Senior Delivery Lead - Control Systems

He kōrero mō mātou | About Watercare

Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata

When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy nourished

Watercare is the largest water and wastewater utility in New Zealand supplying more than 400 million litres of water to Auckland every day. Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $18.5 billion over the next 20 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $2.5 million every day.

It doesn't just stop there; we ensure that sustainability lies at the heart of everything that we do to help protect our water resources for future generations. This means that we are continuously focused on how we can reduce our carbon footprint with initiatives likes solar panels, electric cars, revegetation programmes and much, much more. We really are a company that wants to make a positive difference.

He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role

We're on the lookout for a Senior Delivery Lead to join our Control Systems team at Watercare. The purpose of this role is to lead digital control systems projects, implementing automation and monitoring capabilities using technologies such as DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS), SCADA systems, and Nozomi Networks, as well as utilising innovative technologies to overcome geographical and connectivity challenges. Comfortable with formal project management, building excellent supplier relationships and working with multiple stakeholders, the Senior Delivery Lead will bring structure and leadership, prudent financial management, and timely and accurate reporting to enable effective management of their assigned Watercare projects.

• Takes full responsibility for the definition, delivery, and successful completion of large projects.
• Leads development of business cases ensuring all key framework areas are succinctly captured, adds thought leadership in relation to delivery approach and development of the case for change.
• Ensures that effective project control, change control, risk management and quality management processes are maintained.
• Carries out risk assessments across their area of delivery, developing mitigations and escalating appropriately.
• Develops or leads development of statements of work alongside vendors ensuring value for money for Watercare, manages SOWs to successful completion.
• Produces timely, effective reporting, ensuring stakeholders are able to understand and monitor differing reporting approaches.
• Understands the balance of leadership vs servant leadership and effectively demonstrates both as required.
• Effectively manages conflict within assigned teams.
• Maintains vision and clarity of priorities to teams using clear communication style.
• Develops project budgets alongside key stakeholders.
• Develops and reviews contracts and SOWs ensuring attention to detail and clearly articulated deliverables which provide maximum value for money for Watercare.
• Monitors and controls resources, opex, and capital costs against the project budget and manages expectations of all project stakeholders in relation to costs of work.
• Understands Watercare's non-tangible assets capitalization policy and optimizes budgets to ensure most effective use of capital budgets.
• Builds long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders, acts as a single point of contact for all stakeholders in relation to their assigned projects.
• Stays abreast of potential issues and roadblocks and proactively ensures early communication of known or anticipated concerns.
• Facilitates regular feedback to stakeholders to keep them engaged
• Focus self and assigned teams on continuous process improvement and new ways of working.
• Seeks constructive outcomes in discussions, challenging traditional assumptions whilst remaining willing to compromise when it is beneficial to progress.
  
  

Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you

• Tertiary level qualification in an appropriate discipline
• Either second or third level Scrum Master certification (PSM II, PSM III, CSP, CTC) or Project Management qualification (Prince2, PMP)
• 3 years' experience either leading multiple cross functional agile teams with demonstrated value delivery or managing large project or programme delivery (budgets > $2M)
• Experience in a leadership role in a large scaled agile environment.
• Experience leading agile teams to deliver to project outcomes using hybrid methodologies.
• Experience leading large, high profile projects with budgets > $3M.
• Excellent leadership skills, communicating clear strategy and purpose.
• Proven experience using agile delivery methods, whilst understanding the fundamental principles behind what they are trying to achieve and why they are valued.
• Experience of working in fast paced digital environments, delivering at pace.
• A demonstrable track record of enabling continuous improvement.
• Experience of multiple frameworks, including scaled agile, waterfall, scrum, kanban and hybrid approaches.
• Strong facilitation skills, presenting technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently; strong organization skills; ability to plan forward and manage deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent commercial awareness with a good sense of value for money.
  
  

Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you

We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:

• Flexible working.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Life and income protection insurance plans.
• Generous parental leave policy.
• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers.
• Modern offices in the heart of Newmarket with easy access to public transport.
• Discounted Wilson parking.
• On site free gym.
  
  

Me pēhea te tono mai | How to Apply

Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - www.careers.watercare.co.nz.