Business Excellence Specialist - [Archived Advertisement]

• Permanent Full Time
• Hobart based

The Role

The Business Excellence Specialist is responsible for TasNetworks fit for purpose Business Excellence program and developing a sustainable culture of continuously improving our business, focused on delivering increased stakeholder value.

The role is initially responsible for building and implementing TasNetworks Business Excellence program in line with the approved approach, budget and timelines. This includes the integration of Business Excellence philosophy into existing key initiatives, and building capability and tools to empower leaders and team members to make improvements and realise efficiencies in day-to-day work.

Building on this the role is responsible for integrating business excellence into TasNetworks management systems and executing continuous improvement efforts throughout the company to meet service, quality and cost objectives.

This role is instrumental in championing Business Excellence and ensuring that TasNetworks develops and supports an enduring culture where our people are motivated and empowered to drive business improvement outcomes across the organisation.

The Challenges

• Championing Business Excellence across the business.
• Building Business excellence capability and understanding
• Establishing effective stakeholder relationships to maximise support for business excellence
• Supporting development of a sustainable culture of continuous improvement across diverse business groups.

The Team

TasNetworks commenced operations on 1 July 2014. It has been formed by a merger between Aurora's distribution network (the poles and wires) and Transend's network (the big towers and lines).

TasNetworks supplies the power from the generation source to homes and businesses through a network of transmission towers, substations and powerlines. We also:

• build, maintain and operate the network
• establish new connections where infrastructure does not currently exist
• respond to, and repair, outages and faults
• operate and maintain a 24-hour fault call centre
• read, replace and repair your meter
• provide education, advice and information about electrical safety
• deliver nationally accredited training to lineworker apprentices, contracts and sub-contractors, local councils and civil construction organisations
• own and operate a telecommunications business that serves customers in the electricity industry and other industries.

Our vision is to be 'Trusted by our customers to deliver today and create a better tomorrow'.

If you meet these skills and qualifications we look forward to receiving your application. For further information about this role please contact nicola.jones@tasnetworks.com.au. Applications close at 9am on 16 September 2015. 

TasNetworks is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity, that is, the application of merit when making decisions that affect people in the workplace.

The application of equal opportunity (also referred to as the merit principle) means that recruitment, remuneration, promotion and access to training and development will be determined on the basis of relevant skills, experience, qualifications, knowledge, aptitude and the potential for future development of the individual.  This precludes the consideration of any personal characteristic or attribute that is not relevant to the inherent requirements of the job.