Who We Are

In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet, run through a backyard sprinkler, or kayak down the Yarra, we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.

About The Role

Reporting to the Manager, Service Enablement, we have two permanent full-time opportunities within the Water Treatment team.

As Senior Asset Manager, you will:

• Provide technical leadership, coordination, and oversight of programs within assigned asset portfolios and disciplines, working collaboratively across the business.
• Manage infrastructure assets in partnership with peers to optimise capital programs, maintenance strategies, and deliver technical and asset management expertise.

We are particularly keen to hear from engineers with a mechanical engineering background, or those with experience in analytical instrumentation.

Your asset portfolio will focus on mechanical and electrical assets within water systems, including but not limited to:

• Pumping stations (pumps, rising mains, cranes, fire suppression systems, instrumentation)
• Water mains, gravity pipelines, structures, roads, and bridges
• Penstocks, flowmeters
• Valves, pressure-reducing stations, instrumentation
• Air Treatment Facilities
• Sewerage and Water Treatment assets

Key responsibilities include:

• Execute Asset Management tasks in line with established processes, including maintenance strategy development, condition monitoring, technical query resolution, root cause analysis, and asset registration in Maximo.
• Develop business cases for capital projects aligned with Melbourne Water’s capital management framework.
• Make decisions that minimize whole-of-life costs for assets and services.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, providing technical advice to Service Delivery (Operations and Maintenance) teams.
• Offer guidance and support to team members as required.

About You

• Tertiary qualification in Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical Engineering or related technical discipline and general understanding of the water and sewerage system including treatment.
• Active engineering registration in a related discipline (i.e. mechanical/electrical) relevant to the position is required.
• Experience in the lifecycle management of water industry assets or equivalent industry/infrastructure including condition monitoring of assets.
• Ability to critically explore and analyse solution options and evaluate consequences of different risk scenarios and implement appropriate cost-effective risk management techniques.
• Proven history of working as a collaborative team member and working in a constructive culture to achieve customer centric outcomes
• Experience with IT systems (Eg: MS Office, Maximo, GIS, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal skills together with excellent verbal and written skills
• Demonstrate initiative and ability to prioritise and perform complex professional/technical work with general supervision and exercise professional/technical judgement
• Obtain AusCheck Clearance. (please see important information below*)
• Hold a Valid Australian Drivers Licence

For more information, please review the attached position description: Senior Asset Manager (Water Treatment).pdf

Why Join Us

At Melbourne Water, we care about water and all life that springs from it.

Our people are fuelled by passion, and with safety at the forefront, we have an unwavering sense of purpose, and are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.

We walk the talk when it comes to flexible working – but that’s not all. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning permeates everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

Our long-standing commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging means that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ individuals, neurodivergent individuals, people living with disability, mature age and young jobseekers from all cultures can apply with confidence knowing they are safe, affirmed, and celebrated.

If you’re curious, action-orientated, outcomes-focused, and care deeply for public resources, community, and the environment, we'd love to receive an application and learn if you could be a great fit.

How To Apply

Click the 'Apply Now' button below and complete our online application form.

Closing date: Sunday 7^th December at 11:55pm AEST

*Important Information

The Security of Critical Infrastructure (SoCI) Act 2018 requires Melbourne Water, as an operator of critical infrastructure, to prepare a Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program (CIRMP), which has been undertaken and managed by the Security and Emergency Management Team.

Melbourne Water are required to assess roles across Melbourne Water to determine what roles are critical under the Act. All employees working in a role deemed SOCI critical will require additional background checks via AusCheck. These Senior Asset Manager positions are deemed critical and the preferred applicant will be asked to undertake an AusCheck.

The AusCheck process is outlined clearly in this presentation provided by AusCheck CI Critical Worker: Getting Started Guide | Rise 360 (articulate.com). This guide steps through each of the below steps in detail.