Specialist Asset Lifecycle Management

**Job Number**:

- 978147

**Work type**:

- Permanent Full Time

**Location**:

- Melbourne - Docklands

**Categories**:

- Engineering, Other

**Our Organisation**:
At Melbourne Water we love water and love life. What we do makes a vital contribution to Melbourne’s famous lifestyle. We achieve this by supplying high quality drinking water, providing outstanding sewerage services, integrating drainage systems, building resilience to flooding and by enhancing our waterway and land for greater community use. At Melbourne Water we are in the ‘Decade that Matters’ and we’ve got some ambitious goals to achieve. It’s a pride we share in helping to make greater Melbourne a fantastic place to live.

**The Role**:
Reporting to the Manager Asset Strategy & Performance this role will provide advanced strategic asset management, process analysis, and stakeholder engagement expertise for the improvement of Melbourne Water’s asset management system and processes.

You will be joining a dynamic team consisting of two parts; the strategic element that leads in the development of asset management rules, tools, maturity, benchmarking and improvements; and the performance element that develops reports and provides information on how Melbourne Water is performing to our internal stakeholders. You contribute to team meetings to set team priorities.

**Your Skills and Experience**:
We are seeking a highly experienced Specialist with expert knowledge in:

- asset management concepts and frameworks
- asset management maturity models such as GFMAM and ISO 55000 standards

A fundamental skill you must bring is the ability to tackle complex technical problems and data, in order to make sense of them. You are comfortable working with ambiguity. You will be required to make sense of the ambiguity, unpack the complexity and provide a clear path going forward.

Underpinning the technical aspects of your responsibilities is significant communication skills. Not only do you have a solid reputation for communicating facts clearly, you also are comfortable relaying complex data respectfully and be willing to engage with an audience in a helpful way, even under challenging circumstances. Your highly developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills will be utilised as you manage the expectations, demands and priorities of the role.

Whilst you are able to function independently and autonomously, you are known by your colleagues for the ease in which you can build relationships and engage with stakeholders to form and maintain positive and professional working relationships as you work towards delivery of your work.

Should you have any additional experience or exposure to understanding key planning functions within the AM framework, Change Management, Project Management, investment planning and / or waterways and drainage, this will be looked upon favourably.

The team requires a highly dynamic and flexible professional who can hit the ground running. You bring a great deal of energy, initiative and passion for your work which has been demonstrated in your previous roles.

Your work style naturally lends itself to contributing to an inclusive and team-oriented workplace culture that is collaborative, professional and engaged. You want to be a part of a high performing team that you have contributed to. Your team members genuinely enjoy their work, are genuinely supportive of each other and you will have a senior manager who cares about the individual team members and their development.

This role will suit a person who comes to work, rolls up their sleeves and is happy to respond to the work that comes in on their desk and who is adaptable to the team’s needs. We won’t shy away from saying we need a hardworking, Specialist who can roll with the ebb and flow of the workload, as well as someone who has volumes of emotional intelligence as you interact with your colleagues and self-manage your work/life balance.

For more information, please see the attached Position Description: Role Mandate - Specialist Asset Lifecycle Management.docx

**Culture at Melbourne Water**:
We take enormous pride in cultivating a culture that holistically benefits our team and the wider Melbourne community. The pillars of our culture are based on Flexibility, Impact, Growth & Development, and People.
- We are committed to flexible working in a variety of manners including hybrid work, varied start/finish times, purchased leave, part time work, and 9 day fortnights. We understand that Melbourne Water and our customers are benefitted by enabling balance in work and life.
- Make an impact as part of a passionate team doing meaningful work to enhance life and liveability in Melbourne.
- We relish learning and challenging the status quo for continuous growth. Perpetual and varied opportunities for learning and development are offered in a variety of manners - from formal development programs, digital learning content and lunch & learns; to visitin