Full Time Ongoing
Professional Services Band D: $107,693 – $118,729 per annum plus 11.5% statutory superannuation.
Location: Maffra
About Southern Rural Water
Southern Rural Water (SRW) is a Victorian water corporation with nearly 170 staff, managing major dams, weirs, water licencing and more from Mallacoota through to the South Australian border. At SRW, we believe that diversity makes us stronger, and we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive and contribute to collective success. Through providing a flexible, always safe workplace and promoting employee development, we empower employees to contribute to our strategy of great value for customers and community through excellence in rural water management.
How We Support You
At Southern Rural Water, we recognise and prioritise the wellbeing and fulfillment of our staff members. Here's what we offer to ensure a balanced and rewarding work experience:
- Embrace flexibility: We support various working arrangements including WFH, 9-day fortnights, tailor your work schedule to accommodate for school drop off and pick up hours.
- Generous leave provisions: 15 days sick leave and 14 weeks paid parental leave to support you during life’s important moments!
- Health and Wellbeing: Yearly reimbursement of up to $150 per financial year to support you in physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
- Professional development: We support your growth through a range of internal and external training initiatives and offer study assistance programs to empower you to reach your full potential.
- Employee Assistance Program: Receive comprehensive support for yourself and your family through our employee assistance program.
- Salary Sacrifice: Salary Sacrifice options for vehicles, equipment, and superannuation to enhance your financial benefits.
- See what else we can offer you on our Careers Page!
About the Role
Are you ready to take on a new challenge and lead the implementation of asset management programs? If yes, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
Southern Rural Water is currently seeking an experienced asset professional to drive the development and implementation of our Asset Management Framework to shape the future of our infrastructure. The Asset Manager will be responsible on delivering key priorities, including the creation of Asset Management Plans and Asset Class Plans to establish robust systems to monitor and optimise asset performance.
You will play a crucial role in ensuring industry best practices and a continuous uplift in asset management practices. This includes optimising decision making processes and shaping our annual, five-year, and twenty-five-year capital and operational budgets.
If you are passionate about delivering innovative asset management solutions and driving impactful outcomes, we’d love to hear from you!
As the Asset Manager, some of your responsibilities will include:
- Implementation of the Strategic Asset Management Plan, including the Asset Management Improvement Plan.
- Developing and implementing comprehensive plans, reports, and tools to support all stages of the asset lifecycle.
- Implement improved asset management processes and practices, providing specialised advice on asset management improvements in alignment with Asset Management Accountability Framework.
- Developing capital investment statements, option analysis and preliminary business cases to drive capital investments.
- Conducting asset condition assessments for civil, mechanical and electrical asset types.
About you
The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate some of the desired experience and abilities below:
- Qualifications: A Degree or Diploma in Engineering is essential.
- Asset Management Experience: Proven experience in asset management, with knowledge of water sector assets being highly desirable.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Proficient in engaging stakeholders and clearly communicating asset management concepts and performance metrics to ensure transparency and alignment.
- Project Planning and Design: Capability to plan and develop water sector programs and projects, with engineering or project management background being desirable.
- Communication Skills: High quality written report and presentation skills, with the ability to explain and simplify complex issues for diverse audiences.
How to Apply
Applications should be made online by clicking 'Apply' before midnight Sunday 29 December 2024 or by visiting our website: www.srw.com.au
Please take the time to describe how your knowledge, skills and abilities would make you a suitable candidate for this role as part of your cover letter.
A Position Description for this position can be obtained from this link.
Southern Rural Water is committed to diversity and inclusion in employment and is proud to encourage applications from people of different backgrounds, abilities, ages, genders, gender identities and/or sexual orientations.
Southern Rural Water acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters we work with and within, and pay respects to Elders past and present.
We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to provide an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss your reasonable adjustments during interviews, please contact: peopleandculture@srw.com.au
