Manager Water

Posted: 02/04/2025

Closing Date: 02/05/2025

**Salary**: $144,696.20 - $159,717.53

**Job Type**: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Cooma

Job Category: Water and Wastewater

**Package**: $144,696.20 - $159,717.53 + 11.5% Super (Grade 14 of the SMRC Salary System 2024-2025)

**Position Description**:Manager Water and Wastewater Operations**

**Applications close 11:59pm, Friday 2 May 2025**

**About The Region**: The Snowy Monaro region is a unique and culturally diverse region of south-east NSW. From our history of the Snowy Hydro Scheme, our proud agricultural industry and popular ski resorts, we are a region that has a lot to offer. With fantastic lifestyle choices, whether you are an adventure seeker or prefer the finer things in life, we really can offer it all, and all within close proximity to our nation’s capital Canberra. The Snowy Mountains region is packed with year-round experiences with so much more than snow sports and alpine walks. Glorious wildflowers blanket the alpine landscape of Kosciuszko National Park during summer, and if you love adventure sports there's rock climbing, kayaking, caving, fishing, horse riding, mountain biking, and 4WD touring activities to get your heart racing. Explore the famous Snowy River, and go skiing or snowboarding on the slopes of Perisher and Thredbo - or camp under the stars at some of the most picturesque campgrounds in NSW. You'll never forget the rugged alpine scenery of Australia's largest national park. Snowy Monaro Regional Council employs over 450 staff from all walks of life and working with us will give you the opportunity to enjoy our beautiful surrounds, progress your career and make a difference in our local community.

**About the Role**:

- Translate the principal activities of the Delivery Program and Operational Plan into plans, programs and projects across water and wastewater to meet community and organisational priorities.
- Coordinate work programs and plans to deliver the principal activities of the Operational Plan to meet community and organisational priorities.
- Guide and manage the department’s contribution and the organisational performance of the Council through continuous improvement activities that enhance service quality, accessibility and responsiveness.
- Manage resources (time, finances, assets, people) to deliver the principal activities of the Delivery Program and Operational Plan.
- Deliver the services of the departmental portfolio according to legislation, adopted strategies and plans to meet community needs and organisational priorities.
- Guide and manage the departmental portfolio’s contribution and the organisational performance of the council to enhance service quality, accessibility and responsiveness.
- Support the delivery of water and wastewater capital works projects.
- Promote, model and reinforce cross-functional collaboration through information sharing and knowledge transfer to drive evidence-based decision making, enhance capability and optimise capacity.
- Model and reinforce an agile, solutions-focused, accountable and collaborative culture that facilitates workforce engagement, empowerment and performance.
- Hold employees accountable for their WHS responsibility to maintain a safe workplace.

**About You**:
To be successful in this role you will have:

- Degree qualification in Environmental Science, Engineering or a related discipline with demonstrated contemporary experience in a similar role; or substantial contemporary experience in a similar role, coupled with ongoing professional development to support contemporary knowledge.
- Demonstrated experience in the management of water supply and wastewater schemes and major projects.
- Demonstrated technical knowledge of water and wastewater asset management, infrastructure and property.
- Proven ability to engage with and influence a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders in a political environment to achieve fit-for-purpose outcomes that drive the achievement of strategic goals.
- Experience in reporting particularly in the areas of corporate management and organisational reporting and technical matters within the portfolio.
- Proven track record leading, coaching, developing and supporting staff to achieve work targets and objectives efficiently and effectively.
- Current Class C Drivers Licence.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience working in the Local Government Sector.

**How to Apply**:
**Enquiries**

For any enquiries relating the role, please contact our Recruitment Officer
Ph: 1300 345 345
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