Senior Asset Planner - OSI

SA Water; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SA Water in Adelaide is seeking a Senior Asset Planner to lead asset strategies and management plans for vital infrastructure. You will guide investment plans, assess risks and life-cycle costs, and collaborate with stakeholders to balance service outcomes and efficiency.

The role requires strategic leadership, broad asset management expertise, and strong communication to drive sustainable water solutions for communities.

Qualifications

• Qualifications in Engineering, Science, Asset Management, Architecture or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience steering teams and developing capability in a complex environment.
• Significant experience in asset management, infrastructure planning, operations or maintenance.
• Strong understanding of risk management principles and frameworks.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and Critical thinking and judgement.
• Highly developed communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Experience developing business cases, investment strategies and long-term asset plans.
• The ability to influence outcomes across multiple stakeholder groups and organisational levels.

Responsibilities

• Put safety first and look after your own wellbeing and that of others.
• Develop asset strategies and plans that support business goals and customer needs.
• Analyse future demand, risks and asset performance to guide long-term planning.
• Work with stakeholders to shape, implement and improve asset plans.
• Prioritise investment decisions by balancing risk, cost, performance and service outcomes.
• Prepare business cases and recommendations to support asset and investment.
• Optimise asset maintenance, renewal and lifecycle planning activities.
• Build strong relationships across the business and with external stakeholders

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Science degree

Asset Management qualification

Architecture degree

Job description

About the Company

SA Water is a modern, government-owned utility serving over 1.8 million South Australians with essential water and sewerage services. With more than 1,700 employees and $14 billion in infrastructure, we’ve been delivering sustainable, innovative water solutions for over 165 years. Our nationally and globally recognised expertise helps us meet customer expectations today while shaping future water services to support healthy communities and thriving economies. SA Water values its people, doing meaningful work, staying authentic, making an impact, and focusing on the future.

About the Role:

The Senior Asset Planner is responsible for developing and implementing asset approaches and asset management plans for SA Water’s operational infrastructure assets and guiding their implementation to ensure agreed levels of service are achieved while optimising risk, performance and whole-of-life costs. Using strategic, risk-based and customer-centric asset management practices, the role evaluates future service requirements, asset condition, performance and investment needs to support the informed decision-making and sustainable infrastructure outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Put safety first and look after your own wellbeing and that of others.
• Develop asset strategies and plans that support business goals and customer needs.
• Analyse future demand, risks and asset performance to guide long-term planning.
• Work with stakeholders to shape, implement and improve asset plans.
• Prioritise investment decisions by balancing risk, cost, performance and service outcomes.
• Prepare business cases and recommendations to support asset and investment.
• Optimise asset maintenance, renewal and lifecycle planning activities.
• Build strong relationships across the business and with external stakeholders

About the person

The ideal candidate will be a strategic and people-focused asset management leader with extensive experience managing large infrastructure portfolios and driving long-term investment planning. They will bring a strong balance of technical expertise, commercial acumen and leadership capability, with a proven ability to make risk-based decisions that optimise asset performance, customer outcomes and whole-of-life costs.

What you’ll bring

• Qualifications in Engineering, Science, Asset Management, Architecture or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience steering teams and developing capability in a complex environment.
• Significant experience in asset management, infrastructure planning, operations or maintenance.
• Strong understanding of risk management principles and frameworks.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and Critical thinking and judgement.
• Highly developed communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Experience developing business cases, investment strategies and long-term asset plans.
• The ability to influence outcomes across multiple stakeholder groups and organisational levels.

If your background includes similar education and transferable skills, we’d love to hear from you!

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au

Further information can be found in the attached PD -Senior Asset Planner PD.docx

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTQ+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Please note: We request that recruitment agencies do not submit candidates for this position, as they will not be accepted.