Maintenance Planning Specialist

Lead transformative change within the organisation by developing teams to have the right skills, culture and systems to support future needs.

You’ll thrive as you identify value-creation opportunities and collaborate with experts to shape WA’s water future.

• Drive Impact at Scale – Play a key role in optimising critical infrastructure that supports communities across the state, ensuring reliability and safety.
• Lead with Expertise – Use your technical knowledge and strategic planning skills to shape maintenance programs and influence operational excellence.
• $135,693 plus Super, based in Leederville

About the role

Join us in a pivotal position where you will ensure the optimal performance and reliability of critical asset portfolios across the state. This role is all about driving excellence in maintenance planning—developing, implementing, and continuously improving strategies that keep our infrastructure running safely and efficiently.

You’ll take ownership of comprehensive maintenance plans, detailed scheduling, and functional location management, while ensuring equipment and spares documentation is accurate and work instructions are clear. Your expertise will help us meet regulatory standards and deliver operational excellence.

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
• Take advantage of our co-contribution superannuation scheme. Receive a 12% employer contribution and enjoy an additional 2% employer co-contribution when you elect to salary sacrifice 2%.  
• 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

• Integrate operations and maintenance activities to enable effective work planning and scheduling
• Provide CMMS data to support asset and system investigations across regional portfolios
• Analyse maintenance performance data, assess trends, and identify opportunities for improvement
• Contribute to the delivery of Section and Business Unit plans
• Ensure compliance with legislation, regulatory requirements, and corporate standards
• Lead with safety, accountability, and a whole-of-organisation mindset

Your skills and experience

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

• Degree-qualified in a relevant discipline and substantial experience in asset operations and maintenance within large infrastructure organisations

OR

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline and extensive experience in works planning and maintenance execution in heavy industrial environments
• Strong knowledge of asset investment planning and maintenance planning & scheduling
• Skilled in managing and progressing work activities using initiative and sound judgment
• Desirable:
• Familiarity with CMMS Maintenance Planning Modules (e.g., SAP-PM)
• Project management capability
• Valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel by air to remote asset locations

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 25^th January 2026 

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 recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 08 9420 2000.

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