• Plan preventative & corrective maintenance across a large maintenance area
• Ongoing development and opportunities in a supportive team environment
• Based at our Sunshine Coast or Moreton Bay office with hybrid work available

ABOUT US:

Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.
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ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Works Planner – Electrical, you’ll lead the planning and coordination of preventative and corrective maintenance across a large operational area. Your work will help ensure essential infrastructure runs safely, efficiently, and in line with drinking water and regulatory standards—supporting reliability, resource optimisation, and a quality customer experience. Your key responsibilities include but not be limited to:

• Prioritise and allocate work across Field Services and Mech / Elec teams, providing fully planned work packs to schedulers
• Scope and estimate jobs, ensuring accurate resourcing and lead times
• Collaborate with operations, treatment plant, engineering, and isolation planning teams to minimise downtime
• Track work progress, manage variations, and ensure accurate data in maintenance systems
• Promote safe work practices and identify future maintenance needs using dashboards and stakeholder insights

Our One Unitywater behaviours - Create the Future, Care Together, and Own It – define how we work together at Unitywater. To contribute to this, you will demonstrate the following skills and qualities for the role:

• Ideally you will have an electrical trade background and / or electrical planning experience, or qualifications in Engineering, Project Management or the Water Industry.
• Previous experience in multidisciplinary planning and coordinating field maintenance across large and / or varied asset portfolios
• Ability to build strong relationships and communicate clearly to align stakeholders on requirements and outcomes.
• Demonstrated success using critical thinking and problem-solving skills to produce outcomes
• Ability to analyse high-level data to plan future work and optimise resources
• Proficiency with maintenance systems like Maximo, SAP PM, Ellipse or similar
• Solid understanding of water utility operations and regulatory obligations
• A flexible, problem-solving mindset and ability to manage changing prioritie