**_Are you passionate about delivering essential services that impact the health and wellbeing of communities?_**
As a **Production Officer**, you'll play a key role in the safe operation and maintenance of water resource recovery assets, ensuring protection of the environment, compliance to Environmental Protection Licences and exceeding customer expectations.
You will be reporting directly to the Production Manager, Illawarra Hub, where you'll contribute to the delivery of high-quality water resource recovery services to local communities.
**Why Join Us?**
- ** Impactful Work**: Your efforts will directly benefit the community by protecting the environment and minimising impact to customers
- ** Varied Role**: Enjoy a mix of office work and hands-on activities in the field, making every day unique.
- ** Collaboration**: Work with a supportive and diverse team of professionals across various departments.
- ** Location**: You'll be based at our Illawarra Hub, with sites spread from **Bellambi to Bombo**, working in a vibrant and engaging environment.
**Responsibilities**:
- Operating the plants in all conditions, in alignment with Water Resource Recovery and Sydney Water frameworks including health and safety requirements, quality and information management protocols, incident response and business continuity frameworks
- Undertaking daily plant performance monitoring and adjust process control parameters
- Contributing to the prioritisation of maintenance and renewals to inform weekly scheduling, monthly forecasting and medium to long term planning.
- Executing on-site process and asset checks using available systems, processes and procedures
**Experience and Qualifications**:
- Experience in production or manufacturing within Water / Wastewater industry is highly advantageous
- Computer skills, basic knowledge of Microsoft Office and comfortable learning customised software packages
- Demonstrated capability and commitment to improvement of customer and safety culture and efficiency outcomes
- Ability to solve asset and process issues within capability
- Ability to work flexible days and hours to meet business needs including a reasonable level of overtime
**Essential Requirements**:
- Electrical, instrument or mechanical trade qualifications, qualifications in engineering / science or equivalent experience
- Current driver's license and your own vehicle with flexibility to travel across various locations within your hub
**Dive into Our Great Benefits**:
**Competitive Remuneration**:We'll ensure that your skills and contributions are valued and rewarded appropriately.
**Continuous Professional Growth**:We will invest in your career with leadership and development programs to propel your success.
**24/7 Wellbeing Support**:Access for you and your family to free and confidential mental health and general health support through our EAP portal.
**Discounted Private Health Insurance**:Unlock affordable access to top-tier health coverage with our discounted insurance plans.
**Family First**:Prioritise your family with up to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a childcare allowance.
**Fitness Passport**:Achieve your physical fitness goals using our Fitness Passport, granting you access to a multitude of gyms and pools across NSW**.**
**Novated Leasing**: Get in the driver's seat of your financial future with our novated lease options.
**Closing Date: 26 February 2025 at Midnight AEST**
**Working at Sydney Water**
- At Sydney Water, we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities. We have a proud heritage and progressive future providing world class drinking water and services that are vital to our customers' quality of life and safeguarding Sydney's future. We see the world is changing, so we are changing too._
- Our vision is to create better lives through world-class services, and we believe that starts with our people. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. Our diverse skills, mindsets and backgrounds work together on exciting and challenging projects that make a difference and help ensure Sydney remains one of the most iconic and liveable cities in the world._
- Please see the position description for the role's full accountabilities._