Reliability Engineer

At Urban Utilities, our purpose is simple yet powerful – Enrich Quality of Life. With a $7 billion asset base and services spanning 1.6 million residents and more than 31,000 commercial customers across South East Queensland, we are committed to enhancing the liveability of our communities every day.

Your Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Engineer to join our Infrastructure Interventions team verifying and assessing that high value and/or complex work requests are prudent, efficient, and adequately justified, and ensuring operational and maintenance impacts are understood and controlled within risk, performance and cost frameworks

This team is part of our wider Operations and Maintenance portfolio, Dedicated to the safe and efficient delivery of water services through the operation and maintenance of our water, wastewater and resource recovery infrastructure. This team is vital to Urban Utilities’ purpose to “Enrich Quality of Life,” ensuring the safety of our people and customers, protecting public health and the environment, meeting customer needs, and minimising long-term service costs.

Key responsibilities -

• Assess and verify high value, complex maintenance and minor capital requests.

• Ensure high value, complex requests meet minimum standards and governance requirements and align with business objectives and risk tolerances.

• Engage stakeholders and business systems to ensure interventions represent cost effective, prudent and efficient outcomes.

• Prepare structured information to inform Governance processes and trade-off decisions

• Monitor and review incoming high value, complex maintenance and minor capital requests

• Partner with stakeholders to ensure optimised asset reliability, performance, and whole-of-life costs.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of intervention and asset management practices.

About You

You bring a practical and analytical approach to infrastructure and asset management, with the ability to engage stakeholders, influence decisions, and balance risk, cost, and performance outcomes.

• Bachelor of Engineering from a recognised institution with 3+ years experience

• Experience in Electrical Engineering and the operation and maintenance of electrical equipment highly desirable.

• Strong interest in asset management, lifecycle management and reliability engineering.

• Critical thinking with sound analytical and problem-solving skills and using this in risk-based decision-making.

• Highly effective written and verbal communicator with experience influencing and partnering with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience and exposure to asset management or maintenance systems desirable (e.g. EAMS and CMMS Systems such as Ellipse, SAP, etc.
• Team focused and able to build relationships with stakeholders and cross functional teams.
• Growth mindset and curiosity to learn and share knowledge with others.
• Valid Drivers License

At Urban Utilities, we believe our workforce should reflect the community we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences, including First Nations peoples, people with disability, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, emergency responders and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

You might not meet every single requirement listed. If you are excited about the role and believe you can make a strong contribution, we encourage you to apply.

If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know so we can support you.

Why Urban Utilities

Urban Utilities delivers essential water and wastewater services to more than 1.5 million people across South East Queensland. Every day, our teams work to support thriving communities and a sustainable future.

• Generous Salary Packaging options, including novated leases

• Corporate discounts across Health insurance, technology and more

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave, 15 days personal leave including two proactive wellbeing days, and an additional day of leave each year to connect with friends and family

• Flexibility at UU depends on the type of work you do but could include options such as, 9-day fortnights and flexible days. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you!

• Urban Utilities is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and policies directly at WORK180

There’s no us without you. Come shape the future with us.

How to Apply

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Please note: applicants will be required to undergo a background check as part of the recruitment process for this role.

For further information please contact our Talent team at [email protected]