Field Supervisor - Treatment

About Us

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We warmly welcome individuals who bring fresh perspectives and unique skills, helping to enrich our collective vision for a vibrant and thriving community.  

About this Position:

The Field Supervisor – Treatment  independently leads the treatment operations team in the operation, monitoring, and maintenance of Council’s water and wastewater treatment facilities and fixed infrastructure to ensure the safe, efficient, and compliant delivery of essential services. 

What We can offer you:

• A permanent position with meaningful community impact
• Flexible work options working within operational requirements.
• Employee Assistance and Health & Wellbeing Programs.
• Training and development opportunities. 
• Discounted membership to a range of gym and pool facilities

What we trust you to deliver:

• Leadership: Lead the operations team in the operation of sewer treatment facilities, water treatment facilities with strict adherence to safety requirements, environmental regulation requirements and quality standards. 
• Water and Sewer Treatment Operations Supervision: Oversee and guide the treatment operations team in treatment process operations of water and wastewater network assets. 
• Resource Utilisation: Strategically manage and allocate resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials, to optimise efficiency and productivity. 
• High Risk Work Environment: Implement and enforce strict safety protocols in high-risk environments. 
• Quality Control: Oversee treatment operations to ensure compliance with water and sewer regulations and quality standards.

What you will need to be successful:

• Experience in the operation, monitoring, and optimisation of water and wastewater treatment systems, including advanced process control and troubleshooting.
• Comprehensive understanding and practical application of the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines and other relevant regulatory frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead operations within regulated environments, ensuring compliance with EPA, NSW Health, DPIE, and other statutory bodies.
• Advanced experience with SCADA, telemetry, and process control systems, including system configuration, data analysis, and performance optimisation.
• Cert IV Leadership and Management or an equivalent Cert IV qualification and/or relevant experience
• Cert III in Water Industry Operations or relevant qualification in similar field
• Current Class C Drivers Licence
• General Construction Induction Card (White Card)

Desirable:

•  Heavy Rigid (HR) Drivers Licence

Full position description: Click here 

Full Time: 76 hours per fortnight 

Salary: Salary range from $1,564.50 to $1,799.18 per week + superannuation + allowances and overtime as required 

Closing date: Friday 13 March 2026 at 4:00pm 

Contact: If you want to know more about this opportunity, please contact Stephen Brown, Acting Manger Water and Wastewater on 0419 564 627.

Conditions of Employment: Conditions of employment are in the Local Government (State) Award and relevant Council policy, procedures and agreements. 

Pre-employment Screening: Prior to employment, there will be a series of pre-employment checks that may include, health assessments, validation of right to work in Australia, validation of qualifications and licences, criminal history checks, psychometric assessments and referee checks.

Immunisation Program

Council has an immunisation program to provide employees with vaccinations against known health risks associated with their respective duties and to identify any exposure to products that may affect an employee’s health, fitness and wellbeing. This position has been identified as a risk to the employee and as such the successful applicant/s will be required to participate in the immunisation program and it is the applicant’s responsibility to have undertaken relevant immunisation/s prior to commencement with Council.

We care about people as individuals and are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.