Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced leader to oversee the Waste and Fleet business unit, ensuring high-quality service delivery to our community. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for managing physical and financial resources to achieve strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead the Infrastructure Cleansing, Waste and Fleet business unit to ensure responsiveness to community needs and align with the City's strategic plan.
2. Effective leadership and management of physical and financial resources allocated to the business unit to achieve long-term strategic vision within budgetary constraints.
3. Draft briefing papers, reports for Council on matters relating to waste and fleet projects and operational service matters, and attend Council meetings when required.
4. Manage the development and delivery of service contracts, special projects, and service improvements to ensure compliant, timely, and cost-effective delivery.
5. Ensure effective delivery of capital works plant renewal programs by leading procurement, stakeholder engagement, including active engagement with the Asset Management team, and ensuring plant represents best value for money, is fit for purpose, and environmentally sound.
6. Provide client services lead role for the operational and functional requirements of the proposed new Operations Centre, coordinating and aligning cross-business unit service requirements and culture change requirements associated with the project.
Requirements
* Tertiary qualification in waste management or relevant field.
* Significant experience in waste, cleansing, and fleet services management and delivery.
* High levels of strategic and conceptual skills, including ability to formulate, implement, and review business plans, policies, standards, and specifications.
* Excellent communication, collaboration, decision-making, and leadership skills, encompassing interpersonal, liaison, negotiation, consultation, and presentation skills, coupled with ability to analyze, evaluate, and solve complex problems and motivate staff to deliver exemplary service.
* Competence in all facets of resource and time management, including leading and managing teams in a medium to large organization and ability to competently manage conflicting priorities.
How You Can Contribute
You will have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to our organization's success by leveraging your expertise and experience in waste management and fleet services. Your leadership skills will enable you to inspire and motivate our team members to deliver exceptional service to our community.
About Us
We are a local government authority that prides ourselves on responsible social, economic, and environmental management. Our commitment to sustainability has led us to become WA's first carbon-neutral city and one of only two councils in Australia to achieve national One Planet certification for sustainability.