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Principal Asset Management Engineer, Water

Australia, Melbourne · Job Posted March 05, 2026
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Stantec’s Water team in Australia has an impressive portfolio of successful major projects that are already positively impacting our communities across the country. We know that finding solutions to our water issues is critical, and so our diverse network of 400 water specialists in Australia collaborate to make sure the best people sit around the table. With exciting projects in the pipeline, we are looking to expand our teams and seek the change-makers, innovators, leaders and collaborators to join us. How will you impact Australia’s water solutions? Grow with us, H2O+U. Our Asset Strategies Group is growing, and as such we are seeking a talented Principal Asset Management Engineer to join our Water team based in Melbourne. In this position you will play an integral role amongst a diverse group of highly skilled professionals that ‘provide advisory services with community in mind’ to deliver asset management excellence for our clients. You will join a dynamic and skilled group of asset management practitioners that work on strategic, tactical and operational advisory projects, not only locally, but across the APAC region.

Job Responsibility

  • Development of strategic artefacts, such as policies, strategies, objectives and levels of service
  • Financial management and lifecycle cost modelling
  • Reliability, Availability and Maintainability services
  • Tactical asset management planning, across renewal programs and operations and maintenance programs, documented in asset management plans
  • Data collection and analysis, including site inspections and occasional travel to client locations
  • Managing existing client relationships while seeking new business opportunities
  • Research and investigation to determine commercial solutions for clients
  • Project management and delivery, ensuring work is of a technically high standard and within time and budget constraints
  • Preparation of work plans and resource schedules for projects
  • Make independent decisions and provide guidance and coaching of developing asset management personnel

Requirements

  • Tertiary qualifications in Engineering or other relevant discipline
  • Dual qualification in Business Management, Finance or Economics will be highly regarded
  • Extensive experience working within or consulting to the water sector, or similar public infrastructure service delivery authorities
  • Demonstrated experience in infrastructure advisory services in the discipline of asset management and/or reliability engineering services
  • Well-developed analysis and problem solving skills
  • High-level report writing skills
  • Well-developed communication and negotiation skills
  • Research skills and the ability to interact and deliver technical information to clients
  • Have full Australian Working rights

What we offer

  • Genuine Flexible Working Arrangements – Including options to work part time, and to work from home and/or remotely
  • Learning and Talent Development Programs and training
  • Purchasing up to four weeks additional leave
  • Professional Registration and Memberships
  • Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI) and Salary Packaging
  • Employee Resource Groups such as Women@Stantec and Pride@Stantec, with the aim to achieve a genuinely inclusive and diverse workforce
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs including Employee Assistance Program
  • Service Recognition Awards
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