Team Leader Capital Delivery

Position Description

Team Leader Capital Delivery - East

It’s an exciting time to join

We’re transforming the way we do business with significant investment in customer, digital and business innovation, re-

designing our infrastructure to service communities for generations to come and pursuing a circular economy so we can

not only reduce our environmental footprint but also reduce energy costs to keep customer bills affordable. We’re also

engaging communities to achieve better outcomes and supporting our incredibly talented and valued leaders and people.

Organisational Context

east Victoria across an area of 20,000 square kilometres. The service delivery area is bound by Corryong, Yarrawonga,

Benalla and Dartmouth. We operate 21 water treatment facilities and 22 wastewater treatment plants that service most

towns across the region. Over 200 full time equivalent staff are employed at our centres in Wodonga, Wangaratta, Benalla,

Yarrawonga, Corryong, Beechworth, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford.

Our operations are overseen by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) on behalf of the

Minister for Water, and the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) on behalf of the Treasurer. We continue to invest in

innovative and long-term capital projects which contribute to the health and well-being of current and future generations.

Our Commitment to Health and Safety

from bullying and harassment for all employees, contractors, customers and visitors. We prioritise the health, safety

(physical and psychological) and wellbeing of all staff and customers.

Transformational Leadership Competencies

• Business, strategy and negotiation acumen.
• Agility and adaptability.
• Program and change management.
• Communicator, connector, influencer, relationship builder.
• Opportunity focused, growth mindset.
• Developing, coaching and supporting others.
• Leading hybrid teams.
• Management essentials (safety first, planning, budgeting, delivery, people management,

continuous improvement, opportunity and risk management).

Our Mindsets

At

where our people are aligned with our business direction, proud of their contribution to business performance, and own a

culture that is centred on the following mindsets:

• Committed to advancing and supporting people to succeed.
• Consistent in interactions with people and in applying processes.
• Provide empathy for people and be willing to place oneself in another person’s position.
• Accountable for one’s own actions and responsibilities and playing your part for the success of the

organisation.

• Cooperative with others to work towards the Corporation’s common goals.

Position Objectives

The Team Leader Capital Delivery - East:

• Coordinates the annual and rolling 5-year capital program for water and wastewater infrastructure

projects predominantly delivered within the East area.

• Supports the prioritisation of the rolling 10-year capital works program based on a broad range of

projects centred on renewals, reducing our carbon emissions and addressing the significant regional

growth and sustainability.

• Coordinates the delivery of efficient, smart, high performing and integrated water and wastewater assets.
• Provides strategic engineering advice to the Corporation to ensure informed decisions regarding long-

term urban water and wastewater needs.

• Plays a leading role in building key stakeholder relationships.
• Partner with the Assets and Infrastructure Planning team to ensure an effective transition of project

planning to the capital program delivery function.

• Provides authentic leadership, direction and mentoring to the Capital Delivery - East to ensure

continuous improvement and development of a high-performance culture.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Coordinating the delivery of the water and wastewater infrastructure capital program and ensuring

relevant key performance indicators are achieved for projects delivered predominantly within the East

area.

• Ensuring capital programs and projects managed by the East team comply with relevant internal policies,

legislative, regulatory and statutory obligations and responsibilities, including engineering functions.

• Ensuring relevant capital infrastructure projects are delivered in accordance with required internal and

external frameworks, procedures and review processes.

• Ensuring engineering and project management are practiced from a basis of sound knowledge, in

accordance with legislations, codes of practice, standards and industry accepted best practices.

• Ensuring the Capital Investment Program remains informed by liaising with stakeholders and reporting

project time and cost variances and participate in periodic review processes.

• Maintaining professional engineering standards and ethics through the continuing professional

development for the East team, to ensure the Corporation’s interests in Public Construction are informed

and represented.

• Providing highly valued leadership to the Capital Delivery – East team; influencing an inclusive and

equitable working environment where our people can perform at their best.

• Providing positive and constructive input to the Coordinators Leadership Team.
• Carrying out any other duties as requested that are commensurate with the nature of the position.

Organisational Relationships

This role reports to the Manager Capital Delivery and liaises with all internal stakeholders, peers in water corporations or

local government, government agencies and members of the public.

Accountability and Extent of Authority

• Accountable to the Manager Capital Delivery in coordinating the timely, effective and compliant

provision of engineering services for

• The incumbent is required to fulfill the objectives of the position and supervise staff to ensure the

attainment of objectives independent of direct management supervision.

• Authority delegated under Section 111 of the Water Act 1989 includes, but is not limited to:
• o Expenditure in accordance with approved budgets
• o Signing and generation of documents
• o Management of staff.

• The freedom to act is governed by broad goals, policies and budgets, with periodic reviews to ensure the

delivery of the capital program and adherence to relevant budgets.

• Decisions and actions taken may have a substantial effect on

as the public perception of the Corporation.

Judgement and Decision Making

• Ability to exercise a considerable degree of independence in fulfilling the requirements of the position within the

bounds of corporation policy and procedures.

• Required to use judgement and make decisions to coordinate the delivery of the water and wastewater

infrastructure capital program.

• Using appropriate guidelines and procedures, solve problems of a complex nature, decide on alternate options and

provide recommendations.

• At times the Coordinator Capital Delivery - East will be required make instantaneous decisions on issues relevant to

capital projects and the capital program. In these instances, a high degree of independence and the ability to assess

several alternative courses of action and recommend a preferred option is expected.

Specialist skills and knowledge

• Knowledge of OHS legislation and procedures.
• Ability to analytically and systematically assess and improve both technical and business operations.
• A sound working knowledge of the Water Act 1989, Planning and Environment Act 1987, Occupational

Health and Safety Act 2004, Safe Drinking Water Act 2011 and the Environment Protection Act 2017.

• Demonstrated understanding of engineering standards and regulations.
• Demonstrated understanding of water and wastewater infrastructure requirements and emerging needs.
• Demonstrated experience using a range of project based IT systems.
• Excellent report writing skills, with the ability to write detailed reports on engineering related matters
• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated understanding of

and political context in which it operates.

Management Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead collaboratively and build and sustain a supportive team environment.
• Demonstrated skills in identifying and providing coaching, guidance and training to staff, to support their ongoing

professional development.

• Ability to manage own time in performance of duties, achieving goals despite conflicting pressures and priorities.
• Demonstrated skills in program management, project management and budget management, including the ability

to lead a team to meet deadlines.

• Maintain reporting systems to drive performance and accountability of the team’s function.

Interpersonal Skills

• Demonstrated leadership with the ability to motivate employees and promote an inclusive team culture

that aligns with

• Demonstrated advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with, influence and gain cooperation and assistance from stakeholders, employees and

members of the public to ensure the delivery of

• Ability to collaborate with peers in other organisations and with

and resolve specialist problems.

Qualifications and Experience

• Tertiary or postgraduate qualifications in Engineering,
• Extensive experience in civil infrastructure capital delivery.
• Demonstrated experience in program management and project management.
• Eligibility for admission as a member of Engineers Australia or other appropriate professional body.

Requirements of Employment

Employees of

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

• Support the proactive implementation of the HS&W Management System and culture growth.
• Support the implementation of the businesses HS&W Management System and safe work practices, through high

levels of positive role modelling.

• Inspire staff to proactively focus on their physical and mental wellbeing.
• Empower staff to identify workplace hazards (including psychological hazards) and implement the appropriate

control measures.

• Ensure all incidents regardless of the severity are reported and debriefed in accordance with NEW’s procedures.

Protecting the Environment

helping our communities build resilience and adapt to climate change. This will be demonstrated through continued

emissions reduction, climate adaptation and environmental stewardship.

Data Privacy

As a Victorian government organisation,

2014 (“PDP Act”). There are 10 Information Privacy Principles (“IPPs”) in the PDP Act that govern the way that North East

Water collects and handles the personal information of current and future employees and customers.

Privacy Statement can be found on our website.