Are Leadership and Systems Operations your passion? Do you love to identify unique solutions to problems? We are currently seeking a Section Manager Systems Operations in our Water and Sewer directorate to lead and support a dynamic and professional team. If you have leadership and system operations skills this might be your chance to rewrite the future with us!
About the role
The role of Section Manager Systems Operations plays a pivotal role in managing transformation projects, providing ongoing service support, and ensuring the application of technical expertise across Council's Water and Sewer infrastructure. In this role, you will be tasked with leading a team of professionals focused on identifying and managing challenges across the directorate while developing and implementing effective solutions.
This role requires a proactive approach to leadership, with a strong emphasis on customer service and collaboration across various teams and the community. As Section Manager, you will be instrumental in transitioning to a preventative maintenance model, ensuring compliance with operational standards, and optimising service delivery.
The role, at times, operates within a highly dynamic and reactive service delivery environment, requiring timely and effective response to unplanned operational events, emergency incidents, and extreme weather conditions to ensure continuity of essential water and sewer services and value for the community.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.
Other important information
A leaseback vehicle is provided in this role for official duties and private use and your choice of vehicle will be provided when one becomes available in accordance with Council’s Vehicle Policy. In the meantime, either an alternate pre-used vehicle or a vehicle allowance of $207.31 per week is temporarily applied for this position due to ongoing issues with supply for new vehicles.
Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.
Extra benefits
At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.
Other extras include:
Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.
Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.
Want to know more?
The contact person for this role is Tristram Boustead, Unit Manager Network Operations and Maintenance. You can contact Tristram on 0461 501 837.
This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday, 28 June 2026.
Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia.
Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.
If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.
Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail.
You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.
If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.
We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.
