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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Session 1 – City of Ballarat4

5. 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

6. Showcase - Civic Hall, Ballarat6

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12. Session 2 – Frankston City Council12

13. 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

14. Showcase - PARC 14

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19. Session 3 – City of Stonnington19

20. 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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22. Cato Street Car Park, Prahran22

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24. Session 4 – Wyndham City Council24

25. 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

26. Presentation by David Suder – Director Infrastructure26

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29. Session 5 – Banyule City Council29

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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 55 Collins Street, Melbourne36

37. 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

38. Think of a world without engineers.38

39. Think of our world with Engineers39

40. Engineers Rock!!!!!! 40

41. Thank You! 41