Are you a skilled leader with a passion for delivering essential community services? Mount Barker District Council is seeking a Team Leader – Network Operations to oversee the operation and maintenance of wastewater and recycled water infrastructure. In this pivotal role, you’ll lead a dedicated team, manage critical assets and ensure compliance with environmental and safety regulations. If you have a strong background in water, leadership and a commitment to service excellence, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact in one of South Australia’s fastest growing regions.
Randstad is partnering exclusively with Mount Barker District Council to recruit this vital position. This role offers a hands-on opportunity to lead by example, ensuring critical infrastructure is maintained to the highest standards while enhancing operational excellence across the network.
Your new role will involve:
- Experience supervising multidisciplinary teams and guiding staff/contractors in daily operations.
- Strong technical knowledge of water, wastewater, recycled water and bore water networks.
- Ability to plan, implement and oversee maintenance programs within budget.
- Skilled in troubleshooting network issues and implementing innovative solutions.
- Excellent communication skills for managing inquiries and stakeholder engagement.
- Understanding of plumbing, electrical and mechanical aspects of wastewater systems.
- Experience in budget management, expenditure monitoring and funding applications.
- Willingness to participate in an on call roster (1 in 3 weeks) for emergency repairs and network issues.
To be successful you will need:
- Tertiary qualifications, trade qualifications in plumbing or demonstrated experience in related field.
- Demonstrated experience in leadership and supervision.
- High risk work licences, HR licence – essential
- Traffic management certificate – desirable
Benefits you will get in return:
- Generous compensation for being on the on call roster.
- Exciting opportunity to work in a new water utility where you will be a part of shaping the future.
- Option to extend your holidays by Purchasing Leave.
- Income Protection is offered to all Local Government staff.
This is an opportunity to shape and grow a new water utility in South Australia, where you will enjoy the variety of being hands on and leading a team to support the community.
Randstad is exclusively managing candidate applications for this position, for more information or to obtain a copy of the position description please enquire to Jane Barns at jane.barns@randstad.com.au.
Please submit a copy of your CV and cover letter via “apply now”.
Exciting opportunity to work with a new water utility in South Australia, helping shape the direction of Mount Barker District Council’s water utility.
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