Asset Investment

**Hours per week**: 38

**Remuneration**: Band 6 salary from $104,133.36 per annum plus superannuation and a fortnightly RDO

**Location**: Working across our Werribee Civic Centre and Hoppers Crossing Depot locations

**About the role**

Join our Asset Management Business Unit as an Asset Investment & Planning Officer and lead the strategic planning and prioritisation of asset investment initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational goals, community expectations, and long-term financial sustainability.

You will use your communication skills to actively engage and collaborate with relevant planning and service delivery teams to ensure the integrated delivery of capital works programs, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities as well as acting as the primary point of contact for finance-related asset management activities, including cost metric calculations, budget alignment, and support for the Long-Term Financial Plan (LTFP).

**What your day will look like**
- Developing and maintaining comprehensive lifecycle models (LCM) for all asset types, supporting strategic decision-making across creation, maintenance, renewal, and disposal
- Undertaking spatial and demographic demand modelling to anticipate infrastructure needs based on growth forecasts and land use changes
- Overseeing the revaluation and evaluation of assets, ensuring accuracy and alignment with financial and regulatory requirements Developing preventive maintenance regimes and OPEX forecasting to complement capital planning

**What you will bring**
- Degree in a relevant field such as Asset Management, Engineering, Finance, Business, or a related discipline, **OR** substantial equivalent experience in a similar role. (essential)
- Experience in asset revaluation, evaluation, and financial reporting, ensuring compliance with regulatory and audit requirements (e.g., VAGO). (essential)
- Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of government operations, regulatory frameworks, and industry standards, particularly as they relate to asset planning, capital works, and financial governance. (essential)
- Experience in analysing and interpreting complex datasets to inform asset investment decisions and support evidence-based planning. (essential)
- Proven ability to engage and collaborate with key stakeholders, including internal departments and external stakeholders (auditors, regulators, and government agencies). (essential)
- Proficiency in asset management software and tools for financial analysis, data reporting, and asset valuation. (essential)
- Supporting internal and external audits, including responding to audit requests from bodies such as the Victorian Auditor-General's Office (VAGO). (essential)
- A current Victorian Driver’s Licence (essential)

If you progress past the interview stage, you may be required to complete pre-employment screening, which may include police checks, a medical, qualification verification, and an Australian work rights check.

**Why join Wyndham**

We are one of Australia’s fastest growing and most diverse cities.

By 2040, we will have more than 500,000 residents and our people are hard at work designing the precincts, building the infrastructure, developing the policies and delivering the programs that will ensure the City is prepared.

Look at our job opportunities and you may be surprised at what you discover: a future-focused culture, a sense of purpose and possibility, and real opportunities to strengthen our diverse community. It all adds up to make Wyndham City a great place to belong.

Our people are our most valued asset. We are focused on building a culture that empowers every person to do their best work. Flexibility is built right into our DNA and we are committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace that celebrates a diverse workforce.

**How to apply**

**Applications close at 11:59PM on Thursday 17 July 2025.**

If you have further role-specific questions, please contact **Amir Noorbakhsh, Strategic Asset Management Coordinator**on** 8734 5418**.

**Child Safe Organisation**

Wyndham City Council has zero tolerance to any form of child abuse and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children. We create and maintain a child safe organisation which is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all employees, volunteers and contractors. Additionally, we are committed to fostering a culture of safety within the Council, which includes the inclusion and empowerment of Aboriginal children, their families, and communities. Our recruitment practices reflect this.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Wyndham City Council we value workforce diversity and inclusion and embrace individual uniqueness. We value diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, while providing high-quality services to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexuality.