Cook Shire Council | Executive Contract | Cooktown, QLD
A Rare Executive Leadership Opportunity in Remote Regional Infrastructure
Lead one of Queensland’s most complex infrastructure portfolios across Cape YorkDrive disciplined delivery across DRFA, water, roads and capital programsLift leadership maturity, systems, safety and long-term asset planning
Cook Shire Council is seeking an experienced, grounded and people-centred Director Infrastructure to lead one of the most critical portfolios in the organisation.
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, this is a senior executive leadership role with responsibility for the full breadth of Council’s infrastructure services across a geographically vast, climatically challenging and highly regulated environment.
Cook Shire Council serves one of the largest and most diverse local government areas in Queensland, spanning approximately 106,000 km² across remote communities, townships and essential transport and service corridors. Infrastructure is central to Council’s role — underpinning disaster resilience, economic participation, essential services and community confidence.
The Directorate operates at significant scale and complexity, with an annual operating budget of approximately $85 million, often managing a $60 million+ DRFA program, following events, alongside a $7.5 million capital works program.
The Portfolio Includes
2,934 km of roads, with more than 2,000 km unsealed4 water treatment plants, including a committed $8 million Coen upgrade3 sewerage treatment plants, with a fourth currently in designWaste infrastructure, including