Job Category: Engineering/Program Management
About Icon Water
Icon Water is an iconic Canberra business with a history of providing essential services to Canberra for over 100 years.
We are the ACT's supplier of essential water and wastewater services and have proudly served our community for over 100 years – sourcing, treating and supplying water, and managing Canberra's wastewater network. Our work is essential to the health, prosperity and liveability of the region, and we are committed to environmental, social and financial sustainability in everything we do.
Icon Water is a purpose driven organisation where everyone contributes to our core business, ensuring high quality drinking water and sustainable wastewater treatment. Icon Water's culture is driven by our values of care, connection, community and courage. These are values we see in action every day as we challenge ourselves to meet the expectations of our community.
Job Description
Be part of a high-performing, dynamic, and Reliability Engineering Team
* Are you passionate about delivering predictive, risk-based programs of work that ensure safe and reliable water and wastewater services for our community?
* Do you have a high-level of skill and experience in reliability engineering, strong digital and systems capability, and a passion for driving change across people, processes, and technology?
* Do you apply yourself strategically and want to lead our business strategy focus area "Asset Health" implementation by using predictive insights to manage and balance ageing infrastructure, rising failure risks and increasing costs?
If so, we invite you to apply for the position of Lead Reliability Improvement Engineer with Icon Water.
About this role: This role is primarily responsible for leading the development and implementation of reliability engineering initiatives that strengthen Icon Water's water and wastewater asset management sustainability. The role applies predictive analytics, data‐driven insights, and engineering expertise to forecast asset risks, inform investment decisions, and optimise lifecycle performance. It also requires strong research, systems‐thinking, and engagement skills.
What We're Looking For: The Lead Reliability Improvement Engineer role is part of the Infrastructure Reliability & Performance Branch within the Infrastructure Services Group. The Branch is committed to developing and implementing optimal asset management approaches to maximise asset reliability, performance, availability and resilience enabling business outcomes.
Who We're Looking For: We're seeking a dedicated Lead Reliability Improvement Engineer who will lead the development and implementation of reliability engineering initiatives across Icon Water assets including Sewage Treatment Plants, Water Treatment Plants, Water and Sewer Networks, Dams, Reservoirs, Bulk Water Mains, Water and Sewage Pump Stations, Sewage Storage Systems and Sewer Vent Systems. To be successful for this role, you will need:
* Tertiary qualifications in Engineering such as Civil, Mechanical or Electrical or a similar/related discipline.
* Proven experience in assessing water and wastewater asset health, performance, and condition to inform operational and capital program.
* Strong asset management systems and digital capability, including demonstrated skills in SQL (or similar), Power BI, programming, and mobility solutions.
* Strong expertise in applying risk analysis, financial modelling, economic evaluation, and statistical methods to support informed and robust decision-making.
* Demonstrated experience in managing engineering reliability improvement initiatives, using sound project management and change management principles.
* Proven ability to think strategically and contribute to the development and execution of an organisation‐wide asset management vision and improvement roadmap.
* Demonstrated experience in preventative and predictive maintenance strategies, reliability techniques, tools, and systems (e.g. RCM, Weibull, RCA, FMECA, Asset Health, Reliability Block Diagrams and Defect Elimination) with the ability to develop and implement industry leading practices.
If you're ready to make a real impact and be part of a company that values your expertise, apply now.
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