Manager Assets & Maintenance
Water & Waste Services
Permanent Full Time
Hervey Bay
* IFA 8 | 140,056 per annum plus superannuation
* +4% salary increase effective 21 April 2025 (EB Agreement)
* $6,000 relocation bonus for suitable candidate
* + 5 days recreational leave
* +10-day fortnight
Or
* Stream A Level 8 | $115,654 per annum plus superannuation
* +4% salary increase effective 21 April 2025 (EB Agreement)
* $6,000 relocation bonus for suitable candidate
* + 17.5% loading
* + 9-day fortnight
At Fraser Coast Regional Council, our people are our most important asset and central to achieving our vision to Build Better Communities .
About The Role
We’re looking for a Manager of Assets & Maintenance to lead asset management and maintenance strategies for Wide Bay Water and Fraser Coast Waste. You’ll oversee teams, ensuring optimal service levels while balancing risk, performance, and lifecycle costs.
Please click here to view the Position Description.
What Your Day Will Look Like
* Develop Asset Management Plans to sustain asset life through operations, maintenance, and upgrades.
* Conduct root cause failure analysis and identify optimal solutions.
* Support condition assessment programs for active and passive assets.
* Align asset planning with technical, strategic, compliance, and growth considerations.
* Support the development of and/or ensure adherence to relevant Water Industry standards and guidelines.
* Act as the System Process Owner of the Tech1 Water Works Management system allocating business requirements.
* Contribute to the development of the annual operations budget process.
* Prepare major OPEX project costings for budget inclusion.
To Be Successful, You’ll Need
* Demonstrated extensive experience in strategic asset management principles and replacement profiling, including the development of asset management plans and business cases that balance performance, cost, and risk to customer service levels.
* Knowledge of water and sewerage plant equipment and network passive assets.
* Experience in maintenance management and developing planned preventative maintenance procedures.
* Record of achievement in resolving complex asset reliability issues.
* Ability to provide strategic and operational advice/reports to management/staff.
* Experience in the use of GIS and Maintenance Management Systems as well as basic MS suite applications.
Qualifications & Licences
* Tertiary qualifications (AQF Level 7 or higher) in an engineering discipline or equivalent.
* White Card or equivalent.
What’s Nice To Have
* Extensive experience in the water industry or in a similar role with asset management.
* Knowledge and experience of applying asset management principles and practices to a relevant asset management standard.
* Professional Certificate in Asset Management.
Benefits Of Working With Council
Committed to providing quality services to our community, we strongly support an inclusive and values-driven culture, recognising your individual skills, knowledge, and talent. As part of this, we have implemented our Leadership Development Program, Boss to Coach. We also create innovative solutions to labour shortages through our TEMPO program which has been recognised by our HR peers nationally in 2022, as well as winning the LGMA 2023 Excellence in Innovation award. Click here to see our Employee Value Proposition.
What We Offer
* Learning and development opportunities
* Flexible working arrangements
* Up to 12% employer super contribution
* 17.5% leave loading
* Study assistance program
* Novated leasing
* 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Program
* Paid maternity and paternity leave
* Paid Emergency Services leave
Applications Close
11pm Tuesday 18 March – Close date is subject to change pending qualified applications received.
To find out more, contact Darren Smith, Executive Manager Network Operations & Maintenance on 0408 781 705 during business hours.
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