Asset Optimisation Partner

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

Reporting to the Technical Specialist - Asset Strategy, you will work across the business to implement key initiatives
to enhance CHW’s asset management practices and optimise our comprehensive water and wastewater networks.

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

**Team, unit **Strategic Asset Management and Planning

**Division **Infrastructure Planning and Operations

**Work location **Learmonth Road, Wendouree

**Employment type **Up to Full-time / Nine () month Fixed Term Contract

Flexible options available: part-time work, purchased leave, varied start and

finish times, working from alternative locations and -day fortnights

**Position reports to **Technical Specialist - Asset Strategy

**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 toward 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 practices 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**

This position is responsible for delivering and driving development and implementation of key initiatives to optimise
CHW’s asset management practices with a specific focus on water, wastewater and recycled water networks.

**Key Duties/Responsibilities**

**Asset Management Optimisation**
- Lead key internal stakeholder groups to develop innovative solutions to complex business problems relating

to network assets.
- Determine and recommend optimal solutions to complex business problems.
- Partner with the ICT Team to implement workable solutions to IT system related problems.
- Offer thought leadership and a problem-solving mentality regarding effective methods to capture, store and

utilise asset data to drive decision making processes.
- Develop tools and streamline processes to empower operational teams to manage assets in an effective and

efficient manner.
**General**
- Provide ongoing technical leadership and oversight of a complex program of technical projects and assure

alignment of outcomes with broader business priorities.
- Assist with the development of tools, processes for asset management systems in conjunction with key

stakeholders.
- Commit to ongoing personal and technical development under the guidance of the Technical Specialist - Asset

Strategy.

**. Authority and Accountability**
- Seek efficiencies through implementation of new technologies or alternative approaches where direct

benefits can be achieved.
- Develop solutions for asset maintenance issues (with Network Asset Operations team, in response to

incidents, failures or corrective issues).
- Assurance and Compliance support (Audits, Asset Life Updates etc.).
- Co-ordinate asset condition inspections in line with Asset Management Plans with direct liaison from the

Network Asset Operations team.
- Asset performance assessments of critical network infrastructure.
- At all times, create, maintain and foster a safe work environment and ensure compliance with the

provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations and CHW policies and procedures.

**. Judgement and Decision Making**
- Required to exercise sound judgement on determine day-to-day priorities with competing tasks.
- Well-developed problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise independent judgement in interpreting

options, analysing and developing solutions.
- Required to proactively seek opportunities for continuous improvement and improved performance.

**. Specialist Knowledge and Skills**
- Knowledge of engineering and operational complexities of water, sewerage, recycled water, including

emerging technologies.
- Experience of asset management in