Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Regional Project Manager North (Water Monitoring) (Full-Time, Permanent) to join our team.

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.
This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career.

Location: We are open to having the successful candidate to be based anywhere in NSW where we have a WaterNSW office.

Our perks and Benefits:
At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.

• Flexible working
• Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise Agreement
• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Fertility leave
• Yearly corporate wear allowance
• Professional development and educational assistance
• Remote Area Benefits based on work location
• Attractive remuneration starting from $131,851 base + super
• And so much more!

What you’ll do:

• Project Management: Deliver on all aspects of the project life cycle from initiation, planning, execution and closing to improve safety, avoid risk and reduce cost.
• Regional Representation: Support the execution of our Regional Community Engagement Strategy and to be a key local contact for communities and stakeholders by being an active presence in the community, living and working within the region.
• Solutions: Identify, monitor and present options with key stakeholders in the appropriate manner to ensure successful delivery of the project outcomes and implement the best solution to meet project outcomes.
• Contracts & Engagement: Ensure the method of engaging contractors is suitable, clear and sufficient to reduce risk, is in accordance with WaterNSW policy and delivers value and ensure appropriate and relevant internal and external stakeholders are effectively briefed,
• available and engaged in a timely manner to enable effective and efficient project delivery.
• Project Monitoring: Regularly monitor project work against agreed milestones and budgets and adequately supervise site works to ensure safety, environmental and quality aspects meet or exceed requirements.

What we are looking for:

• Tertiary Qualification in Project Management or Engineering / Hydrography or demonstrated equivalent experience
• Current NSW Drivers Licence
• Knowledge of project management practices and delivery of asset related projects (water / water monitoring preferred)
• Proven experience engaging with key internal and external stakeholders to identify needs, address issues and ensure objectives are understood and met
• Demonstrated background in planning work and deploying resources to deliver business goals
• Good to Have: Contract management experience and/or demonstrated understanding of engineering design principles and can interpret project/engineering documentation such as specifications and drawings and/or demonstrated knowledge of and practical application of PMBOK or Prince 2

How we will support you:
At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.
When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities.

More about our team / culture:
No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.

Who is WaterNSW?
WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.
We’re the people taking care of the state’s water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at waternsw.com.au

For more information, please reach out to: Rory Hukins on rory.hukins@waternsw.com.au.

Please note applications for this position will close on 20th December 2024, 5:00PM.

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