About this Role
Job Description:
This is a leadership role that involves overseeing the Design Services Unit within the Capital Delivery department. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality outcomes that align with Council's priorities.
The role requires strong technical and leadership skills, as well as the ability to drive innovation, continuous improvement and quality service delivery. As a registered engineer, you will broaden the team's impact, provide trusted technical advice, and oversee quality assurance.
You will also be responsible for managing and coaching a team of professionals, developing their capabilities, and ensuring they have the necessary resources and support to succeed in their roles.
The role involves competently managing all aspects of the Unit's business planning and operational requirements, including ensuring sufficient resources and provisions to allow timely completion of quality civil design and surveying services to internal customers.
You will lead a customer-first approach to address challenges in delivering services to the City's customers and community, engage and build strategic networks and partnerships with key stakeholders internally and throughout the industry, and provide subject matter advice to the organisation to support the development and review of policies, technical standards and guidelines.
As part of this role, you will also provide expert technical oversight and direction to the Unit, including guidance, advice, review and approval of designs and addressing technical challenges by supporting the Unit to balance risk and innovation to arrive at recommendations and solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Develop a clear, inspiring vision for the team's future and formulate goals to achieve it.
* Manage and coach a team of professionals and develop their capabilities.
* Competently manage all aspects of the Unit's business planning and operational requirements.
* Lead a customer first approach to address challenges in delivering services.
* Engage and build strategic networks and partnerships.
* Provide subject matter advice to the organisation.
* Provide expert technical oversight and direction to the Unit.
Requirements:
* Demonstrated people management skills to support, influence and foster a productive team culture.
* Accomplished negotiation, writing, presentation and public speaking skills to influence stakeholders and achieve support for department outcomes.
* Well-developed problem solving and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build cooperation and partnerships.
* Proven track of leading teams through change ensuring strong stakeholder engagement throughout the process.
* Demonstrated skills in business planning and management, budget development, financial and resource management, and complex reporting in accordance with strategic goals and KPIs.
* Demonstrated project management experience with the ability to lead small to medium sized projects to quality outputs, within tight deadlines and budget.
* Experience in civil design practices and standards and ability to review and approve the unit's infrastructure designs.
About You:
To be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary engineering qualification with strong knowledge of civil design principles and experience in delivering civil design services for a range of settings, be a certified registered professional engineer, and demonstrate proven leadership experience.
Benefits:
We offer a dynamic and supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth and development, and a competitive remuneration package.
Child Safety Responsibilities:
We are committed to being a child-safe organisation and have zero-tolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments.
Diversity and Inclusion:
We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment.