Leadership Learning's Address to IPWEA Conference Vaughn Notting City of Greater Geelong 1

Introduction IPWEA Engineering Leadership Program (Program designed by MECC Consulting Pty Ltd) IPWEA Management Leadership Program. JOB ROLE Coordinator – Road & Drainage Infrastructure in the Engineering Services Department of the City of Greater Geelong. Commenced as Works Engineer at City of Geelong, Dec 1986 – 24 years ago. Went onto roles as a Special Projects Engineer and Drainage & Programming Engineer at City of Greater Geelong. I shall talk about Local Government and Public Works Engineering And present this in two parts 1. Institute of Public Works Engineering 2. City of Greater Geelong – and the delivery of Community Infrastructure 2

Engineering Leadership Program 22 emerging engineering leaders visited 5 very different Councils over a 5 month program. This was a program run by Council employees for Council employees. City of Ballarat Frankston City Council City of Stonnington Wyndham City Council City of Banyule 3

Session 1 – City of Ballarat 4

City of Ballarat Session 1 - Leading a Technical Directorate Working With Councilors Powers and Duties of Local Government Engineers Management of a Technical directorate Accounting Community Engagement 5

Showcase - Civic Hall, Ballarat 6

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Session 2 – Frankston City Council 12

Session 2 - Frankston City Council Leading in Planning and Delivery of Works and Services. Capital Works Planning Design Briefs Project Management Leadership Accountability and Transparency in Contract Management Procurement and Tender Evaluation 13

Showcase - PARC 14

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Session 3 – City of Stonnington 19

Session 3 - City of Stonnington Leading through sustainability Sustainable Environment Strategy Energy Conservation: public and private Integrated Water Management Waste and resource recovery Creating open space Sustainable transport Liveability 20

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Cato Street Car Park, Prahran 22

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Session 4 – Wyndham City Council 24

Wyndham City Council Leading in Service Operations Introduction to Service Planning Maintenance Parks and Gardens Facilities Management Depot Operations Fleet Management (GPS system) Graffiti Roads and drainage Works Permit process 25

Presentation by David Suder – Director Infrastructure 26

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Session 5 – Banyule City Council 29

Banyule City Council Intelligent Asset Management Asset Management Strategy Asset Management Plans Service Planning Financial Strategy and Plans Linking Strategies and Plans 30

The Management Leadership Program 14 future managers undertook a 5 day program over 5 months to learn and acquire management skills from industry leaders. This program was facilitated by independent professionals. Session 1 – Leadership and Building an Engaged Culture Session 2 – Finance and Risk Management Session 3 – People Management Session 4 – Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Management Session 5 – Strategy, Innovation and Business Planning 31

Session 1 – Leadership and building an engaged culture Dr Susan Inglis has expertise in facilitating collaborative processes to get better outcomes for individuals, teams and business units. She has developed useful frameworks to build self-awareness, coupled with an understanding of business, to improve outcomes Session held at Japara Living & Learning Centre 54-58 Durham Road, Kilsyth Yarra Ranges Council 32

Session 2 – Finance and Risk Management Jude Munro has been CEO of four Councils: St Kilda, Moreland, Adelaide and Brisbane City Council. She has a broad range of knowledge and experience with networks across government and the private sector. Jude is solutions oriented and has a view that no challenge is too large and that all conflicts can be mediated. Held at The Mordialloc Room, 1230 Nepean Highway, City of Kingston 33

Session 3 – People Management Dr Susan Inglis. Helps leaders/managers manage their people, providing coaching, facilitation and team collaboration. She has been teaching leadership and management at MBA level since 2009 at RMIT and now La Trobe University, so have useful frameworks to develop leadership capabilities. Held at Drake International – Level 40, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne 34

Session 4 – Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Management David Hawkins, Managing Director, Socom. Crisis and issues management specialist, Managing Director at Socom. With 30 years in the PR profession, spanning crisis and issues management, media relations, community engagement, and government relations. Held at Drake International – Level 40, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne David has worked in all levels of Government to assist in crises including the Home insulation scheme, Black Saturday bushfires and the Cranbourne methane gas incident. 35

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Session 5 – Strategy, Innovation and Business Planning Dr Dahle Suggett She is a director at PTR Consulting and a Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education. She has extensive experience in executive management and policy and strategy development. 37

Think of a world without engineers. 38

Think of our world with Engineers 39

Engineers Rock!!!!!! 40

Thank You! 41