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Specialist Asset Planner

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Job Number:
979534
Work type:
Permanent Full Time
Location:
Melbourne - Docklands
Categories:
Engineering
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 Programs Energy and Electrical, this role focuses on Energy and Electrical systems across the wider Melbourne Water Asset Portfolio and is responsible for formulating programs of work which will deliver asset and non-asset solutions for the mid to long term planning outlook.The Specialist Service Planner will approach their work through a commercial and risk management lens and will apply their engineering expertise and financial acumen to assess the costs, risks, and performance of such programs.
This role ensures Melbourne Water has an optimised, fit for purpose suite of Programs to enable delivery of its services and objectives. This will be achieved through:
  • Providing technical judgement and expertise to support the prioritisation of capital, non-asset, and maintenance investment programs, resulting in the development of business case
  • Interpreting Service Master Plans into Technical Objectives at a system and major asset level, including the development and maintenance of Asset Management Plans
  • Developing program performance objectives for Energy and Electrical assets and collaborate with others across the business to monitor, assess and respond to Program performance.
For more information, please see the attached Role Mandate
 
About you:
  • Experience and knowledge of service planning processes and/or asset management and planning, risk assessment and management techniques, and project and program management.
  • Strong financial acumen in the context of complex, large-scale infrastructure
  • Demonstrate initiative and ability to prioritise and perform complex professional/technical work with limited supervision and exercise professional/technical judgement.
  • Tertiary degree in Electrical Engineering and registration as a professional engineer.
  • You have a solid reputation for and demonstrated background of respectfully and successfully partnering with key people on projects and communicating with a variety of stakeholders. 
  • The successful candidate will have a high level of written and verbal communications skills and can apply these in delivering complex technical information to a varied audience as you explain the program of work - the ‘why,’ the ‘when’ and the ‘how.’  
  • You will apply your communication skills to achieve your deliverables and form and maintain positive and professional working relationships.
You have exceptional resilience and influencing skills which will be utilised as you navigate complex issues, conversations, expectations and the general demands and priorities of the role.
You are self-driven and can successfully work autonomously to see outcomes through to completion, and you have a work style that naturally lends itself to contributing to an inclusive workplace culture that is collaborative, professional and engaged.
 
The successful candidate will be based at our head office in Docklands and should be willing to travel to our sites as and when required.
You will be amazed by the size and complexity of our sewerage and water networks. It really is a dynamic and interesting environment. There is nothing like it in Melbourne. Come and be part of one of the main teams that helps Melbourne be one of the most liveable cities in the world.
 
Why join us:
At Melbourne Water, we care deeply about water and the life it sustains. 
 
Our team is inspired by passion and purpose, with an unwavering commitment to safety. We are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time. 
 
We don’t just talk about flexible working - we live it. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning flows through 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, 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 enthusiastic about public resources, community, and the environment, we'd love to receive your 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: Thursday 5th June at 11:55pm AEST
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