Civil Maintenance Planner

Play a critical role in securing our region's water future
- Join a purpose-driven organisation that values your contribution**:

- Belong, learn and grow with a team that has your back

We are seeking a Civil Maintenance Planner to join our Civil Maintenance Team within our Customer Delivery division.

**Our Company**

At Hunter Water our Values define who we are as an organisation and how we behave. We strive to live these Values and it is shown in the work we do and the way in which we interact with each other.

At Hunter Water we fundamentally believe in and commit to diversity and inclusion. We value an individual's unique capabilities, backgrounds, experiences and characteristics. We rely on these diverse perspectives to drive innovation and collaboration, to deliver the best outcome for our customers and communities.

We are embarking on a new strategic direction to build a more innovative, collaborative and resilient organisation that is a thought leader in developing a sustainable water and wastewater future.

At Hunter Water we offer a range of employee benefits. For this position, these will include, but are not limited to:
Excellent flexible working and additional leave benefits including:

- Additional Public Holidays, RDOs
- 5 days additional paid Carers Leave per annum
- Paid Community Service Leave
- 14 weeks paid Parental Leave for both parents
- Access to hybrid work and other flexible options

Health & Wellbeing benefits including:

- Fitness passport
- Access to discounted health fund and health services
- Access to the Employee Assistance program

Remuneration & Hours:

- 35 hour working week
- Reward and Recognition Program

**The Opportunity**

As the Civil Maintenance Planner you will responsible for the prioritisation and scheduling of civil works for asset maintenance, repairs and renewals, and release of this work to field employees from the Civil Maintenance team.

**What you'll do**:
Working closely with Civil Scheduler and Field Supervisors to understand priorities and balance resource constraints. The primary focus is ensuring that all assets are maintained in accordance with operational requirements, monitoring cost, and compliance to maintenance schedules, whilst providing operational support to Field Supervisors and their teams in order to maintain a productive workforce.
- Work as an integral part of the Field Services Model (FSM) Team, to help embed and improve the planning and scheduling capability at Hunter Water.
- Using IFS’s FSM (field services management) and PSO (planning and scheduling optimiser) software prepare weekly and monthly schedules to ensure SLA’s are achieved
- Work closely with Field Supervisors, Scheduler, Control Centre and the business to understand priorities and constraints
- Contribute to business efficiency improvements, assist in the review and improvement of operations and maintenance strategies, including implementation of work control and data collection systems to ensure the operability and long-term cost as well as the effective maintainability of assets

**What you'll need to be successful**:
**Essential Criteria**:

- Positive can-do attitude and a desire to proactively improve workforce management
- Strong customer service and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build strong working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience in scheduling and/or work planning, preferably in a multidiscipline environment
- Experience working with computerised maintenance management systems. Preferably for 4 years or more.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team
- Class C Drivers licence
- Agree to act within the requirements of Hunter Water’s policies and applicable legislation
- Model Hunter Water’s organisational values
- Continuous improvement focus

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Experience in Water and Wastewater networks
- Working knowledge of IFS’s FSM and PSO
- Working knowledge of Ellipse or similar ERP / Asset Management System

**Application Steps**:
To be considered for this position applicants must submit a cover letter addressing the Selection Criteria above and provide a current resume.

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**Application closing date**:**30 May 2025.

**Contact**: Rachel Clark **Phone**: 0488 620 144