Principal Treatment Operations - Water and Wastewater Infrastructure and Operations - Water | Engineering
3-year contract Relevant tertiary qualification in Chemical, Civil or Environmental engineering or equivalent as Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland (RPEQ) or ability to obtain RPEQ Attractive remuneration package and employment conditions Why Choose Us Townsville City Council is the largest local government authority in Northern Australia. We are committed to creating value by growing Townsville through driving economic diversity and generating an enriching lifestyle.
Our organisation provides and maintains close to $9 billion worth of community assets including water and wastewater network and treatment plants, bridges, drainage, roads, waste management, community facilities, sporting venues and more.
We contribute to an active lifestyle for our residents and visitors through events, providing recreational facilities, protecting the natural environment and heritage, while creating a mentally and physically healthy city.
We are driving economic diversity and cultivating an enriching lifestyle, growing a city for this and future generations by building a vibrant, sustainable and innovative city.
Council's vision is for Townsville to be a connected, lifestyle-driven and innovation-focused city while continuing to deliver service excellence and to be led by our community to create an exciting today and future.
Our Vision: A globally connected community driven by lifestyle and nature.
Our Purpose: Grow Townsville
Our Values: Safety, Excellence, Respect, Value, Enjoyment
About the Role This position is a key operational leadership role purposed with leading the teams and delivering exceptional operational standards, operations risk management and oversight of critical assets such as water and wastewater treatment plants and bulk water infrastructure.
The role will:
Lead the treatment operations group to identify and resolve operational and/or engineering performance issues, to promote and encourage industry best practices to enable the safe, reliable, and affordable water and wastewater treatment services. Develop and manage a management/engineering framework to manage key asset portfolio risks and risk management strategies associated with reliable operation of the treatment plants and bulk water asset. Act as TCC representative as required for day-to-day operations and project delivery contracts. About You Our successful candidate will have a tertiary qualification in Chemical or Civil engineering or equivalent, and you will be a Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland (RPEQ) or have the ability to obtain RPEQ within 12 months of appointment. Extensive experience in managing and operating complex water and wastewater treatment systems or similar is essential.
You will have the ability to interpret and understand relevant legislative context applicable to water infrastructure operations and implement operations strategies to achieve complete regulatory compliance along with the ability and experience in managing operations and capital works budget.
Experience leading and empowering teams of engineers, technical professionals, and treatment plant operators along with an ability to identify, manage and solve engineering problems with a pragmatic and safety-driven attitude with a positive customer experience focus.
Your ability to analyse, interpret and present data on complex operational/engineering issues to enable data-driven decisions and effective solutions will be evident as will your highly developed communications, organisational and stakeholder management skills.
** Re-advertised position. Previous unsuccessful applicants need not re-apply**
How to Apply Your application can be submitted through the 'Apply' button. Please include a cover letter (maximum 2 pages), outlining how your skills, qualifications and experience would allow you to achieve success in this role. We also will require your resume and attached copies of any licences and qualifications as per the key requirements of the role.
For further information review the Position Description. Closing Date: 11.45pm, Wednesday 22 January 2025 What We Offer Up to 5 weeks annual leave Up to 3 weeks Personal/Carers Leave 14 weeks paid Parental Leave Domestic and Family Violence Leave Long Service Leave available pro rata after seven years Salary Sacrifice opportunities Learning and Development opportunities Fitness Passport program offering discounted membership to selected gym, pool, and yoga facilities Employee Loyalty Program offering discounts at selected local businesses * The Council contribution to employees' superannuation for contributing employees shall be 13.5% of the employees' ordinary time earnings subject to the employee contributing a minimum of 6% of their ordinary time earnings.
We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where diverse styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected. People from diverse backgrounds (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, and veterans) are encouraged to apply!
All successful candidates are required to undergo drug and alcohol testing as part of the recruitment process. Please be aware Townsville City Council has a 'zero tolerance' policy to drugs and alcohol in the workplace.
If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact or phone 07 4727 9004 for a confidential discussion.
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