Operational Readiness & Assurance Manager (Parramatta or Regional NSW)

at  WaterNSW

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Operational Readiness & Assurance Manager (Parramatta or Regional NSW) (Full-Time, Permanent) to join our Operations Major Projects team.
This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.
This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career.
Our perks and Benefits:

At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.

• Flexible working
• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Fertility leave
• Yearly corporate wear allowance
• Professional development and educational assistance
• Access to remote area benefit packaging – based on work location
• Attractive remuneration on offer
• And so much more!

What you’ll do:

• Leadership: Provide leadership in working with WaterNSW stakeholders across all business functions and project leads to facilitate operational readiness program inputs and outputs for project development to ensure efficient and effective transition from project delivery into operations
• Advocacy: Support the development of long-term effective operation and maintenance of assets delivered by major projects through understanding and advocating for WaterNSW site operational, maintenance and longer-term asset management requirements
• Representation: Work as the interface between Project team personnel and WaterNSW site representatives and other SMEs across the business to efficiently facilitate the schedule of owner operator advice, reviews and inputs to support achievement of operational readiness objectives for new or modified assets to be delivered under Major Project programs
• Coordination: Work with internal SMEs, Project teams and Stream Leads across WaterNSW to ensure timely, consistent and quality owner/operator advice, review and input in supporting the development and delivery of major projects and the smooth transition into operations
• Assurance: Working with WaterNSW SMEs to develop and contribute to implementation of a risk-based framework to provide appropriate assurance to WaterNSW that its broad whole of asset life management requirements are addressed in the development and delivery of Major Projects

• Leadership: Provide leadership in working with WaterNSW stakeholders across all business functions and project leads to facilitate operational readiness program inputs and outputs for project development to ensure efficient and effective transition from project delivery into operations
• Advocacy: Support the development of long-term effective operation and maintenance of assets delivered by major projects through understanding and advocating for WaterNSW site operational, maintenance and longer-term asset management requirements
• Representation: Work as the interface between Project team personnel and WaterNSW site representatives and other SMEs across the business to efficiently facilitate the schedule of owner operator advice, reviews and inputs to support achievement of operational readiness objectives for new or modified assets to be delivered under Major Project programs
• Coordination: Work with internal SMEs, Project teams and Stream Leads across WaterNSW to ensure timely, consistent and quality owner/operator advice, review and input in supporting the development and delivery of major projects and the smooth transition into operations
• Assurance: Working with WaterNSW SMEs to develop and contribute to implementation of a risk-based framework to provide appropriate assurance to WaterNSW that its broad whole of asset life management requirements are addressed in the development and delivery of Major Project