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As a System Operator, you'll play a critical role in overseeing and optimising one of the largest and most strategically important water supply systems in our region, helping to supply over half of our production output.\nThis is an exciting opportunity for an operationally minded professional who thrives on real-time decision making, problem solving and working collaboratively across multiple teams to maintain system performance and resilience.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nAs a System Operator, you'll maintain a whole-system view of production, demand, storage, transfers, asset availability and operational risk. 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