Senior Asset Strategy Engineer

Senior Asset Strategy Engineer – Permanent Full Time / Perth CBD Office

Are you a strategic thinker with the technical expertise to optimise the performance of essential assets?

Do you want to lead the way in creating and delivering best practice asset management strategies for vital distribution infrastructure?

We’re looking for an innovative, outcomes-driven professional to join our high-performing team. In this pivotal role, you will set the strategic direction, drive innovation, and ensure our assets deliver maximum value well into the future.

Your Role in Action  

• Set the Standard: Define and document best practice asset management practices, leveraging your deep engineering and asset management expertise.
• Assess Asset Performance: Monitor asset performance and analyse condition data to evaluate asset health, identify emerging issues, and guide maintenance and replacement strategies for optimal outcomes.
• Shape Strategy: Develop and justify forward-thinking asset strategies that feed into long-term asset management plans, balancing cost and risk.
• Mitigate Risk: Lead risk assessments and asset life cycle evaluations using Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) principles.         Assess and manage asset risk, obligations and incentives within a regulatory framework.
• Be the Expert: Act as the go-to asset custodian, engaging with internal and external stakeholders to influence decision making processes regarding problem solving and optimal technical solutions for business and asset management systems.
• Champion Innovation: Foster a culture of continuous improvement and critical thinking within a collaborative, close-knit team.

 What Makes You a Great Fit 

• B.Eng Degree - essential
• Eligible for Professional Engineer membership (MIE Aust) with Engineers Australia
• Eligible for Certified Associate in Asset Management (CAAM) with the Asset Management Council.
• At least 10+ years extensive and broad engineering experience
• Extensive specialist asset class knowledge
• Advanced financial analysis skills
• Able to work independently and results oriented
• Change management and stakeholder management and engagement skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Constructive and supportive behaviour

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.  
• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements. 
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
• Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office, perfect for cyclists.
• Location close to public transport, shops and cafés for your convenience.

Applications close on 27^th August 2025

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Find out more about our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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