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• Permanent opportunity for an experienced Senior Assets Planner in the water industry
• Based in Osborne Park, offering a collaborative and strategic work environment
• $135,693 plus Super with the chance to influence long-term infrastructure planning

About the role

As a valued member of the Asset Planning team, you'll help drive key asset management initiatives that enable the business to assess performance, condition, and risk across its infrastructure portfolio. Your insights will shape strategic, forward-looking renewal plans that support the long-term sustainability of essential services.

In this role, you’ll also take the lead in monitoring and managing asset capability, ensuring our critical infrastructure consistently meets service expectations now and well into the future, all while maintaining prudent levels of risk.

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.

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home, 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 15.5%. This includes an 11.5% 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
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing.

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

What you can expect with this role

• Drive the creation and continuous improvement of Asset Management Plans for your assigned systems
• Evaluate the long-term capability of assets, ensuring they meet service standards and addressing any performance gaps
• Analyse system data to identify future planning needs and recommend practical solutions to mitigate risks
• Contribute to business cases and option analysis, ensuring proposals are strategically sound and well documented
• Champion forward-thinking asset renewal planning to ensure sustainable infrastructure performance
• Support the prioritisation and development of capital works, condition assessments, and other key operational programs

Your skills and experience

For this role, we are looking for great talent with:

• A degree or diploma in an engineering discipline relevant to the water industry
• Demonstrated experience in the operation, maintenance, planning, and asset management of water and wastewater infrastructure
• In-depth knowledge of engineering systems and assets within the water sector
• A strong grasp of asset management principles, with practical experience applying them in real-world settings
• A strong working knowledge of asset management principles, with hands-on experience applying industry best practices to real-world infrastructure challenges

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.

Applications close 28 July 2025

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.

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 [email protected] or 08 9420 2000.

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