SA Water provide reliable and trusted water services to over 1.8 million South Australians every day. Our mission is to ensure that South Australia remains a sustainable and healthy place to live and work. With a rich history spanning more than 165 years, we are dedicated to fostering innovation and sustainability to serve today's community and future generations.

SA Water’s work significantly impacts the state's prosperity, and we are committed to climate-readiness. Guided by our sustainability goals, they deliver continuous and effective services. They encourage their people to share innovative solutions and fresh ideas, contributing to the positive impact they make on the lives of South Australians and the communities they live in.

About the Job

Are you ready to lead and inspire a dynamic team of engineering professionals?

Randstad is partnering with SA Water who is seeking a passionate and experienced Lead Engineer to drive excellence and play a key role in achieving their strategic goals. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team of civil, dams and geotechnical engineers to provide conditions assessment, conduct investigations, problem solve and be an advisory service across the business that will benefit current and future generations in South Australia.

If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact to the community and driving engineering excellence, we invite you to apply for this rewarding leadership opportunity at SA Water.

Your new role:

• Lead and develop a high performing team, fostering collaboration, innovation with open communication and knowledge sharing.
• Establish clear management principles ensuring that the team follow business processes to meet strategic business goals.
• Promote a strong safety culture by driving Safety in Design (SiD) awareness and ensuring compliance with safety and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with designers and stakeholders to ensure risks are identified, mitigated or eliminated throughout design, investigation and construction phase.
• Strengthen engineering capabilities to deliver comprehensive investigations, precise specifications and thorough scoping for SA Water’s capital projects.
• Drive the transition to Sustainable Engineering by implementing Systems Engineering, Value Management and OPEX/CAPEX investigations.
• Implement client focused systems to ensure high quality, fit for purpose solutions while managing project pipelines and aligning with stakeholder needs, including consideration for value for money principles.
• Champion continuous improvement by promoting service excellence, enhancing knowledge sharing, and optimising workflows through strong collaborative professional relationships.

As a point of contact for the civil, dams and geotechnical engineering from different stakeholders, this will be an integral leading role within the engineering solutions team, you will need the following to be successful:

• Professional Engineering qualification in a relevant discipline (i.e. B.Eng)
• Post graduate studies in geotechnical/dams engineering will be beneficial.
• Demonstrated experience in Project Management or qualifications.
• Demonstrated experience in preparation of Reports and Technical writing.
• Extensive experience in leadership with a proven ability to build and lead high performing teams.
• Demonstrated experience in the execution of critical engineering, investigations, and concept/detailed designs.
• Recognition of discipline expertise by Engineers Australia is essential.

Benefits you will get in return:

• Flexibility to work from home.
• Work with cutting edge technology on a variety of assets and diverse projects.
• Mentorship and opportunities to build up the technical knowledge in engineering to shape the future of the organisation.
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Wellbeing days, Cultural Leave, Volunteering Day
• Super SA benefits
• Option to extend your holidays by Purchasing Leave

You will be an integral part of the organisation and community, mentoring and leading within the team to achieve company strategies. This Lead role will have an impact on the future of SA Water Engineering. SA Water offers flexibility within the position whereby you can work in a hybrid capacity, from both home and the office.

Randstad is exclusively managing candidate applications for this position, for more information or to obtain a copy of the position description please enquire to Jane Barns at jane.barns@randstad.com.au. To apply please submit a copy of your CV and cover letter outlining your experience relevant to this position via “apply now.”

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