’s Safety and Compliance**
- Achieve OH&S best practice and aim for NIL workplace accidents/incidents.
- Investigate and learn from all workplace accidents/incidents, ensuring learnings are shared appropriately.
- Ensure Risk Assessments and/or Job Safety Analysis are in place prior undertaking tasks.
- Annually review all safety procceses and refresher training documentation, incorporating continuous improvement and best practice methodology

**Make technology work better for the business**
- Continue to drive the use of technology to improve compliance, efficiency, reporting and safety. e.g. airfield systems, pavement systems, data collection, contract management.
- Ensure CMMS is managed and effective as a primary work planning tool for assets.
- Work with the Grounds Maintenance team to ensure effective use of GIS, CMMS, and any other appropriate tools.

**Maintain effective communications with internal and external stakeholders.**
- Maintain effective communications with the Airfield Standards Manager, Airfield Operations Manager, and the Airfield Facilities and Technical Manager to ensure an accurate reflection of the asset base is published
- Work closely with the Airfield Infrastructure Asset Manager in the implementation and setup of the airfield asset management plan.
- Ensure contact and communication with other Airport users (business) is carried out in an efficient, considerate manner appropriate for the situation.
- Coordinate urgent works notifications through operations and external agencies.

**Manage the Airfield Maintenance OPEX and Minor CAPEX budgets**
- Develop an annual budget plan for approval, outlining cashflows and critical works for the year. Then delivering to approved budget.
- Work closely with Infrastructure team to identify appropriate allocation of works to CAPEX projects.
- Contribute to developing strategies for the upgrade and maintenance of existing civil airside infrastructure assets, in conjunction with the Planning and Construction Sections including; pavements, roads, drainage, grasslands, rubber removal and line removal.

**Manage and maintain the Airfield pavement, grassland and markers/markings asset base to appropriate safe, secure and serviceable standards.**
- Ensure the Annual Technical Inspection is completed and that all report recommendations are implemented as per the action targets.
- Comply with CASA regulations Manual of Standards 139 and the Melbourne Airport Manual.
- Undertake asset failure remediation without undue operational interruptions.
- Ensure Preventative Maintenance is completed monthly or have a program of remediation.
- Ensure Emergency Maintenance is completed within the program priority and corrective maintenance programme as required
- Ensure that all stock is kept to appropriate levels for the daily maintenance and operations of Melbourne Airport Airfield teams.
- Minimum 5 years of maintenance experience in maintenance or civil construction desirable.
- People management experience. Previous experience leading teams across multiple shifts.
- Working knowledge and detailed understanding CASA Manual of Standards Part 139 is advantageous
- Proficient in the MS suite of programs
- Commercially astute
- Highly capable of developing and writin