Managing Director - Waste Services

Managing Director - Waste Services | City of Newcastle | NSW  

• Manage NSW’s largest publicly owned landfill with a focus on commercialisation.

• Lead the city’s sustainable waste strategy to prepare for future growth.

• Generous executive salary of $260K - $300K TRP.

The City of Newcastle owns and manages the largest publicly owned landfill in NSW, the Summerhill Waste Management Centre, delivering waste, recycling and organics services to 67,000 households. It is expected to be the largest site in NSW within a decade as it transforms into an innovative resource recovery hub under a 20-year vision to reduce waste and increase resource recovery rates, strengthening the economy and creating new jobs for Newcastle.

Significant changes in the waste landscape present an important commercial opportunity for City of Newcastle, who is seeking a highly skilled executive to lead its investment in waste, resource recovery and sustainability infrastructure and development to harness a larger proportion of the State’s waste stream and underpin the city and region’s circular economy.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Managing Director – Waste Services will lead City of Newcastle’s waste management business unit, delivering the sustainable waste management strategy to create a sustainable solution for the city’s waste.  

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead the strategic direction of the Waste Services Unit, drive commercial, sustainability and customer outcomes.  

• Build effective stakeholder relationships, ensure maximum benefit for the community in alignment with City of Newcastle’s Community Strategic Plan.

• Build and maintain organisational capability and legislative compliance.

• Lead a team of professional and technical employees, partners and contractors to deliver high quality outcomes.

• Lead the delivery of complex operational and capital projects within a rapidly evolving technical, commercial and political environment.

• Provide management and negotiation of commercial contracts.

Experience, Qualifications and Attributes

• Experience working at a strategic, senior executive level within the waste industry.

• Strong commercial and stakeholder engagement experience with the ability to operate in a complex and politically sensitive environment that is governed by strict legislative compliance.   

• Demonstrated experience leading a multidisciplinary team in the waste industry.

• Demonstrated commitment to leading service improvement and organisational change initiatives.

• Advanced communication and negotiation skills.

How to Apply

Please download the candidate information package to view the position description and selection criteria before submitting your application.

Applications close 5pm Monday 22 July 2024.