Consultant Asset Planner - Water

Turner & Townsend; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Adelaide seeks talented consultants to help clients improve asset management performance across power, water and utilities. You will develop capability, manage data, and support workshops and reports.

Travel across Australia and New Zealand is involved, with opportunities to contribute to multi-disciplinary programmes in a dynamic team. The role focuses on asset investment planning, maturity, and stakeholder engagement, with progression in a supportive, collaborative

Qualifications

• Understanding of project management principles and delivery to time, cost, and quality.
• Strong communication and stakeholder relations skills.
• Degree-level qualification preferred (engineering, business, economics, or related field).
• Experience in asset management, water/utilities, power, or data and information.
• Knowledge of asset-intensive sectors, preferably water.
• Experience in asset management capability assessments and roadmaps.
• Background in power sector safety or technical planning (NSW/VIC).
• Familiarity with asset management software systems.
• Experience with investment planning and portfolio prioritisation.

Responsibilities

• Consult with clients to develop asset management capabilities in areas such as asset investment planning, asset management maturity, and asset data and information.
• Contribute to project delivery by facilitating workshops, drafting reports and insights, and preparing presentations with senior team support.
• Support business development activities by building relationships and identifying growth opportunities.
• Apply strong project management practices to support delivery of multi-disciplinary programmes.
• Develop and execute effective communication strategies tailored to client needs.
• Participate in short-term travel across Australia and New Zealand as required.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Asset management

Data and information management

Client relationship building

Portfolio prioritisation

Industry knowledge (water/power)

Education

Degree in engineering, business, economics or related field

Tools

Asset management software

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, defence, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

We are a leading consultancy supporting asset‑intensive organisations across Australia and New Zealand. Our teams partner with clients to strengthen their asset management capabilities, improve investment decisions, and deliver better long‑term outcomes. With a growing pipeline of work across the water sector, we are looking for talented consultants to join our team in Adelaide.

In this role, you will support clients in enhancing their asset management performance, with opportunities to work across the power, water, and wider utilities sectors. Key responsibilities include:

• Consulting with clients to develop asset management capabilities in areas such as asset investment planning, asset management maturity, and asset data and information.
• Contributing to project delivery, including facilitating internal and external workshops, drafting reports and insights, and preparing presentations with support from senior team members.
• Supporting business development activities by building relationships, contributing to key pursuits, and identifying growth opportunities.
• Applying strong project management practices to support the successful delivery of multi‑disciplinary programs.
• Developing and executing effective communication strategies tailored to client needs.
• Participating in short‑term travel across Australia and New Zealand as required.

Qualifications

Required

• Understanding of project management principles, with experience delivering work to agreed time, cost, and quality expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to provide high‑quality service to internal or external stakeholders, with strong communication and rapport‑building skills.
• Degree‑level qualification preferred (engineering, business, economics, or a related field).
• Experience in asset management (industry or consulting), with relevant exposure to water/utilities, power, or asset data and information.
• Knowledge of asset‑intensive sectors, preferably water
• Motivation to build an industry network and actively participate in professional communities.
• Experience in asset management capability assessments and development of improvement roadmaps.
• Background in power sector safety or technical planning, particularly within NSW or VIC.
• Familiarity with asset management software systems—management, integration, or implementation.
• Experience with investment planning, business case development, or portfolio prioritisation.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.