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Asset Engineering Manager

Job No: WaterNSW3279
Location: Parramatta or Hunter Hub (Newcastle)

 

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Asset Engineering Manager (Full-Time, Permanent) to join our Built Infrastructure team.

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

This role provides the opportunity to work closely with business leaders, where your contributions will be valued and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career.

Note: We are open to having the successful candidate to be based in either our Parramatta or Hunter Hub (Newcastle) office.

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 
  • Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave 
  • Fertility leave 
  • Corporate wear allowance 
  • Professional development and educational assistance 
  • Attractive renumeration on offer
  • And so much more! 

 

What you’ll do: 

  • Lead, develop and provide support to a multi-disciplinary team of Asset Engineering Specialists and Reliability Engineering Analysts to ensure the asset portfolio consistently meets corporate reliability targets, statutory obligations and regulatory requirements through fit-for-purpose standards and asset capability validation. 
  • Responsible for driving and supporting the development and maintenance of asset class performance, maintenance and engineering standards, supported by effective compliance assurance frameworks. 
  • Responsible for providing assurance of asset performance, reliability, availability, maintainability and safety through structured operational performance testing, condition assessment oversight, and repeatable performance monitoring practices. 
  • Develop, coordinate and support the implementation of operational performance testing programs for core assets and asset class subsets to routinely validate asset performance and inform condition, reliability and risk-based decisions.
  • Drive and support the optimisation of lifecycle costs, intervention timing and investment decisions through robust reliability and risk-based analysis, including RCM and FMECA.
  • Responsible for building organisational asset knowledge and provide expert engineering leadership across asset planning, design, maintenance, renewal and failure response to support sound, evidence-based decision-making.

What we are looking for:  

  • Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, or substantial experience and training combined with a related Advanced Diploma, and Eligibility for membership of Engineers Australia. 
  • Demonstrated whole of life asset management experience, including use of analytical techniques such as criticality analysis, quantitative risk assessments, Reliability Centred Maintenance, Root Cause and Fault Tree analysis, Failure Modes Effects Analysis, and condition assessment. 
  • Experience in the establishment, development and leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams and in successfully driving change and supporting teams in all aspects of the change process 
  • Experience with the development and implementation of asset standards and the application of asset capability performance assessment programs 
  • Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements applicable to WaterNSW’s asset portfolio and applied principles of ISO 55001 
  • Current NSW Drivers Licence.
  • Preferred: Extensive experience working in asset management occupations in a heavy industrial, utility, heavy manufacturing or water industry environments 

 

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. 

 

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?

WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.   

We’re the people taking care of the state’s water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at waternsw.com.au. 

 

For more information, please reach out to: Jasmine Choong - jasmine.choong@waternsw.com.au.  

  

Please note applications for this position will close on Friday 6th March 2026, 5.00pm.

 

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 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant. 

  


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