Gas Asset Corrosion Engineer

Location:
Victoria, Australia

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Description:

When you choose AusNet, you'll join genuine people working together making Real. Progress

At AusNet, we're the link between energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Western Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia's energy future.

The future of gas and electrification

• Gas is an essential service in Victoria, and it will be for decades to come. Our priority is to continue safe and reliable gas supply to our gas distribution customers in Western Victoria.
• We believe there is potential for the gas network to play a role for supporting the energy system through the transition with renewable gas. The challenges this brings to the Gas Network are interesting and complex to solve.
• Maintaining a safe and reliable gas network, supporting price stability, and seeking equitable outcomes for customers through the energy transition will require ongoing dialogue and a coordinated approach.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That's refreshing.

Join AusNet as a Gas Asset Corrosion Engineer, where you'll play a critical role in supporting asset class performance by balancing risk, cost, and reliability across the asset lifecycle. In this role, you'll be responsible for assessing, monitoring, and mitigating corrosion risks to gas pipelines, ensuring the integrity and safety of our network infrastructure.

You'll bring technical expertise in corrosion mechanisms, material selection, protective coatings, cathodic protection systems, and failure analysis to help maintain long-term asset performance and meet AusNet's operational expectations.

With a Hybrid split (Office/WFH), this role is based in South Bank and is part of the Network Management Team, with occasional travel to site within Victoria.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Support the development of Asset Management strategies that balance and manage risk, asset performance and cost with an asset lifecycle view.
• Support the development of Maintenance Strategies and plans linked to the Asset Class Strategies. Monitor Maintenance execution and results for a feedback loop into the Asset Class Strategies to close gaps.
• Monitor Asset class performance and health on at least a quarterly basis through KPIs, data analysis and intel from the field. Make recommendations to close gaps.
• Advise on appropriate material, protective coatings CP system design for new projects or risk mitigation strategies.
• Actively coach and support less experienced engineers in their technical and professional development.
• Participate in Risk Assessments on key Asset Class risks identified. Support maintaining an Asset Class Operational Risk Register and asset defect register, detailing identified risks, actions, action owner and due dates for mitigation.
• Provide Asset Class technical advice and support to Emergency Response.
• Support Asset class failure investigations and root cause analysis failure to apply lessons learned for the future performance of the Asset.
• Influence and maintain relationships outside the Gas Network Management Department, to drive business and Asset Class performance outcomes.

You don't need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering is essential.
• Demonstrated experience in corrosion engineering and asset management, including field-based work
• In depth experience working with various Corrosion Standards such as NACE, API, ASME, and ISO standards.
• Knowledge of corrosion mechanisms (e.g., galvanic, pitting, microbiologically influenced corrosion) and failure analysis.
• Proficient knowledge of the procedures, skills and technology used for sacrificial anode and impressed current cathodic protection systems on a wide range of buried or immersed metallic structures.
• Ability to weigh up trade-offs, pros and cons of a solution and make a recommendation.
• Effective communication of complex technical elements, advantages, disadvantages and trade-offs, to a broad audience.

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here's what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we'll work with you to help balance work and life.

• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.

• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.

• Perks: we offer all the other perks you've come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we're excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you're passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward