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, 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 – Eastern Treatment Plant, this full‑time, permanent role plays a critical part in achieving strong project development and asset management outcomes at the Eastern Treatment Plant.

Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant has a large and complex electrical generation and distribution system, including high and low voltage switchboards and motors, biogas generators, a solar farm, and an extensive distribution system. The site is on the cusp of an exciting electrical upgrade to increase capacity and reliability. This role would suit an experienced electrical engineer with the knowledge and drive to provide electrical expertise for this critical continuously operating plant.

As the Specialist Asset Manager, you will lead the delivery of effective and efficient asset management outcomes through condition, reliability and lifecycle management. You will provide day‑to‑day technical leadership, coordination and oversight of complex technical programs and project development activities within your portfolio, working closely with teams across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure consistent application and continuous improvement of Asset Management processes, systems and procedures in line with policy and guidelines, including maintenance strategy development, condition monitoring, root cause analysis, technical query response and asset registration in Maximo
• Deliver and optimise asset management regimes to ensure agreed Levels of Service are achieved
• Drive whole lifecycle cost optimisation of assets and services through sound, risk based decision making
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder and customer relationships, providing collaborative technical advice to Service Delivery teams (Operations and Maintenance)
• Plan, lead and complete asset investigations in line with regulatory and organisational obligations, ensuring actions are effectively implemented
• Provide technical leadership, guidance and mentoring to Asset Managers and Senior Asset Managers
• Initiate and develop business cases for capital projects in accordance with Melbourne Water’s capital management framework
• Contribute asset management expertise to project delivery to ensure business requirements, timeframes and budgets are met

About You

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant electrical engineering discipline
• Active VIC engineering registration (Electrical)
• Extensive engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership capability
• Strong background in asset management, including risk‑based decision making and financial acumen
• Experience working with large‑scale, complex assets, ideally within utilities
• Well‑developed reliability engineering skills and experience
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and project management skills
• Proven stakeholder engagement and relationship management capability
• Current Victorian Driver’s Licence
• Obtain AusCheck Clearance. (please see important information below*)

For more information, please review the attached position description: Specialist Asset Manager (ETP).pdf

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 passionate 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: Tuesday 26th June 2025 at 11:55pm AEST

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.  This role is 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.