Title:  Surveillance Manager

VIDA Roads 
VPS 6 Surveillance Manager

• Hybrid working environment. 

• 3 years fixed term, VPS6 $138,631 - $185,518 + super & benefits.  

• This role can be located at the Project Site Office or 180 Lonsdale St.

About VIDA Roads

VIDA Roads (formerly Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV)) is delivering a massive investment in the state’s roads.  We’re delivering major new road projects across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria while improving the roads people rely on every day. 

The West Gate Tunnel Project will give Melbourne a second freeway link between the west and the city – providing a much-needed alternative to the West Gate Bridge and a vital second river crossing.

North East Link will fix the missing link in Melbourne’s freeway network with new 6.5 km tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen. We’re also overhauling the Eastern Freeway and completing the M80 Ring Road at Greensborough.

Road Programs are also delivering dozens of new roads, bridges, road widening projects and major freeway upgrades.  
 

Come and be a part of our centre of roads excellence.

 
 
Join us in building better connections for Victoria by: 

• Undertaking targeted surveillance activities in respect of the construction works relating to the project including: Maintaining high quality records of daily site activities – attendance, plant operations, traffic management, pre-starts etc; Monitoring status against program; Maintaining and implementing project risk register and keeping associated records; and coordinate stakeholder surveillance requirements – including identifying requirements, providing invite/notifications, recording attendance etc.   

• Maintaining familiarisation with design, specification and contract documentation, including variations and in respect to safety, traffic, land planning and environment and communications as well as relevant standards and specifications.  

• Sustaining positive relationship with Technical, Engineering, Planning and Engagement Advisors and contractor’s construction teams, proactively resolving issues as they arise in a collaborative manner, including attendance and providing input into coordination meetings.  

• Assisting the delivery team to monitor quality, review and implement procedures, including non-conformances, as built preparation, compliance certificates and testing.   

• Reviewing, understanding and complying with all safety, traffic, environmental and communication plans/protocols.  

• Ensuring the highest ethical standard in the delivery of NELP’s objectives, with strong commitment to the management of safety across the specified delivery package, attending safety in design meetings, site safety walks and general inspections as required. 

The Surveillance Manager is responsible for the ongoing surveillance and auditing of all site investigations and infrastructure construction and maintenance works. The Surveillance Manager conducts risk-based site surveillance of assigned works under quality assured contracts, managing resolution of issues on site with contractor/s, continuously building and maintaining relationships and liaising with multiple internal and external stakeholders.   

This position will be vital to ensuring that compliance outcomes are met on site from a safety, program and contractor management perspective. This position provides the successful incumbent with the opportunity to contribute to Victoria’s largest road transport project to date. 

About You  

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Construction or similar discipline is highly regarded.    

• As there will be provision of surveillance vehicles to carry out duties, possession of a valid Victorian Drivers’ licence is mandatory.  

This position is 3 year fixed-term.  

It will be a requirement to travel and spend time at one or all our site offices 
 
For more details about this opportunity, please take a look at the Position Description here. 

What can we offer you? 

We are committed to creating a workplace that inspires and engages you – we want you to be a powerful contributor to this wonderfully diverse and dynamic organisation. Our offering continues to grow but here is what we already have in store for you: 

• VIDA Roads welcomes flexible working arrangements.  

• Access to annual health checks, including skins checks and flu shots. 

• Access low-cost gym memberships for yourself and family at over 200 facilities via Fitness Passport. 

• Access to Thrive Gateway, our employee benefits platform is your once stop shop for wellbeing as well as savings and discounts at hundreds of retailers. 

• We're committed to supporting our team members and their families in improving mental health and wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides confidential counselling and advice for our team members and their families for work and personal issues. 

• Annual salary increases and incremental performance-based payments over the course of your employment. 

• Leave loading of 17.5% payment on top of your base salary when you take annual leave and ability to purchase additional leave 

VIDA Road's commitment to Gender Equality 

• As part of VIDA Road's commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are making gender equality a key priority at VIDA Roads. 

• We are actively looking to attract and promote women into non- traditional roles and putting support structures in place to help them succeed, 

• As part of part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, VIDA Roads has launched a Gender Equality Action Plan – a blueprint for improvement and our progress will be tracked annually.  Watch Dian, one of our talented Senior Project Managers share her thoughts on why diversity is important and what involvement she has had in the VIDA Roads Gender Equality Action plan!