Mechanical Technical Advisor

2 days ago


Kwinana, Western Australia Water Corporation Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

Who are we?
When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state.

If you're driven to make a meaningful contribution, you've come to the right place.

Help Keep Our Water Systems Running Smoothly, While Growing Your Career
Are you someone who enjoys sharing your knowledge and helping others succeed?

As a
Technical Advisor - Mechanical
, you'll be the subject matter expert for our maintenance team, offering practical guidance, mentoring, and technical advice to keep our metropolitan water and wastewater systems operating safely and efficiently.

You will also play a key part in the daily supervision of maintenance activities, making sure everything runs to plan, on time, and within budget.

Working closely with the Manager and Team Leader, you will help deliver safe, compliant, and cost-effective solutions that make a real difference to the community.

This is a great opportunity to step into a technical role, support the team's development, and build your skills in operations and maintenance, all while contributing to essential infrastructure that supports millions of people

This position is located at our Kwinana Water Recycling Plant with a proposed start date
3
rd
November 2025.
Real Benefits That Matter

  • Real flexibility with options such as 9-day fortnight, flexible work hours
  • Two well-being days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good
  • Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
  • Generous co-contribution superannuation scheme, which offers up to 16%. This includes an 12% standard employer contribution, plus an additional 2% employer co-contribution that matches your own 2% contribution.
  • Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

Let's consider the focus areas
Safety, Health, and Environment

The role is responsible for ensuring a safe working environment in line with OSH legislation, overseeing contractor and visitor safety, managing hazardous activities, responding to onsite incidents per corporate policies, promoting a strong safety culture, and providing technical expertise to investigate and resolve safety-related operational issues.

Technical Support & Development

The role provides technical leadership and support across fault finding, shutdown coordination, compliance, and training, while contributing to asset management, work planning, and continuous improvement. It involves mentoring teams, resolving complex technical issues, ensuring procedural compliance, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to deliver efficient, high-quality maintenance and operational outcomes.

Plant Management & Delivery

The role oversees daily maintenance activities to maximise asset performance and safety, manages contractors and work schedules, and ensures compliance with regulatory and corporate standards. It provides technical input into capital works, continuous improvement initiatives, and operational planning, while liaising with stakeholders and leading risk assessments, audits, and emergency simulations to support effective site operations and service delivery.

Business Performance

The role supports operational integration and change management, maintains accurate records and documentation, contributes to asset maintenance planning, and fosters strong communication across teams and stakeholders. It also assists in monitoring asset performance and provides technical reporting to support continuous improvement and informed decision-making.

To be considered, you will require these qualifications and experience:

  • Trade qualification in mechanical discipline relevant to water industry operations.
  • Substantial experience in instrument, electrical or mechanical trades and relevant supervisory experience.
  • Considerable experience in a complex process industry and operations and maintenance environment.
  • Considerable experience in continuous improvement of processes and identify/diagnose of faults in a process focussed industry
  • Current 'C' Class Drivers Licence

Sound like a match? Apply today
If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your skills and experience as well as your ability to meet the requirements of the role.

As part of the recruitment process you will be required to complete Pre-Employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check police clearance and Australian working rights check.

We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date.
Applications close 22nd September 2025
Our Commitment To a Diverse And Inclusive Workplace
Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.

Applicants with disability who require adjustments, or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, can contact a Recruitment Officer at or

To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website



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