About the Role
This is a high-trust, autonomous role focused on delivering high-quality asset and facilities services. You will provide expert leadership across a diverse and complex portfolio, including plant, fleet, buildings, and maintenance, ensuring services are delivered proactively and efficiently. The role drives the development of innovative, best-practice asset management strategies aligned with Council’s strategic objectives, while identifying and responding to current and future organisational needs. You will be responsible for shaping effective facilities management approaches that support business excellence, optimal service delivery, and a well-presented, accessible city. Working closely with senior leadership, you will ensure budgets, risk management, reporting, systems, and processes are forward-looking, efficient, and continuously improving.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert leadership across plant, fleet, buildings, and maintenance.
- Ensure services are delivered proactively and efficiently.
- Drive the development of innovative, best-practice asset management strategies.
- Identify and respond to current and future organizational needs.
- Shape effective facilities management approaches.
- Ensure budgets, risk management, reporting, systems, and processes are forward-looking, efficient, and continuously improving.
Requirements
- Relevant degree (or equivalent) with significant demonstrated management and operational leadership experience.
- Current Class C Driver’s License.
- Extensive facilities and project management experience, including leading multidisciplinary teams across building services, plant and fleet budgeting and maintenance, fire safety, security, and tenant management.
- Strong knowledge of Australian building compliance standards, legislation, and regulations.
- Proven ability to lead project and change management initiatives, delivering strategic outcomes.
- Experience developing and managing strategic plans, budgets, and innovative service delivery solutions.
- Highly developed stakeholder engagement skills, including working with executives and resolving complex, sensitive issues.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and influencing skills.
- Ability to provide expert advice in a politically sensitive environment.
- Ability to apply WHS and relevant legislation.
- Must obtain a National Police Check.
- May be required to undergo a pre-employment medical check.
- Must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident.
Skills
- Management
- Operational leadership
- Facilities management
- Project management
- Team leadership
- Budgeting
- Maintenance
- Fire safety
- Security
- Tenant management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Communication
- Leadership
- Influencing
- Strategic planning
- Change management
Location
- Rose street
- Liverpool CBD
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full Time
- 35 hours
- 5 days/week
Experience Level
- Significant demonstrated management and operational leadership experience
- Extensive facilities and project management experience
Education Level
- Relevant degree (or equivalent)
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive Salary
Benefits
- Professional learning and development opportunities
- Training courses
- Study assistance for further education
- Access to Fitness Passport membership
- Health and wellbeing benefits
- 2 x Health and Wellbeing leave
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Free or subsidised parking available nearby
About the Company
- Liverpool City Council is committed to providing a working environment that supports all employees to reach their full potential.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and value diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We encourage all applicants, including First nation people, people with disability, LGBTIQ and culturally diverse communities to join Council.
