Description:
- Drive continuous improvement in asset management, focusing on both planned and corrective maintenance to enhance performance and efficiency.
- Provide technical leadership in managing Sydney Water’s critical assets, ensuring their long-term sustainability.
- Enjoy a permanent role based in the Northern Beaches (Manly), with the flexibility of hybrid work arrangements.
We are seeking a passionate Hub Asset Engineer to join Sydney Water's Water Resource Recovery Maintenance Engineering team at the North Head WRRF and take on a key leadership role in developing and implementing asset maintenance and renewal strategies. You’ll optimise the performance and sustainability of Sydney Water’s infrastructure, ensuring efficient operations from creation through to maintenance and renewals. You will also lead critical CAPEX and OPEX projects, including Raw Sludge Pump renewals, NSOOS desilting, Solids Stream, and Civil/Geotech projects.
The North Head Water Resource Recovery Facility, located in Manly, serves over one million people across 452 square kilometres, treating 336 million litres of wastewater daily. With ongoing renewal and upgrade projects, this facility ensures water quality before releasing treated water into the ocean. In this role, you will optimise cost, risk, and performance throughout the asset lifecycle, directly supporting Sydney Water’s commitment to sustainability and meeting the growing needs of the community.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of 1-5 year maintenance and renewal plans, ensuring strategies align with performance, cost, and risk objectives for both new and existing assets.
- Review and refine asset maintenance and renewal strategies, ensuring alignment with the standards set by the Strategic Asset Management and Performance teams.
- Oversee condition assessments for all assets, monitor risks, and address issues, including reviewing specialist asset condition reports.
- Prepare business cases for seed funding for asset renewals.
- Support frontline operational needs, working closely with the Production Hub Manager and Delivery Team Leader in the Investment Planning process.
- Lead risk mitigation efforts to ensure assets remain within licence limits.
- Manage assets effectively within Sydney Water’s Maximo Asset Management System or HIDRA.
- Lead root cause analysis and investigations for complex asset failures or high-cost/frequent failure assets.
Experience and Qualifications:
- Strong understanding of asset management or related fields developed through industry experience.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to synthesise complex information.
- Self-motivated and adaptable, capable of delivering projects both individually and as part of a team.
- Knowledge of Quality Management Systems relevant to water industry.
- Advanced communication skills, with the ability to translate technical outcomes into operational needs and ability and to communicate clear objectives.
- Experience in reliability-centred maintenance, including developing risk-based maintenance strategies and using reliability tools like FMECA.
Essential Requirements:
- Tertiary qualifications in engineering, science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated recent experience in the operations, maintenance, and renewals of water assets or relevant industry assets.
- Must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident at the time of application.
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.
Closing Date: 3rd of April 2025 at Midnight AEST
Please note as part of the application process, you will be asked to undergo background checks which includes a criminal history check
Please advise if you require any adjustments to actively participate in the application and recruitment process.
For any further information please contact marc.evans2@sydneywater.com.au
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.
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