• Join Ausgrid as we embark on our exciting transformation journey!
• Competitive REM + Bonus
• Sydney CBD location, modern offices with hybrid work model

Just imagine a future where households and businesses can generate their own energy and sell it back to the grid, ultimately connecting communities and empowering lives. Are you ready to play your part in an evolving industry?
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Ausgrid is on an exciting transformation journey and now is the time to be a part of something big. We are proud to service Australia’s east coast, as a leading business in energy distribution, delivering a safe and reliable electricity supply to more than 1.8 million homes – that’s over four million Australians relying on us every day.

Our vision is simple; for our communities to have the power for a resilient, affordable net zero future. ​

We take pride in knowing that the work we collectively achieve today, will transform the world tomorrow. We value a culture of working and living safely, being customer focussed, commercially minded, collaborative, honest, accountable, and respectful. Our values are not just initiatives driven by leaders; they define the way we work.

Your new role

As part of the Finance and Business Services Group Senior Leadership Team (SLT) you will report directly to the CFO. The Head of Supply Chain and Fleet is responsible for managing and improving end-to-end supply chain and fleet strategy and operations to support Ausgrid’s network maintenance and construction objectives. This role leads and manages critical parts of our business:

• Fleet Engineering and Strategy
• Fleet Maintenance
• Supply Chain Operations
• Quality Engineering
• Warehouse and Distribution
• ASP Material Sales

You will develop and execute operational plans and provide subsequent direction to all direct reports to deliver consistent fleet and material availability to customers as well as develop and execute supply chain and fleet strategies that appropriately balance service and availability with an optimal holding and operational cost.

• Oversee and implements the operational strategy, resourcing, safety and financial management of the organisation’s fleet
• Drive cost-effective and efficient fleet and plant specification, acquisition, disposal and replacement to ensure optimial performance, safety and customer satisfaction
• Develop and execute strategies for fleet electrification, with due consideration to balancing Ausgrid’s sustainability objectives with the business’ operational capability needs.
• Develop the competency and performance standard for Supply Chain & Fleet processes to create a centre of excellence, leading the changes required to move from the current state to defined standards.
• Develop and implement policy and process focused on good planning, inventory management, warehousing, distribution, data quality, stocktaking and cycle counting policy, valuation and scrapping.
• Develop and implement policy and process focused on fleet maintenance, cost management, safety, incident investigation, and garage operations to ensure efficiency and reduce fleet downtime.

Spark our interest!

Our hiring decisions are not only based on your experience and skills, but your passion, attitude, and alignment to our core values.

• Significant experience in managing complex Supply Chain and Fleet operations.
• Proven experience in the recruitment, leadership and development of a team of supply chain and fleet professionals capable of delivering a shared vision and high standards of performance under the centre of excellence concept.
• Proven track record of developing and new processes and functional change, including necessary change management.
• Ability to confidently develop the skills of the team, aligning with Ausgrid values, and work to achieve a culture of high professional standards for their team and themselves.
• Manage the cost effectiveness of the Supply Chain & Fleet function to achieve budget requirements. Provide a commercially viable and competitive service to meet Ausgrid’s objectives.
• Deliver a unified and consistent standard of performance in stakeholder engagement.
• Balance a range of objectives around service and working capital investment. Identify poor practice, develop strong conceptual solutions on conjunction with peer group and by managing stakeholder relationships across the business, and ensure customers receive a consistency of service, sound process and efficiency of operations.

Grow with Ausgrid

To continue building on our rich heritage, we actively invest in our people’s development through secondments, onsite training, mentoring circles, e-learning, Australian Graduate School of Management programs (UNSW) and study assistance.

It is through our investment in our people that the average tenure across the business is 14 years and our current turnover is sitting at a market competitive rate of just 3.9%.

Ausgrid Perks

Revel in more than just a competitive salary! Our employees enjoy a dynamic range of market leading support and safety services, wellbeing programs, corporate discounts, and flexibility arrangements in many forms.

Our people are paramount to the continued success of Ausgrid, therefore celebrating great work is important to us! It’s not just the big wins that count, we have provided our employees the opportunity to applaud peer successes daily through our Amped Recognition Program. But let’s not forget the major milestones! For those ready to exceed expectations, anticipate a nomination for a CEO award at our formal end of year Award gala.

Belonging at Ausgrid

To deliver the best possible service to our customers we strive towards a workforce that reflects the diverse community that we serve. Ausgrid is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and we encourage applications from women, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, people from the LGBTQIA+ community and First Nations people.

If you require support with your application/reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please reach out to our dedicated Talent team.