Asset Engineer

Service Stream; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Career development

Online learning

Discounts

Novated leasing

Share matching

Paid leave

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Service Stream is expanding our Victoria West ITS Maintenance Contract (VIMC) with a new Asset Engineer role in Williamstown. You will support safe, reliable, lifecycle‑aware performance of ITS assets through analysis, planning and governance across multiple contracts.

Ideal candidates have asset management and reliability engineering experience, engineering qualifications, and a current Victorian driver licence.

Qualifications

• Experience analysing defects, condition information and maintenance performance.
• Degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Eligibility for relevant professional registration is desirable.
• Experience in people management is desirable.
• Current Victorian driver licence.
• Asset lifecycle, reliability, defect and risk analysis.
• Clear technical writing and ability to turn complex information into practical recommendations.
• Competence with asset management, GIS, works management, analytics and Microsoft 365 tools.

Responsibilities

• Asset Performance Analyse asset condition, fault, inspection and maintenance data to identify deterioration, reliability risks, recurring failures and improvement priorities.
• Develop recommendations that balance safety, service performance, lifecycle cost and contract obligations.
• Asset Strategies and Plans Develop and maintain asset management plans, maintenance strategies, lifecycle models and forward works recommendations for assets listed in the VIMC contract asset schedule.
• Support asset baseline validation, critical and high‑risk site reviews and changes to asset information.
• Engineering Assurance Provide engineering input to defect classification, repair methods, maintenance frequencies, technical procedures and work scopes.
• Review technical outputs and ensure recommendations align with approved standards, specifications and engineering governance.
• Data and Stakeholders Maintain the integrity of engineering and asset records and support DTP reporting, assurance and audit requirements.
• Work with DTP, TOC, delivery, systems specialists, contractors and suppliers to resolve asset performance issues.

Skills

Asset management

Reliability engineering

Maintenance engineering

Engineering degree

Registration eligible

People management

Driver licence (Victoria)

Lifecycle analysis

Technical writing

GIS

Works management

Analytics

Microsoft 365

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

GIS

Works management software

Analytics tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Primary Location

VIC - Williamstown

Job Description Summary

Join Service Stream in our newest acquisition for the Victoria West ITS Maintenance Contract (VIMC) as our Asset Engineer! We are excited to launch new roles in our Transport division to support our two new long‑term Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) maintenance contracts awarded by the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning. The Victoria West ITS Maintenance Contract (VIMC) will see our teams maintain more than 4,500 ITS assets across 27 Local Government Areas, covering around a third of metropolitan Melbourne and extending west to the South Australian border. We also have the Motorway Communications Network Contract, which connects more than 2,000 roadside devices including lane use management signs, variable speed limit signs, freeway ramp signals, CCTV and sensor technologies, while also connecting private road operators with Victoria’s transport control system.

About the Role

As our Asset Engineer you will support safe, reliable and whole‑of‑life performance of VIMC assets through engineering analysis, asset strategies, condition and defect assessment, maintenance optimisation and forward works planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Asset Performance Analyse asset condition, fault, inspection and maintenance data to identify deterioration, reliability risks, recurring failures and improvement priorities.
• Develop recommendations that balance safety, service performance, lifecycle cost and contract obligations.
• Asset Strategies and Plans Develop and maintain asset management plans, maintenance strategies, lifecycle models and forward works recommendations for assets listed in the VIMC contract asset schedule.
• Support asset baseline validation, critical and high‑risk site reviews and changes to asset information.
• Engineering Assurance Provide engineering input to defect classification, repair methods, maintenance frequencies, technical procedures and work scopes.
• Review technical outputs and ensure recommendations align with approved standards, specifications and engineering governance.
• Data and Stakeholders Maintain the integrity of engineering and asset records and support DTP reporting, assurance and audit requirements.
• Work with DTP, TOC, delivery, systems specialists, contractors and suppliers to resolve asset performance issues.

About You

Our ideal candidate will have experience in asset management, reliability engineering, maintenance engineering or infrastructure engineering, preferably involving ITS, electrical, communications or road assets.

• Experience analysing defects, condition information and maintenance performance.
• Degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Eligibility for relevant professional registration is desirable.
• Experience in people management is desirable.
• Current Victorian driver licence.
• Asset lifecycle, reliability, defect and risk analysis.
• Clear technical writing and ability to turn complex information into practical recommendations.
• Competence with asset management, GIS, works management, analytics and Microsoft 365 tools.

About Us

Service Stream is an equal opportunity ASX‑listed business that develops and operates Australia's essential services networks across telecommunications, utilities, transport, defence, and social infrastructure industries – we keep communities connected.

Benefits

• Flexible working – all flexibility requests are genuinely considered and this role offers hybrid working.
• Career development – we offer growth opportunities and support internal mobility.
• You will also have access to skill enhancement through our online learning system.
• Access – discounts for hundreds of businesses such as Woolworths, Air BNB, The Iconic, JB HI‑FI, Dan Murphys, Bupa Health Care, and Specsavers.
• We also offer access to novated leasing and a share matching program.
• Paid leave – parental, cultural, community service, defence, study, corporate volunteering and purchased leave available.
• Culture – we are dedicated to fostering a workplace environment that values safety, diversity and inclusion, and meaningful recognition.

Equal Opportunity & Inclusion

We celebrate diversity at Service Stream and welcome applications from people who identify as Aboriginal and/or TorresStraitIslander, people with a disability or neuro‑divergence, and those from LGBTIQA+, Veteran or other diverse groups.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please email [e-mail].