We have a permanent position for a Team Leader –Trades West Pilbara to manage the delivery of water and wastewater services within the Northwest Region, encompassing the towns of Onslow, Millstream, Harding Dam, Point Samson, Wickham and Karratha.
Karratha is a fast-paced district with huge growth potential and an exciting, expanding asset base to manage. This position will lead a multi-disciplined group consisting of a boilermaker, fitter and machinist and electricians with a fully equipped workshop to support the West Pilbara team.
You will be responsible for leading, developing and motivating a team of competent Tradespeople who provide water, wastewater services to customers within the Region.
This is an exceptional opportunity for you to further your well-developed supervisory skills in a role that will allow you to organise, prioritise and schedule the activities of the local work team and contractors.
The fundamentals of the role
Lead team safety initiatives including team meetings, Safe work pack generation, workplace inspection, hazard identification and manage the action of improvements identified.
Perform infield supervision and mentoring to your team to ensure work quality and safety standards are being met and developing a one team culture.
Demonstrate leadership by ensuring that all work is undertaken with safety as the priority in the provision of a work environment where no injury is considered acceptable, and all activities are undertaken without compromising health and safety.
Manage a multi skilled team, including Electricians, Mechanical Fitters and Boilermakers, day to day workload in relation to the resource requirements for the district, escalating to the Operations Manager when appropriate.
Manage the maintenance/repairs of complex UF Filtration water and wastewater treatment plants within the district in accordance with regulatory and corporate requirements working closely with the Treatment Team Leader.
Manage the maintenance/repairs/operations of water, sewer and sea water supply network assets including sewer pumps stations, water pump stations, sea water pump stations, tanks, bores fields and transfer mains.
Manage effective relationships with agreed key internal and external customers and stakeholders.
Your key skills and experience:
· Leadership and operational line management experience of a multi-disciplinary team
· Effective communication and interpersonal skills
· Demonstrates understanding of the Water and Wastewater Network Scheme Operations and Maintenance
· Completion or progress toward attainment of Certificate IV in Frontline Management or equivalent
· Demonstrated commitment to OSH procedures.
· Western Australian “C” Class Drivers Licence
Bonus points if you possess:
· Mechanical Fitter or Electrical Trades qualification
· Completion of Certificate III in Water Operations or Trades qualification equivalent
Love the sound of the role but what else is on offer?
$129,428 base salary and super remuneration.
Want to have some working from home days? Not a problem.
Work your full-time hours over 9 days and enjoy an RDO every fortnight! With beautiful islands off our coast and Karijini National Park at our doorstep, you may find your 3-day weekends will be taken up exploring our great outdoors!
Relocation assistance provided.
Housing subsidy may be applicable.
Air-con subsidy
Remote location allowance from $12,865 (single rate).
Annual leave loading of 17.5%.
Employees in the Northwest region have the opportunity to work 1 hour of overtime each day at the applicable overtime rate.
We offer annual leave travel concessions. This is where you are entitled to claim additional annual leave travel days to compensate for additional travel time associated when travelling to holiday destinations from the Northwest Region.
Residing above the 26th Parallel, you will be entitled to an additional 38 hours annual leave per year in addition to the standard entitlement. That’s 5 weeks’ worth of annual leave per year!
A company that advocates for mental health and wellbeing, we offer 2 paid Well-being Leave days per 12 months of service for time off to tend to your mental health and wellbeing. No questions asked, we understand the importance of switching off and recharging every now and then.
After 3 years of continuous service, you may access your Long Service leave pro-rata.
In addition to the base requirement, Water Corporation will make an additional 2% super contribution when you elect to salary sacrifice 2% of your salary to super.
Considering creating or growing a family? Our paid parental leave for primary caregiver is 18 weeks, and non-primary 3 weeks. Employees will accrue long service leave while on paid parental leave.
Start your application today!
Please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.
Applications close 24th of July 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 recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 08 9420 2000.
To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website
We’re the principal supplier of water, wastewater and drainage services in Western Australia to hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses and farms, as well as providing bulk water to farms for irrigation.
Our services, projects and activities span over 2.6 million square kilometres. We have regional offices in Perth, Bunbury, Albany, Karratha, Geraldton, Northam and Kalgoorlie which allow our employees to provide a high level of professional expertise to customers.
We have over 3,500 employees and manage an asset base of over $37 billion in water supply, wastewater, drainage infrastructure and bulk water for irrigation.
We’re owned by the Western Australian Government and are accountable to our sole shareholder, the Minister for Water, for delivery of our services in a commercial manner. Most of our surplus is returned to the government as a dividend to contribute to the development of the state, with the remainder reinvested in capital works.
Water Corporation was created in January 1996, in a restructure of the water industry in Western Australia. The Water Authority in turn had been created in 1985 through a merger of the former Metropolitan Water Authority, which operated in Perth, the state capital, and the water and wastewater operations of the former WA Public Works Department. We’re the seventh successive agency to deal with these services in Perth, Western Australia.
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Living on the world’s driest continent, the biggest challenge we face is reducing the impact of climate change.
It’s never been more important to work collaboratively with government, industry, and the community, to secure our water future and take care of our home state.
To support these efforts, our vision focuses on our operations having the lowest possible environmental impact, are safe for all, and are delivered at the lowest total cost.
