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 – Drainage and Flood Mitigation, this is a full-time, permanent position within the Drainage & Flood Team.

As the Senior Asset Manager, you will provide technical leadership, coordination, and oversight of programs within designated asset portfolios and disciplines, working collaboratively across the broader business.

In this role, you will manage infrastructure assets in partnership with peers to deliver and optimise capital programs and maintenance strategies, while offering asset management and technical expertise to ensure effective performance and sustainability.

The asset portfolio primarily covers Melbourne Water’s underground drainage network and associated assets, and you will also work closely with the Service Enablement Headworks team.

In this role you will:

• Carry out assigned Asset Management tasks in line with Asset Management processes and procedures including but not limited to maintenance strategy determination, condition monitoring of assets, responding to technical queries, root cause analysis, register assets in Maximo
• Initiate and develop business cases for capital projects in line with Melbourne Water’s capital management system
• Undertake decision-making to ensure whole of lifecycle cost of assets and services is minimised
• Build and maintain positive customer and stakeholder relationships including providing technical advice to Service Delivery (Operations and Maintenance) in a collaborative way.
• Provide advice and guidance to team members as required
• Provide Asset Protection advice to internal and external parties to ensure that Melbourne Water’s assets are protected (Planning, other referrals, Information Requests)

About You

• Tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering or related technical discipline
• Experience and general understanding of asset management and flood management principles such as drainage assets, flood mechanisms flood mitigation interventions.
• Active engineering registration in a related discipline (i.e. civil) 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
• Strong interpersonal skills together with excellent verbal and written skills

For more information, please review the attached position description: Senior Asset Manager.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 21^st December at 11:55pm AEST