Central Coast Council

Unit Manager Network Operations and Maintenance

Unique opportunity for an experienced leader to join our team and lead delivery of essential water and sewer services for the Central Coast community. 

• Lead a dedicated team in the delivery of essential water and sewer services
• Drive innovative solutions to enhance asset management and operational efficiency
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure community-focused service delivery
• Competitive remuneration package including a leaseback vehicle

About the role

The Unit Manager Network Operations and Maintenance plays a pivotal role in overseeing the management of Council’s Water and Sewer maintenance and services across various asset classes. Reporting directly to the Director of Water and Sewer, you will provide day-to-day leadership to a skilled team responsible for technical operations, asset maintenance, and scheduling. Your role will involve the strategic planning and implementation of proactive and reactive maintenance initiatives that align with Council’s long-term operational goals.

In this position, you will be instrumental in fostering a performance-driven culture, ensuring that the team operates effectively within established timeframes and budgets while promoting accountability and innovation.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced leader who can navigate the complexities of network operations and maintenance within the water and sewer industry. To be successful in this role, you will have:

• a degree qualification in Engineering or related field
• demonstrated experience in a senior management role within a large organisation or utility
• proven success as a leader with the ability to grow and develop teams focused on quality outcomes and a customer focus
• extensive experience in asset and facilities maintenance and operations, preferably in a Water and Sewer environment
• demonstrated experience in establishing and maintaining positive, collaborative and service and delivery oriented relationships with all stakeholders including the community
• extensive experience in budget management and financial forecasting
• extensive experience in driving capability development and ensuring team and individual performance issues address. 

Our position description and candidate pack provides additional information for you to learn more about this role. 

Other important information

• This is a permanent full time position. 
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role.
• This role is located at the Nexus Business Hub, North Wyong. 

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.