Maintenance Planning Team Leader

The world is changing and as we work towards a more sustainable future every day, our teams work to create innovative solutions and help deliver and manage water across our state. We invite you to join one of our committed teams and thrive as you collaborate with bright minds while shaping WA’s water future.

• $155,648 + Super - leadership role based in Leederville
• Lead a high‑impact team supporting safe, reliable operations
• Drive smarter maintenance planning and continuous improvement

About the role

As the Team Leader – Maintenance Planning, you will lead a team responsible for planning and preparing maintenance activities for our metro conveyance assets so operational teams can deliver services safely, efficiently, and on time. You’ll oversee the development and scheduling of maintenance activities, ensuring work programs are aligned with our reliability requirements, delivery capabilities and accurately reflected in maintenance systems to support annual planning and budgeting outcomes.

Working closely with operations, asset planning, and integrated operations teams, you’ll play a key role in improving maintenance effectiveness, integrating new and upgraded assets, and driving continuous improvement in planning processes. As a people leader, you’ll guide and develop your team, monitor performance, manage risks, and contribute to broader business planning to ensure maintenance activities align with organisational priorities and long‑term objectives.

Who are we?

When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state.

If you’re driven to make a meaningful contribution, you’ve come to the right place.

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home, 9-day fortnight, flexible work hours
• Two well-being days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
• Take advantage of our co-contribution superannuation scheme. Receive a 12% employer contribution and enjoy an additional 2% employer co-contribution when you elect to salary sacrifice 2%.
• Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing.

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

What you can expect with this role

• Leading and supporting a team responsible for maintenance planning and scheduling
• Developing realistic annual maintenance work programs aligned to budgets and resources
• Coordinating with operations and asset planning to ensure maintenance readiness
• Ensuring maintenance information is accurate and up to date in planning systems
• Monitoring team performance, workloads, and key delivery milestones
• Driving continuous improvement in maintenance planning processes and practices

Your skills and experience

For this role, we are looking for great talent with:

• A relevant degree qualification and bring substantial experience in maintenance planning and people leadership
• Proven experience leading and supporting teams to deliver planned maintenance outcomes
• Skills in developing and managing annual work programs aligned to budgets and resource capacity
• Good communication to collaborate effectively with operations and asset planning teams to ensure maintenance effectiveness.
• Strong systems capability and ensure maintenance data is accurate and fit for purpose
• A performance‑focus, with a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to manage priorities and deliver results

Sound like a match? Apply today

If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your skills and experience as well as your ability to meet the requirements of the role.

Applications close 27th May 2026

As part of the recruitment process you will be required to complete Pre-Employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check police clearance and Australian working rights check.

We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date.

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.

Applicants with disability who require adjustments during the recruitment process including an alternative format of the application form, can contact a Recruitment Officer at [email protected] or 08 9420 2000.

To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website

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