Senior Asset Maintenance Engineer

Join Sydney Water as a Senior Asset Maintenance Engineer in our ETS (Engineering and Technical Services) team. Help us to meet cost, risk and performance targets over the asset lifecycle: incorporating asset creation, maintenance and renewals for all assets within Sydney Water’s Water System. With a focus on planning, the role works in partnership with our strategic planning and investment teams, delivery partners and operations teams and very closely with the maintenance program and performance monitoring teams to ensure maintenance and renewal planning is optimised.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for contributing to the integrated TOTEX Investment and Works Plan (i.e. unconstrained view) that is required to deliver the asset performance expectations of the organisation. Identifying areas/assets of concern and bring these assets forward for consideration during renewal/replacement planning discussions.
• Review and develop asset maintenance and renewal strategies. Ensure Asset and Maintenance strategies and asset plans are aligned with the strategies and standards developed by Strategic Asset Management and Performance and are effective.
• Oversight of condition assessment of all assets within their scope, including monitoring for risks and issues. Including the review of asset condition and review of specialist asset condition assessments. 
• Prepare business cases for seed funding for renewals.
• Maintenance Engineering needs to be responsive to the requirements of the frontline operational team and requires a plant or site presence.
• Coordinates and facilitates the ROMP to ensure operations, maintenance delivery, and maintenance engineering has a forum to raise issues and risks related to operational asset performance.
• Raising risks and managing mitigations at the operational level, so that assets within their remit are prepared to operate within operational license limits.
• Ensures all assets within their locus of control are appropriately identified and managed through SW’s Maximo Asset Management System or HIDRA.
• Ensure criticality and spares assessments are completed to mitigate risk
• Lead root cause analysis and problem solving for complex asset failures, and high cost/ frequent failure assets. 

Experience and Qualifications:

• A tertiary qualification in engineering, science or a related discipline and/or proven experience in operations, maintenance/renewals or treatment/quality aspects of water &/or recycled water &/or wastewater &/or stormwater systems.
• A comprehensive understanding of asset management or similar developed through industry experience with experience in related activities.
• Demonstrated leadership and communication skills, with the ability to synthesise and consolidate a large amount of information for clarity of objectives and outcomes.
• Current Drivers licence

Does this sound like you? Apply now. Closing date: Thursday 22nd May 2025 at 11.59pm AEST

We support you through the application process and can modify as needed – let us know what you need. For more information, you can contact recruitment@sydneywater.com.au 

Please see the position description for the role’s full accountabilities.  

Why join us 

At Sydney Water, your work will make a real difference in people’s lives—and your own. With diverse projects and roles, you'll find ample career growth opportunities. At Sydney Water, we actively seek and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and individuality., fostering a safe environment where everyone can thrive and shape impactful community projects. We offer flexible working arrangements and opportunities for career progression among our many benefits.  

Dive into Our Great Benefits: 

• Competitive Remuneration: We’ll ensure that your skills and contributions are valued and rewarded appropriately. 
• Hybrid Work Environment: We offer a hybrid work model that balances remote work and office collaboration, supporting our team's productivity and well-being. 
• Continuous Professional Growth: We will invest in your career with leadership and development programs to propel your success. 
• 24/7 Wellbeing Support: Access for you and your family to free and confidential mental health and general health support through our EAP portal. 
• Discounted Private Health Insurance: Unlock affordable access to top-tier health coverage with our discounted insurance plans. 
• Family First: Prioritise your family with up to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a childcare allowance. 
• Fitness Passport: Achieve your physical fitness goals using our Fitness Passport, granting you access to a multitude of gyms and pools across NSW. 
• Novated Leasing: Get in the driver's seat of your financial future with our novated lease options. 

Working at Sydney Water

At Sydney Water, we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities. We have a proud heritage and progressive future providing world class drinking water and services that are vital to our customers’ quality of life and safeguarding Sydney’s future. We see the world is changing, so we are changing too.

Our vision is to create better lives through world-class services, and we believe that starts with our people. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. Our diverse skills, mindsets and backgrounds work together on exciting and challenging projects that make a difference and help ensure Sydney remains one of the most iconic and liveable cities in the world.

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and veterans.

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