About City of Burnie
With a population of approx. 20,000, Burnie is located on the North-West Coast of Tasmania and is a diverse and attractive city that celebrates its industrial past and embraces its creative future. Our past has given us the wisdom to help us develop our preferred future. Burnie has been a regional centre for education, health, retail, arts and culture and we want to enhance this role.
The Opportunity
Council’s Operations Directorate provides essential infrastructure and services to the Burnie community. The team works collaboratively with stakeholders right across the organisation and its purpose is to deliver outstanding results and best value outcomes for the community and the environment through quality and innovative engineering design services and advice.
The Role
The Executive Manager Works and Infrastructure is a senior leadership position within Council that is responsible for overseeing the planning, delivery, and maintenance of public infrastructure and essential services. This role ensures the efficient management of capital works programs, roads, drainage, parks, buildings, and other community assets.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing strategic direction and operational leadership for infrastructure planning and civil works.
- Managing budgets, contracts, and project timelines to ensure quality and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Collaborating with internal departments and external stakeholders to align infrastructure initiatives with community needs and Council objectives.
- Driving continuous improvement, sustainability, and innovation in service delivery and asset management.
- Providing oversite and ensuring successful delivery of Council’s annual Capital Works Program.
This position plays a critical role in shaping the built environment of the local area, enhancing livability, and supporting the long-term growth and resilience of the community.
About You
You will be self-motivated and lead by example in a changing workplace to deliver outcomes for the community in line with Council’s ‘Making a Better Burnie 2044’ Strategic Plan. You will be highly organised and able to manage and prioritise multiple concurrent and complex activities.
You’re not afraid to challenge the status quo and you’re prepared to think differently to pursue continuous improvements in safety, quality, cost and technical excellence. This will be achieved using your combined experience in civil engineering and knowledge of local government infrastructure.
Effective communication will be a personal strength and you will have the ability to relate to people from all walks of life. Utilising your relationship management skills, you will mentor and support other employees to grow the depth and breadth of their existing skills, sharing your technical expertise, engineering knowledge and experiences to build a stronger Operations work group.
Further information on working for Council can be found here ➡️ Employee Information Pack(PDF, 10MB)