Primary Location SA - Hope Valley

Job Description Summary 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 safe, 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 robust 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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