Manager, City Maintenance

City of Adelaide; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 193,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Adelaide is seeking a Manager, City Maintenance to lead Trades, Workshop and Facilities Services and Infrastructure Maintenance across Adelaide. You will oversee a large operational workforce, manage contracts and budgets, and deliver maintenance programs that keep public infrastructure safe and well-maintained.

Reporting to the Associate Director City Operations, you will drive continuous improvement, foster a culture of safety, accountability and empowerment, and build strong

Qualifications

• This role requires proven leadership at senior management level with ability to develop capability and performance.
• Experience in managing significant complex departmental budgets across capital, operating and cost recovery.
• Strong change management skills to drive strategies, projects and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent customer service and ability to liaise with the public and community groups.
• Ability to plan and deliver maintenance programs and guide service delivery improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead Trades, Workshop, Facilities Services and Infrastructure Maintenance teams.
• Manage 2 direct reports and a broader team of around 80 FTE.
• Plan and deliver maintenance programs, manage contracts and budgets.
• Provide strategic advice and shape workforce capability and systems.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Budget management

Strategic planning

People management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary qualification in Engineering / Asset Management / Infrastructure Maintenance / Facilities Maintenance / Business

Job description

• Lead the Trades, Workshop, Facilities Services and Infrastructure Maintenance Teams
• Manage 2 direct reports & a team of approx. 80 FTE
• Full time, 5-year fixed term opportunity, located in Mile End

About the Opportunity

As part of our City Operations leadership team, the Manager, City Maintenance plays an important role in keeping Adelaide's infrastructure, facilities and public spaces safe, functional and well maintained for our community. This role provides leadership across two core service areas: Trades, Workshop and Facilities Services, and Infrastructure Maintenance, bringing together diverse teams to deliver high-quality services across the city.

Reporting to the Associate Director City Operations, you'll lead and support a large operational workforce responsible for maintaining roads, footpaths, stormwater assets, buildings, facilities, urban elements, plant and equipment. Success in the role will come from creating an environment where people feel supported, accountable and empowered to deliver great outcomes, while maintaining a strong focus on safety, service excellence and continuous improvement.

You'll work closely with internal and external stakeholders to plan and deliver maintenance programs, manage contracts and budgets, provide strategic advice, and contribute to projects and initiatives that enhance service delivery across the city. The role also shapes workforce capability, improves systems and processes, and builds strong relationships that support the effective delivery of City Operations services.

This is a broad and varied leadership opportunity that calls for someone who can balance operational delivery with long-term planning, bring people together around a shared vision, and lead teams through change with confidence and authenticity. If you're a people-focused leader who enjoys developing capability, fostering strong relationships and driving continuous improvement, you'll find plenty of scope to make a meaningful contribution to the future of City Operations.

Working Rights - Eligibility

We welcome applications from candidates with valid Australian work rights, including those holding a visa with sufficient and appropriate work rights for the position. Australian citizenship is not required; however, visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Asset Management, Infrastructure Maintenance, Facilities Maintenance, Business or a related field and/or commensurate demonstrated experience including at Senior Management Level in lieu of formal qualifications.
• Experience in providing effective leadership which continually enhances and builds the team's capability and performance.
• Highly developed change management skills which underpin the timely development of strategies, projects and programs and assist in cross functional collaboration.
• Previous experience in managing significant complex departmental budgets and understanding of the financial process including capital, operating and cost recovery.
• Highly developed project and consultant management skills which underpin the timely development of strategies, projects and programs and assist in cross functional collaboration.
• Excellent customer service skills, including the ability to effectively liaise and engage with members of the public and community groups.

About Us

Located in the geographic heart of Kaurna Country, the City of Adelaide celebrates its cultural heritage, unique natural surrounds and structures its footprint in a way that allows it to adapt to the changing needs of the community and a dynamic global landscape. Our focus is on our community's wellbeing and quality of life - investing in city improvements and on future planning, so we continue to design a liveable city where future generations can continue to live authentic and meaningful lives. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and be a bigger part of our amazing city!

At the City of Adelaide, we thrive in an environment that is welcoming, inclusive and safe, and celebrates difference. We value and embrace our diverse perspectives and recognise the value diversity has in fuelling innovation and enabling brilliant experiences for our diverse community.

Applications

Applications close at 11.59pm, 15 November 2026.

Please be advised this is a full-time, 5-year contract opportunity with a remuneration package in the range of $193,000 - $200,000 per annum including superannuation.

As part of the recruitment process candidates will be required to undertake a National Police Check.

We continue to work hard to ensure our recruitment process is safe for people of diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace. Our commitment to inclusivity means we welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, and candidates from with a range of lived experiences.

City of Adelaide Information

Welcome to Adelaide

Adelaide is an exciting and lively place to visit, live, or work. Ranked as the fifth-most liveable city in the world for the second year running, the City offers an amazing quality of life, with affordable housing and good economic opportunities.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

Welcome to Adelaide

Adelaide is an exciting and lively place to visit, live, or work. Ranked as the fifth-most liveable city in the world for the second year running, the City offers an amazing quality of life, with affordable housing and good economic opportunities.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.