Job Description

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

Full-time | Permanent | Service Enablement One Water Team

Salary: MWEA Level 6.1 - $106,178 + Super + Flexible Working Arrangements

We’re looking for an Asset Manager (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or Chemical/Process Engineer) to provide technical knowledge and asset management expertise across critical water and sewerage infrastructure. Reporting to the Manager Service Enablement, you’ll play a key role in optimising asset performance, lifecycle costs, and maintenance strategies.

This role offers a blend of office attendance at 990 La Trobe Street, Docklands, regular site visits at the Eastern Treatment Plant (Bangholme), and work from home flexibility, giving you hands-on engagement with assets, collaboration with teams, and time for focused work remotely.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and coordinate programs for assets within water and sewerage systems.
• Manage infrastructure assets to deliver and optimise capital programs, maintenance regimes, and renewal projects.
• Drive innovation through new technologies and alternative approaches for efficiency gains.
• Develop and apply Asset Management Plans, standards, and compliance processes.
• Support project delivery with technical input, business case development, and functional requirements.
• Collaborate with Service Delivery, Capital Delivery, and other teams to ensure end-to-end program success.

Your asset portfolio includes:

• Pumping stations (pumps, rising mains, cranes, fire suppression, instrumentation)
• Valves, penstocks, flowmeters
• Water mains, gravity pipelines, treatment facilities (screens, filters, tanks, chemical dosing)
• Switchboards and other electrical infrastructure
• Rotating machinery (conveyors, belts, centrifuges, macerators, scrapers, blowers, compressors)

If you’re passionate about engineering solutions that keep essential infrastructure running, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.

About You

• Solid background in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or Chemical/Process) with proven experience in asset management.
• Expertise in lifecycle cost analysis and ability to optimise maintenance strategies.
• Technical knowledge across Engineering, including operational complexities of water and sewerage systems and treatment processes.
• Hands-on experience managing sewerage and/or water assets within these engineering disciplines.
• In-depth understanding and practical application of risk management processes for medium and large infrastructure assets.
• Ability to critically analyse solution options, assess risk scenarios, and implement cost-effective mitigation strategies.
• Proven track record of collaborative teamwork and delivering customer-focused outcomes.
• Proficiency with standard IT systems (e.g., MS Office, CMMS/Maximo, GIS).
• Strong initiative with the ability to prioritise and manage complex technical work under minimal supervision.
• Obtain AusCheck Clearance. (please see important information below*)

Please note a Medical assessment and a Current full Victorian Driver’s License is required for this role.

For more information, please review the attached position description: Asset Manager - Service Enablement.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: Monday 1st June 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. The role of Asset Manager is deemed critical and the preferred applicant will be asked to undertake an AusCheck.