Outdoor Field Maintenance Technician, Water Infrastructure

State Water Corporation; Robinvale; Hybrid; AUD 71,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Parental leave (up to 16 weeks)

Fertility leave

Wear allowance

Professional development and eduasss

Remote area benefit packaging

Salary starting from $78,968 base + 1%

9 days on, 5 days off roster

Job summary

WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Maintenance Officer to join the Regional Operations South team. This full‑time, permanent role delivers day-to-day maintenance and service for essential water infrastructure assets and river systems with a strong safety focus.

The role involves field work, dam surveillance, water quality sampling, and on-site water delivery across storage and distribution assets, supporting sustainable water management.

Qualifications

• Experience or ability to perform maintenance and monitoring of water infrastructure.
• Ability to implement safety and emergency plans.
• Ability to organise and complete activities to standard.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of accurate quantity and quality of water to customers by undertaking surveillance and monitoring of water supply assets.
• Carry out operational maintenance tasks and minor works to assist in the delivery of the preventative maintenance program, providing an initial analysis, potential improvements and responding to abnormal events.
• Undertake dam surveillance, water quality sampling, on-site water deliver operations on water storage and distribution assets and service-related functions to complete operational requirements.
• Ensure accurate documentation and reporting on maintenance and services delivery to effectively communicate operational issues, hazards, non-conformances, WHS and environmental matters.
• Ensure the accurate capture, storage, update and review of data required for the maintenance management system.
• Meet emergency policies and procedures and participate in water infrastructure activities, flood, lock and piped supply / treatment operations.

Skills

Maintenance operations

Safety compliance

Communication skills

Boat license

Job description

WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Maintenance Officer to join the Regional Operations South team. This full‑time, permanent role delivers day-to-day maintenance and service for essential water infrastructure assets and river systems with a strong safety focus.

The role involves field work, dam surveillance, water quality sampling, and on-site water delivery across storage and distribution assets, supporting sustainable water management.