District Works Manager

**About Us**

At Transport, we’re passionate about making NSW a better place to live, work and visit. Our vision is to give everyone the freedom to choose how and when they get around, no matter where they live. Right now, we’re delivering a $55.6bn program - the largest Australia has ever seen - to keep people and goods moving, connect communities and shape the future of our cities, centres and regions. At Transport, we’re also committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce, which reflects the community and the customers we serve.

Our organisation - Transport for NSW - is comprised of numerous integrated divisions that focus on achieving community outcomes for the greater good and on putting our customers at the centre and our people at the heart of everything we do.

That means job opportunities in metropolitan and regional areas across NSW - and you have the chance to be part of creating a lasting legacy that will benefit generations to come.

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**The Division**

We engage with our customers and communities to deliver safe and tailored transport choices that connect regional NSW and contribute to strong economic growth and sustainability

We are a division with big responsibilities and ambitions for making regional NSW a better place to live, work and enjoy. We take a holistic view of regional transport. We plan, build and operate our transport network and services with our customer in mind. We improve the efficiency, reliability and safety of transport within and between regional cities and centres.

**The Opportunity**

The District Works Manager is responsible for the management of the development and delivery of all road maintenance programs and projects in the works area to achieve product/service delivery to agreed standards, targets and business objectives. This includes management and delivery of an annual budget exceeding $50M on both maintenance and construction projects and programs, utilising both an internal labour force of salary and wages staff of approximately 80 people and then external contractors, for which the District Works Manager is directly responsible for. Works are carried out on State roads in the Central Coast area including the M1 motorway (between Hawkesbury River and Toronto) and the Old Pacific Highway. These are some of the busiest roads in the state requiring a high degree of knowledge in roadside works and traffic management, and the coordination of both a day and night field labour force. The role is based out of the depot at Mardi and has overall responsibility for the running of this depot.

**About you**

To be considered for this role you must possess tertiary qualifications and be able to demonstrate your previous experience. You will be a skilled communicator with exposure to working with a broad spectrum of stakeholders including technical experts and all levels of government.

The ability to astutely manage time, delegate and work collaboratively and closely with other parts of the division is paramount.

You will need to:

- Ensure that the works centre’s business objectives and client needs are met through planning, and the management of the development and delivery of road maintenance works programs and projects to achieve completion within the agreed time, cost, quality and scope requirements.
- Manage road maintenance staff and physical resources, including an allocation to works, workforce planning, and the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives, skills development, and managing workplace relations issues to ensure that the appropriate resources are available to meet projected workloads.
- Ensure that the business is competitive, focused on the delivery of its primary functions and continually improving its performance by implementing commercial systems and promoting innovation in the works centre.
- Ensure that the works centre delivers its services with a high level of workplace health and safety and environmental management according to the Transport Agency policies, Continuous Improvement/Quality Management principles and legislative/statutory requirements by developing, implementing and enhancing systems of work.
- Ensure effective client, stakeholder and community relationship management and consultation in all road projects and programs, acting as a point of contact for all road-related matters.
- Ensure effective delivery of minor contracts through the design, development, tendering, awarding and efficient administration of practical contractual arrangements and timely management of issues and by carrying out the role of the Transport Agency Representative.
- Provide strong leadership, model high ethical standards and values ensure that sound governance policies and practices are adhered to by Regional Maintenance Delivery unit when aligning unit strategies, plans, processes, priorities and values to the Transport Agency and Government objectives.
- Ensure that internal