Team Leader Water Resources

Position Description
Central Highlands Water
- Integrity _
- Teamwork _
- Leadership _
- Care_**_ _**

**Team Leader, Water Resources**

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

**Team, unit **Water Supply Services

**Division **Infrastructure Planning and Operations

**Work location **Learmonth Road, Ballarat (Hybrid Working)

**Employment type **Full-Time and open to Part-Time / Fixed Term Contract to May

Flexible options available: purchased leave, varied start and finish times, working

from alternative locations and -day fortnights

**Position reports to **Executive Manager, Water Supply Services

**Direct reports **Water Resource Operators x

**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 CHW ‘_Safety is Everyone’s Priority_. We are committed to the safety of our people, customers and the community

we serve and we have a zero tolerance towards harassment or violence within the workplace.

We have an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and difference. We believe all jobs can be worked flexibly

from varied cultural backgrounds.

We encourage employees’ continuous professional development. Employees are supported in keeping abreast of

current industry best practice and are encouraged to take an active personal interest in staying informed of

professional practices, standards and latest trends.

We believe that everyone has the capability to show 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 primary role of the Team Leader - Water Resources is to manage the operational planning and control of CHW’s

water resources, optimising their reliability, quality, movement and use. You will manage a dynamic team of water

resource operators ensuring their safety in the complex, remote and often isolated operation of critical CHW

infrastructure.

**Key Duties/Responsibilities**
- Provide strong and effective leadership and coordination of the Water Resources team.
- Create a culture that is supportive, flexible and collaborative, where risk management, safety, the environment,

continuous improvement and optimisation is across all aspects of Water Resources operations.

operational teams to ensure efficient and reliable system operations is maintained.
- Be autonomous and self-motivated, and actively seek out continuous improvement opportunities.
- Ensure operations are conducted in a safe manner to meet customer requirements, internal KPIs and

maximise water resource position.
- Manage CHW’s contractual and partnership obligations in the regional Water Monitoring Partnership.
- Prepare budgets and written reports as required.
- Proactively work to enhance the /customer experience
- Undertake higher duties responsibilities as required.
- Other duties as directed.

**. Authority and Accountability**
- Responsible for the efficient and effective performance of all duties and key responsibility areas within the role,

Water Supply Services or others.
- Responsible for the management of contracts including accurate and timely administration and associated

reporting.
- Constructively contribute to creating and maintaining CHW’s desired culture by demonstrating CHW’s values

and behaviours, and being mindful and respectful.
- At all times, create, maintain and foster a ‘safety first’ culture and ensure compliance with the provisions of the

Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations and CHW policies and procedures.
- Maintain skills and training to ensure competent back-up of field operations and weekend stand-by duties as

required.

**. Judgement and Decision Making**
- Authorised to exercise independent judgement in the delivery of high-quality work performed in accordance

with established standards, corporation objectives, policies and priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to assess issues within broad principles, guidelines and policies and provide accurate

and timely responses to immerging issues.
- Exercise a high level of personal and professional judgement is required in determining day-to-day priorities

and methods and resolution of major and complex issues.
- Required to exercise sound judgement, initiative and discretion in the management of contractors.

**. Specialist Knowledge and Skills**
- Highly developed computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Of