Technical Coordinator - Regional North Sewer Headworks

Northern Territory Government

Job Title Technical Coordinator – Regional North Sewer Headworks

Classification Technical Coordinator Position No. 13649

Job Type Full time Duration Ongoing

Business Unit Water Services Location Darwin

Reports to Senior Technical Coordinator – Headwork’s Northern Region Reports to P/No. 13343

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

Coordinate and oversee the operation, maintenance, and performance of sewer headworks and wastewater treatment systems across the

Northern Region (Darwin and Katherine regions), ensuring compliance with service standards, regulatory requirements, and operational targets.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The “WHAT” to be delivered

• Operated and maintain Urban and Remote wastewater systems to agreed service levels and licence requirements through efficient and effective

management of the day-to-day operation and repairs of wastewater assets.

• Provide operational support to other regions across the Northern Territory as need, including travel to major centres, minor centres and remote

locations.

• Participate in a 24/7 service coverage and provide prompt response to system interruptions through participation in an on-call roster.

Assist in the development of preventative and planned corrective maintenance and minor capital works programs, ensuring accurate work order

close-out information (including relevant asset details) is recorded in the approved system.

• Assist in the development of preventative and planned corrective maintenance and minor capital works programs, ensuring accurate work order

close-out information (including relevant asset details) is recorded in the approved system

• Safely and efficiently execute unplanned/planned works defined in a Works Program schedule.
• Coordinate, control and manage internal and external resources to achieve operational and maintenance programs as allocated.

Leadership

• Build strong working relationships and communicate effectively to foster collaboration across diverse audiences

• Demonstrates accountability, hold others to commitments, and support continuous improvement by embracing change and new challenges.

Safety and Environment

• Take all practicable steps to ensure your own safety, the safety of Power and Water staff and contractors, the public and their property

• Demonstrate a proactive approach to safety through field audits, risk assessments and hazard management strategies
• Contribute to timely and accurate Safety Management System investigations as part of an investigation team as required
• Seek to reduce the environmental impact of the organisation through compliance with legislative, regulatory and licence requirements

Customer

• Maintain and promote a high standard of customer service including timely and sensitive responses to customer complaints, enquiries and cross-

cultural issues

Quality

• Support a continuous improvement culture, developing and reviewing processes and procedures to ensure they are current and relevant to

legislative, regulatory and other work requirements

• Effectively undertake investigations, develop concept and detailed designs, specifications and justifications for capital and operational Business

Cases in accordance with the strategic needs of Water Services

COMPETENCY PROFILE

“HOW” to do it (Manager of Team profile - refer to Power and Water’s Behavioural Competency Guide)

Builds effective teams Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve

common goals.

Courage Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said

LAST UPDATED: 13/052026 EMPLOYEE SIGNATURE: __________________________ DATE: ____________

Job Description Northern Territory Government

Cultivates innovation Creating new and better ways for the organisation to be successful.

Customer focus Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions

Directs work Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.

Interpersonal acumen Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

Plans and aligns Planning and prioritising work to meet commitments aligned with organisational goals.

Resourcefulness Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently.

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

No. of Direct Reports 5 No. of Indirect Reports Contractors as applicable

Key Interactions: External Stakeholders, Executive Leadership Team, Senior Leader Group, All Employees, External Contractors and

External Customers

COMPLIANCE

We expect you to:

• Actively align, support and promote Power and Water’s Values and support building a constructive workplace culture that celebrates

achievement through its people

• Carry out duties in accordance with Power and Water’s Safety and Environmental policies and procedures, working towards our goal of Zero

Harm

• Ensure all activities undertaken as a Power and Water employee comply with Power and Water’s Standards of Behaviour, Management

Standards and Procedures, relevant Acts, legal demands and that you manage all your activities and responsibilities within the Power and

Water risk management framework

• Pass a job-specific pre-employment medical (if applicable)

SELECTION CRITERIA

Qualification and Skills Experience

• Essential
• AQF Certificate IV in water or wastewater operations and or
• Demonstrated high level knowledge and experience in the

demonstrated equivalent skills knowledge and experience. operation of sewer treatment systems such as Coagulation/

• Demonstrated strong focus on Power and Water Safety Flocculation, sewer ponds and DAF processes.

principles and practices in an operational environment • Demonstrated high level of knowledge and experience in

fault diagnosing all disciplines within Operational treatment

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across a culturally systems and networks. with the ability to mentor a team of

diverse range of customers. Operators.

• Demonstrated high level knowledge and experience in the
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience working safely

use of SCADA systems with treatment chemicals. with in-depth experience with

• Current NT Driver’s licence. liquefied chlorine gas systems

• Demonstrated leadership, written and verbal
• Willingness and ability to travel to major centres, minor

communication skills and time management. centres and remote locations via light aircraft or road travel.

Desirable • NT HR Drivers licence, Confined space entry, breathing Demonstrated knowledge and experience leading the

apparatus, working at heights certificates and handling of delivery of multiple budget programs in a complex

liquefied chlorine gas operational environment.

• Sound budget management in the following disciplines.
• Experience in relevant systems such as Content Manager

Operational, Repairs and Maintenance and Minor New and asset maintenance systems such as Maximo.

Works Project delivery.

FURTHER INFORMATION

1. Contact Nicholas Ralph on 0419 824 474 for further information about the position

2. Information about Power and Water Corporation may be viewed at powerwater.com.au

3. The total remuneration package amounts published for this position include base salary, superannuation and annual leave loading and the

value of an extra week’s annual leave.

4. An offer of appointment, promotion or transfer for this vacancy is subject to passing a job-specific pre-employment medical examination.

Apply Online: https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=349742 Approved September 2025

Vacancy Closes: 28/06/2026 Shane Torr Senior - Manager Service Delivery