Our Organisation

We take pride in our place in the Gippsland community. We are a quality essential service and support the health, safety and wellbeing of our community and staff. We are a significant employer in the region, working closely with our stakeholders towards an increasingly prosperous Gippsland.

We are innovative and committed to ensuring that Gippsland Water remains a great place to work. We do this by:

- Offering a flexible and stimulating workplace and investing in our people to enable us to adapt to the changing needs of our business and our region.
- Building the capability and culture of our people into a more highly skilled, professional, customer focused and efficient organisation.
- Building a diverse and inclusive organisation, where our people feel safe to bring their full and authentic self to work.

We also provide a range of employee benefits that will make your experience working at Gippsland Water both professionally and personally rewarding.

The Role

The Technical Officer Major Systems assists the Senior Engineer and Senior Technical Officer in supporting Gippsland Water's major bulk waste systems and resources with the objective to provide continuous levels of service to the major industry of the Latrobe Valley, within regulatory and industry guidelines.

What you’ll bring

- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of safety and risk assessment processes.
- Ability to engage and influence wider stakeholders in implementing improvement initiatives.
- Knowledge of construction techniques and contract management processes




- Successful leadership and motivation of people and the development of high performing teams.

Freedom

We offer a variety of flexible arrangements to suit our employees diverse needs and the business, including purchased leave, diverse start and finish times, working from alternative locations and accrued days off. We understand that Gippsland Water and our customers benefit from enabling our employees to achieve balance in work and life.

We will be reviewing applications as they are received.

Before applying for the position applicants should read the position description and included selection criteria. All applicants need to provide a statement addressing the following selection criteria along with a copy of your current resume to be considered for this position:

- Demonstrated practical experience in the operation and maintenance of water and wastewater reticulation networks.
- Demonstrated problem solving skills with an ability to investigate a technical problem and make written and verbal recommendations with respect to the findings.
- Demonstrated experience in time management to achieve performance objectives.
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills and experience in dealing with a wide variety of customers.
- Demonstrate an understanding of emergency management and a commitment to Business Continuity.
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of safety and risk assessment process necessary to control site safety.

Please note that if you do not fully address the selection criteria you may be excluded from being shortlisted for further progression in the recruitment process.

Shortlisted applicants may be required to undertake a pre-employment medical and a National Police Check.

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📌 Technical Officer Major Systems (Traralgon)
🏢 Gippsland Water
📍 Traralgon