Maintenance Delivery Manager

Overview / Responsibilities:
Wood have a collaborative maintenance contract with Seqwater to maintain all assets and operating facilities across South East Queensland.

Wood is currently recruiting for a Maintenance Delivery Manager with significant experience in providing day-to-day strategy and direction to deliver Maintenance excellence.

In this role you will provide leadership in the implementation of asset management and strategic maintenance improvements and lead, develop and maintain efficient and effective maintenance service resources for all electrical, instrumentation and mechanical assets across the South East Queensland region.

**Responsibilities**
- Ensure safety focus is maintained at site and create a positive safety culture that enhances the wellbeing of our employees
- Ensure team’s compliance with Wood and Seqwater’s policies, standards, quality, safety, environmental, technical procedures, SOP instructions and practices as required, performing compliance checks from time to time
- Promote and support the alignment of standards, procedures and practises across each of the regions to obtain consistent efficient delivery of service. Identify improvement opportunities and implement improvement plans as required
- Improve the effectiveness of the delivery team. Advise, encourage and challenge the status quo and owning the continuous improvement of our delivery to the client;
- Provide input into scheduling of maintenance activities and address maintenance issues arising from the schedule;
- Maintain a strong working relationship with the maintenance improvement strategy team throughout Seqwater and provide key leadership in the ongoing development of this strategy in addition to leading implementation of initiatives.
- Advise the Contract Manager on delivery performance and effectiveness in KPI compliance, with focus on identifying areas for improvement;
- Perform coaching conversations, disciplinary discussions and performance management with employees if and as required;
- Provide visible leadership to the workforce and ensure time is spent equally and as required between each of the regions and sites
- Lead the development of asset management strategies and refinement of computerised maintenance/asset management systems
- Oversee the provision of asset maintenance across the region and ensure maintenance is delivered consistently across Seqwater assets

Further activities required as per PD

Skills / Qualifications:

- Professional qualification Or Equivalent with relevant and considerable experience in the industrial sector
- Recognised and accredited management qualification
- Possess an Unrestricted C class driver's licence for manual vehicles.

**Knowledge, Skills and Experience**:

- Demonstrate balance of industrial experience at relevant level and position
- Extensive Leadership experience in a contracting organisation performing in a similar role
- Strong understanding of relevant Government regulation and legislation
- Strong understanding of key relevant maintenance practices and standards
- Intermediate level of commercial and business acumen
- Strong industrial relations technical knowledge and experience
- Ability to develop high performing teams and culture
- Relevant Workplace health and safety requirements
- Exceptional leadership skills with positive attitude to addressing problems
- Significant experience driving and supporting maintenance strategy development and change process’s
- Knowledge and experience in Computerised Maintenance Management Systems
- Financial and budget preparation and management

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**Personal attributes**:

- Mobile and willing to spend time away from office location as and when operation requires
- The ability to take responsibility for (manage) a team of trades staff and several facilities and a large regular contractor base
- Demonstrated experience in managing resources to ensure organisational objectives are met
- Sound and developed analytical skills
- Ability to influence internally and externally and be politely assertive as required

If you’re an experienced, maintenance professional with heavy industry experience ready for your next project, then we are keen to hear from you today.

Company Overview:
Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.