Operational Readiness

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced **Operational Readiness & Assurance Manager (Parramatta or Regional NSW) (Full-Time, Permanent)** to join our **Operations Major Projects**team.

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.

This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you'll be supported to build a rewarding career.

**Our**perks** and Benefits**:
At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that's why we offer a load of benefits.
- Flexible working
- Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Fertility leave
- Yearly corporate wear allowance
- Professional development and educational assistance
- Access to remote area benefit packaging - based on work location
- Attractive remuneration on offer
- And so much more

**What**you'll** do**:

- **Leadership**:Provide leadership in working with WaterNSW stakeholders across all business functions and project leads to facilitate operational readiness program inputs and outputs for project development to ensure efficient and effective transition from project delivery into operations
- **Advocacy**: Support the development of long-term effective operation and maintenance of assets delivered by major projects through understanding and advocating for WaterNSW site operational, maintenance and longer-term asset management requirements
- **Representation**:Work as the interface between Project team personnel and WaterNSW site representatives and other SMEs across the business to efficiently facilitate the schedule of owner operator advice, reviews and inputs to support achievement of operational readiness objectives for new or modified assets to be delivered under Major Project programs
- **Coordination**:Work with internal SMEs, Project teams and Stream Leads across WaterNSW to ensure timely, consistent and quality owner/operator advice, review and input in supporting the development and delivery of major projects and the smooth transition into operations
- **Assurance**: Working with WaterNSW SMEs to develop and contribute to implementation of a risk-based framework to provide appropriate assurance to WaterNSW that its broad whole of asset life management requirements are addressed in the development and delivery of Major Projects

**What we are looking for**:

- Qualifications in engineering, business or commercial disciplines or equivalent experience in these areas, and qualifications or equivalent experience in project management (engineering qualifications are preferred)
- Extensive experience in operations, maintenance or equivalent Asset Management leadership
- Knowledge of operations and maintenance processes as they relate to utility or heavy industrial infrastructure
- Knowledge of Asset Management processes including maintenance, operations and Asset Planning
- Proven change management experience in support of establishing and implementing new ways of operating and knowledge of project management (including program development, implementation and program change control)

**How we will support you**:

- At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility - and the way we work - with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.
- When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you're required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.
- We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities.

**More about our team / culture**:

- No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.

**Who is**WaterNSW**?**

WaterNSW operates the state's dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution - for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state's water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.
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