Asset Management Engineer, Water Infrastructure

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• Brisbane or Gold Coast location / Full-time or part-time opportunities
• Outstanding, high-achieving team with a welcoming and supportive culture
• Flexible working hours and supportive of working from home
• Attractive benefits package and inspiring work environment.

Due to the continued success of our Australian operations, our Water business is seeking an experienced Asset Management Engineer to join our Water Infrastructure, Asset Management and Planning (AMP) team. We are interested in speaking with anyone from Senior to Associate level.

About the team

The WSP Water AMP team is a nationally recognized group specializing in strategic, master, and detailed planning for water and sewer networks, pumping stations, conveyance, and related infrastructure. With decades of local and global experience, the team helps utilities across Australia-including Urban Utilities, TasWater, Melbourne Water, and SA Water-understand the health of their assets and forecast renewals with certainty to extend infrastructure lifespan and improve efficiency.

The AMP team plays a critical role in shaping sustainable water management solutions, focusing on optimizing water use, reducing waste, and enhancing resilience to meet growing infrastructure demands, especially in regions like Queensland ahead of major events such as the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. WSP’s AMP professionals work on high-impact projects that support long-term environmental, social, and economic sustainability, while fostering innovation, collaboration, and career growth within a flexible and inclusive work environment.

About the role

As an Asset Management Engineer, you will work on asset management activities for water infrastructure assets, driving lifecycle management, risk assessment, and investment planning. You will collaborate with stakeholders to develop and implement asset management strategies that optimize asset performance, reliability, and sustainability. Key responsibilities include:

What you’ll do

• Development of contingency and rehabilitation strategies and plans, operational procedures, asset class plans, renewal, capital expenditure and whole of life asset costing schedules and business case development
• Development of asset registers including asset numbering and naming conventions
• Asset condition assessments for asset types including:
• Different pipe materials and channel types
• concrete and steel structures
• pump stations
• Implementing risk assessments, root cause analysis, FMECA, failure mode and failure mechanism analysis
• Project management skills
• Assessment of water balance and economic level of leakage using non-revenue models
• Asset reliability analyses
• Optimisation of maintenance schedules and water network operations
• Application of geographical information systems and associated platforms (i.e. MapInfo and ArcGIS)
• Advanced analytics and optimisation modelling

Ideally you will have:

• Tertiary qualification (i.e. Bachelor of Civil Engineering or equivalent)
• Proven relevant asset management experience, engineering consulting experience an advantage
• Previous Australian utility sector experience an advantage
• Willingness to broaden experience in the planning and design disciplines
• Strong statistical and data analytics skills
• Ability to operate independently to provide sound technical outcomes
• Excellent time management practises and be self aware of commercial and scope constraints
• Alignment to organisational cultural values and ethics.
• Be a team player

Why work at WSP?

• Join a globally connected team delivering impactful water infrastructure projects.
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements and a supportive, inclusive workplace culture.
• Access professional development and career growth opportunities.
• Participate in meaningful projects that enhance community resilience and environmental sustainability.

If you are driven to support asset management excellence and contribute to sustainable water infrastructure, WSP offers a rewarding environment to advance your career.

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