Ready to step into a leadership role where you can make a real impact on essential water infrastructure across South Australia?
About the Role
Field Operations Supervisor
SA Water Contract | Hope Valley, SA
At Service Stream , we’re looking for an experienced Field Operations Supervisor to lead operational crews delivering maintenance, reactive works, and projects across the SA Water network. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll spend time both in the field and supporting your teams to deliver protected, high-quality outcomes every day.
Why Join Us?
Water is one of South Australia’s most critical services, and our people are at the heart of keeping communities connected.
As a Field Operations Supervisor, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Lead and develop highly skilled field teams
- Influence operational performance and commercial outcomes
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Play a key role in emergency response and incident management
- Work within a supportive team culture that values safety, accountability and collaboration
- Build your career with one of Australia’s leading infrastructure services providers
About the Role
Based from our Hope Valley depot , you’ll oversee the day-to-day delivery of maintenance and operational activities across SA Water assets while ensuring exceptional standards in safety, customer service and field performance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading frontline operational teams and contractors
- Managing planned and reactive maintenance programs
- Monitoring work schedules,
labour utilisation and backlog performance
- Ensuring accurate works management system reporting and data integrity
- Coordinating projects and minor works activities
- Conducting regular field audits and maintaining a strong site presence
- Managing budgets and identifying productivity improvements
- Coaching, mentoring and developing team capability
- Supporting a rostered supervisory on-call function
About You
You’ll be a practical leader who enjoys being in the field, building strong relationships and helping teams succeed.
Ideally, you’ll bring:
- Experience supervising field-based operational or maintenance crews
- A strong safety-first mindset and demonstrated leadership in safe work practices
- Experience within water, utilities, civil, construction, infrastructure or related industries
- Strong planning, scheduling and workforce coordination skills
- The ability to interpret civil and/or mechanical drawings and scopes of work
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- A collaborative, solutions-focused approach to leadership
- Strong administration and Microsoft Office skills
What You’ll Need
- Current Driver’s Licence
- White Card
- Certificate IV in Civil Supervision (or equivalent experience) is highly regarded
Our Values
At Service Stream, we’re one team. We value:
- Safety - We care about our people, customers and communities
- Delivery - We do what we say we’ll do
- People - We support, respect and include one another
- Accountability - We own the outcomes we deliver
Department
Field Services
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📌 Field Operations Supervisor (Adelaide)
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