Sewage Quality Systems Lead

• We support our people to learn, grow and reach their full potential
• Collaborative, high-energy team environment
• Access to flexible working arrangements

The organisation

Based in Melbourne’s CBD fringe, City West Water provides world-class clean drinking water and sewerage services to over 1 million customers and 40,000 businesses in Melbourne’s CBD and the growing western suburbs.

We are proud to serve the city that has been awarded world’s most liveable time and time again, and are working hard to support our customers through the challenges of population growth and a changing climate.

We are creating an organisation that is as vibrant and diverse as the community we serve, as we recognise that our people are our greatest asset.

The opportunity

This purpose of this position is to ensure that City West Water has systems in place to manage sewage quality risks that delivers exceptional services to our customers and benefits the community. This will be achieved through leading, monitoring and continuously improving the performance of City West Water’s certified integrated sewage quality management system (ISQMS).  A key function of this role is to actively represent City West Water on the Melbourne metropolitan wide integrated sewage quality management group.

Reporting to the Product Quality Team Leader, the role has scope to shape the continual improvement of City West Water’s sewage quality management approach by:

• maintaining and improving linkages across the business to ensure that all end-point sewage quality risks are well monitored and managed and the ISQMS is embraced across the business
• ensuring City West Water is able to leverage new approaches and technology in sewage quality management through collaboration across the business and the industry
• identifying emerging risks and undertaking risk assessments that contribute to customer value and outcomes
• maintaining certification of the ISQMS to ISO22000 standard
• representing City West Water on the Sewage Quality Management Group, and actively contributing to programs and supporting and leading projects in that forum.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Relevant water industry or trade waste experience
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to form and maintain stakeholder relationships and negotiate effectively both internally and externally
• Strong program and project management skills
• Well-developed analytical, research and conceptual skills
• Tertiary qualifications in chemistry, applied science or chemical/environmental engineering

Whilst not essential, a Certificate in Food Safety Management System (ISO2200 or HACCP) will be looked upon favourably

What we offer in return:

• An attractive and competitive remuneration package
• Flexible working arrangements, including Work Life Balance and leave options
• A focus on wellbeing (health insurance, flu vaccinations, skin checks)
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program
• Salary Continuance and Life Insurance
• Commuter Club-discounted Myki
• A centrally located office in vibrant Footscray, just 10 minute drive, or two train stops, from Melbourne’s CBD.

We have an inclusive working environment with employees from a variety of backgrounds. We acknowledge that diversity at City West Water increases the effectiveness of teams and our capacity for innovation. We welcome applications from Indigenous people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of the application so we can assist you through the recruitment process.

For a position description or to find out more about careers at City West Water and the opportunities we offer, please visit our careers page. You can watch our careers video to find out why City West Water is a great place to work.

Although applications for this role close at 11.59pm on 30 October 2018, you are encouraged to apply earlier as shortlisting will commence during the application process.
Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and have a satisfactory police check.

We exist for our customers and to benefit our community.