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About the Company

At SA Water, our work sustains life. Every day, we deliver safe, reliable water and wastewater services to more than 1.8 million South Australians, supporting healthy communities across our state.

Behind this essential service are people who care. From engineering and science to construction, digital, operations and customer experience, every role plays a part. We bring our authentic selves to work, driven by purpose, supporting one another to deliver work that truly matters.

About the Job

This role provides leadership and technical oversight to a multidisciplinary maintenance team responsible for delivering maintenance and capital works across SA Water's water and wastewater assets. Based in Berri, the Supervisor Maintenance Execution leads fabrication and pipeline maintenance crews, ensuring infrastructure is maintained safely, reliably and efficiently across the Riverland, wider Murray–Darling Basin and, when required, other parts of South Australia.

The role is accountable for leading maintenance delivery activities, driving team performance, promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring all maintenance and capital works are executed in accordance with regulatory, environmental, quality and customer requirements. Through effective planning, stakeholder engagement and people leadership, the position plays a critical role in improving asset reliability, operational performance and service delivery outcomes.

About the person

You are a capable and approachable leader who enjoys bringing people together and creating a supportive, safe and inclusive team environment. You lead by example, promoting a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement while maintaining the highest standards of safety and operational excellence.

With experience leading field-based maintenance and operational teams, you are skilled at balancing competing priorities, responding to changing business needs and delivering quality outcomes for customers. You are confident managing diverse workgroups, including technical and operational employees, and are passionate about coaching, developing and supporting your team to achieve their full potential.

Your strong maintenance and operational background enables you to provide practical guidance and technical input, while your communication and stakeholder management skills allow you to build effective working relationships across the business. You embrace change, seek opportunities to improve performance and are committed to creating a positive and constructive team culture.

About Operations and Maintenance 

The Operations & Maintenance team oversees the management of our water, wastewater and River Murray activities and conducts operational control activities for a secure water supply. The team is responsible for both planned and unplanned maintenance activities, integrating corrective, preventive, predictive, and precision maintenance strategies. They aim to meet availability, performance, cost, and risk targets by leveraging technical asset maintenance and reliability expertise. Operations & Maintenance strives to deliver smart and reliable services to customers while enhancing overall operational efficiency.

In addition, your responsibilities will include:

Fostering trust with our people, customers and community by providing expert advice and service that ensures we effectively deliver safe, reliable and efficient maintenance outcomes across South Australia every day.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading and managing fabrication and pipeline maintenance teams to achieve operational, maintenance and capital delivery objectives.
• Driving safety leadership and ensuring compliance with WHS, environmental, water quality and regulatory requirements.
• Building a constructive, high-performing team culture focused on accountability, engagement and continuous improvement.
• Supporting the planning, scheduling and execution of maintenance and capital works programs.
• Delivering maintenance and capital project outcomes within budget, scope, quality and agreed timeframes.
• Providing technical and operational input into maintenance strategies, work planning and prioritisation activities.
• Leading teams to execute preventative, corrective and reliability-focused maintenance activities.
• Ensuring maintenance and asset data is accurately captured within work management systems.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support operational outcomes.
• Driving innovation, continuous improvement and efficient work practices across maintenance delivery activities.
• Ensuring all works are completed in accordance with technical standards, compliance obligations and customer requirements.
• Role modelling SA Water's values and leading positive culture and organisational change initiatives.

Your success in this role will come from: 

• Qualifications in engineering, civil trade, utilities infrastructure, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading and managing maintenance teams across field-based operational environments.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including trades-based and infrastructure maintenance crews.
• Clear understanding of maintenance planning, scheduling, work management and capital delivery processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams while fostering a constructive and inclusive culture.
• Extensive experience in safety leadership, risk management and compliance within operational environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management capability.
• Knowledge of and practical experience driving continuous improvement initiatives and leading change.
• Experience in water, wastewater, utilities, infrastructure, local government, mining, construction or related industries will be highly regarded.
• Current and valid driver's licence (essential).

Further information can be found in the attached PD –  PD Supervisor Maintenance Delivery.docx

To apply, click 'Apply'. Please submit and complete the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries, please contact Chantelle Romeo from the Talent Acquisition team chantelle.romeo@sawater.com.au

Applications close 4pm, Thursday 30 July 2026

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. 

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au.

Please note: We request that recruitment agencies do not submit candidates for this position, as they will not be accepted.