Team Lead, Civil Maintenance & Operations — Water Assets

Southern Rural Water; Maffra; On-site; AUD 106,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

WFH options

9-day fortnights

School drop-off/pick-up schedule

Sick leave 15 days

Parental leave 14 weeks

Wellbeing reimbursement

Salary sacrifice

Professional development

Job summary

Southern Rural Water is seeking an experienced Team Leader Civil Maintenance and Operations to drive civil asset maintenance, inspections and water supply operations across the Macalister Irrigation District. You will lead field-based teams, set priorities and deliver safe, compliant and customer-focused services.

This role blends people leadership with hands-on operational delivery, requiring collaboration with customers, regulators and contractors to achieve reliable infrastructure outcomes

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills with experience supervising teams to deliver safe and efficient outcomes.
• Experience in civil asset maintenance and operational environments.
• Understanding of financial management, including developing, monitoring and reporting on budgets.
• Experience responding to customer and community requests and delivering practical outcomes.
• Ability to work collaboratively with managers to understand expectations and deliver service standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, delivery and continuous improvement of civil maintenance, inspection and operational programs across the Macalister Irrigation District to ensure asset reliability, regulatory compliance and customer service outcomes.
• Provide leadership and direction to field-based operational teams, ensuring alignment with organisational goals, workforce capability development and delivery of agreed performance outcomes.
• Manage operational and programmed maintenance budgets, capital works programs and recurrent expenditure to ensure works are delivered safely, on time and within approved budgets.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with customers, contractors, regulators, stakeholders and service providers to support effective service delivery and operational outcomes.
• Develop and manage routine civil maintenance, weed spraying, and inspection schedules ensuring resources and field teams are effectively coordinated to deliver planned programs.

Skills

Leadership

Civil asset maintenance

Budget management

Customer service

Team supervision

Job description

Southern Rural Water is seeking an experienced Team Leader Civil Maintenance and Operations to drive civil asset maintenance, inspections and water supply operations across the Macalister Irrigation District. You will lead field-based teams, set priorities and deliver safe, compliant and customer-focused services.

This role blends people leadership with hands-on operational delivery, requiring collaboration with customers, regulators and contractors to achieve reliable infrastructure outcomes