Reliability Engineer - Asset Management Leader (Hybrid, 12M)

Sydney Water; Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Hybrid work

Professional growth

Wellbeing support

Private health insurance

Parental leave

Fitness passport

Novated leasing

Job summary

Sydney Water is seeking a technical leader to manage critical production assets, ensuring reliability and long-term asset performance across treatment and production facilities. You will influence asset management decisions, maintenance strategies and investment planning to support safe, reliable operations.

Join a supportive team with stakeholders across Sydney Water; you will lead root cause analyses, drive maintenance improvements and contribute to a robust safety program in a hybrid

Qualifications

• Degree qualifications in Engineering (Electrical/Mechanical) or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong experience in asset management, reliability, maintenance and renewals within utilities.
• Experience with reliability-centred maintenance principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead asset reliability, maintenance and renewal strategies across a portfolio of production assets.
• Support five-year investment planning and development of annual asset plans.
• Develop business cases for asset renewal and major maintenance programs.
• Review asset condition, criticality and risk; implement strategies to improve reliability.
• Lead root cause analyses for complex asset failures and implement sustainable solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement in maintenance practices, asset data quality and operational readiness.
• Provide expert advice to stakeholders on asset management frameworks and funding priorities.
• Champion safety culture and support incident investigations.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Influencing skills

Reliability engineering

Maintenance strategy development

Risk-based decision making

Root cause analysis

Asset management

Education

Engineering degree (Electrical / Mechanical)

Tools

Maximo

Job description

Sydney Water is seeking a technical leader to manage critical production assets, ensuring reliability and long-term asset performance across treatment and production facilities. You will influence asset management decisions, maintenance strategies and investment planning to support safe, reliable operations.

Join a supportive team with stakeholders across Sydney Water; you will lead root cause analyses, drive maintenance improvements and contribute to a robust safety program in a hybrid