Construction Technical Manager

SA Water is a successful, modern water utility wholly owned by the Government of South Australia. We employ more than 1,700 people across a broad range of disciplines who operate more than $14 billion worth of infrastructure to deliver essential water and sewerage services to more than 1.8 million South Australians.

With operations and offices across the state, our strength and expertise have been shaped by our history. For more than 165 years, South Australians have depended on us to innovate and deliver efficient and sustainable water services. With nationally and internationally recognised industry expertise, we’re focused on understanding and meeting our customers’ expectations.

As well as safely delivering smart and reliable services for our customers of today, we innovate to shape the water solutions of the future that will support thriving economies and healthy communities.

We are driven by our values; we value our people, we do work that matters, we keep it real, we know that our work has impact, and we are future focussed. Staying true to our values ensures that we consistently deliver positive outcomes for all South Australians.

Reporting to the Construction Lead , you will play a key leadership role in ensuring new and upgraded infrastructure assets are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards of quality, cost, and schedule performance.

You will provide expert technical guidance throughout construction, commissioning, and completion phases while supporting contractors, project teams, and key stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes.

You are an experienced construction leader with a proven track record in delivering complex infrastructure projects, ideally within the wastewater sector, and a passion for driving project excellence, innovation, and high-performing teams.

Support strategic objectives, leading complex technical evaluations, solving construction challenges, and fostering a culture of collaboration and service excellence.

Ensure all construction activities are undertaken in accordance with WHS requirements, safety procedures, and environmental obligations, while promoting a strong safety-first culture.

Ensure compliance and quality assurance across all projects by overseeing adherence to regulatory requirements, standards, design specifications, contract obligations, and quality management processes.

Lead the successful delivery of construction projects through effective planning, contract management, risk management, commissioning support, schedule monitoring, issue resolution, and the achievement of project time, cost, quality, and performance objectives.

Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships by working collaboratively with project teams, contractors, suppliers, consultants, government authorities, and internal stakeholders to support successful project outcomes.

Manage construction contracts and commercial performance including tender development and evaluation, contractor engagement, budget monitoring, expenditure forecasting, and contract administration throughout the project lifecycle.

Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and risk management by identifying opportunities to improve constructability, construction delivery, efficiency, and project outcomes while proactively identifying and mitigating project risks.

Tertiary qualifications in Engineering or equivalent industry experience, with a strong understanding of construction delivery within complex infrastructure environments.

Demonstrated knowledge and application of construction management, health and safety, environmental compliance, and quality assurance practices, ensuring projects are delivered safely and in accordance with regulatory and organisational requirements.

Technical expertise in water, wastewater, and recycled water infrastructure, including treatment, disinfection, distribution systems, and asset lifecycle considerations across design, operations, maintenance, and construction phases.

Proven ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships, working collaboratively with contractors, consultants, suppliers, government authorities, and internal business units to achieve project outcomes.

Strong project and contract management capability, including scheduling, budgeting, risk management, reporting, and the use of project management tools, Power BI, spreadsheets, and field-based applications.

Excellent problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills, with the ability to resolve complex technical and construction issues, manage risks, and exercise sound judgement under limited supervision.

Experience delivering construction and commissioning activities on major infrastructure projects, including quality assurance, program reviews, cost and time estimating, and the successful management of multiple concurrent projects to achieve deadlines and performance objectives.