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Maintenance Engineer - North

Job No: WaterNSW2503
Location: Northern NSW

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer - North (Permanent Full time) to join our team.  

You can be based in either Newcastle, Tamworth or Dubbo

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.  

This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career. 

 

Our perks and Benefits:

At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.  

  • Flexible working  

  • Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise agreement  

  • Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave  

  • Fertility leave  

  • Yearly corporate wear allowance  

  • Professional development and educational assistance  

  • Attractive remuneration - Starting from $126,780 + Super

  • And so much more! 

 

What you’ll do: 

Provide technical input into the execution, review and improvement of asset maintenance and asset management activities, systems and strategies, supporting the WaterNSW objective of achieving and sustaining safe, effective and efficient asset management outcomes.

  • Engage in WaterNSW risk management processes relating to safety, asset integrity and process integrity, ensuring risks are identified, understood, documented, and controlled. 
  • Identify, initiate, plan and engineering of asset upgrades or refurbishments, whilst ensuring assets are managed in accordance with WaterNSW objectives and practises.
  • Develop and improve maintenance techniques, strategies and systems, ensuring maintenance work outcomes and systems are high quality, effective and efficient.
  • Engage in maintenance and project work management and work activities to ensure safe, high quality, effective and efficient (including in terms of costs and resource utilisation) work outcomes are achieved. 
  • Participate in continuous improvement relating to the investigation of safety incidents, asset and process performance and reliability issues, ensuring root causes and contributing factors are identified and understood, and related improvements are realised.
  • Participate in audits relating to the condition and operational integrity of assets, to ensure that the knowledge of asset condition and operational and maintenance expertise is maintained in accordance with WaterNSW and regulatory requirements.

What we are looking for:  

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical  Engineering 
  • Current NSW Drivers License
  • Ability to work effectively in teams.
  • Highly effective report writing and communication skills.
  • ​Experience with conducting Failure Investigations 

 

How we will support you: 

At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.

When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.

 

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities https://work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/waternsw  

 

More about our team/ culture:

No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.

 

Who is WaterNSW? 

When people think of essential human services, water supply is one of the first things that come to mind - and that’s where WaterNSW comes in. We are NSW’s primary bulk water supplier, river operator and comprehensive provider for licensing, water trades and water information. 

 

For more information, please reach out to: Chad Moodaley (chad.moodaley@waternsw.com.au)

  

Please note applications for this position will close on the 7th of April 2024

 

Click for Position Description - Please note this can only be accessed on the WaterNSW Careers Page. 

 

You must have full work rights in Australia to qualify for all positions at WaterNSW.  

  

  We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant. 

  

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