Senior Reliability Engineer - Civil (Queensland)

Senior Reliability Engineer
- Mechanical Seqwater is the Queensland Government Bulk Water Supply Authority, responsible for delivering safe, secure and cost-effective bulk water supply for 3.2 million people across Southeast Queensland. Seqwater is one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city water authority. Our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges. About your opportunity As a Senior Reliability Engineer – Mechanical, you will apply your deep technical knowledge and expertise to develop and implement strategies and plans to manage the reliability of Seqwater’s operational assets. Working closely with asset engineers and maintenance teams, you will contribute to asset failure investigations, reliability analysis, and asset condition assessments. You will support the ongoing development and maturity of Seqwater’s reliability practices so they are incorporated into future operational and maintenance asset lifecycle decisions. You will apply established reliability investigation methodologies and contribute to continuous improvement to enhance the asset management lifecycle and assist Seqwater in achieving alignment to ISO55001. This role is responsible for:
- Being a major contributor to the development of a multiyear strategy and implementation roadmap to introduce proactive and predictive reliability maintenance practices.
- Applying a high level of expertise to complete the review of equipment failure data and providing recommendations to improve asset reliability across the organisation.
- Developing and effectively utilising strong relationships with external and internal stakeholders to coordinate improvements and develop a schedule that enhances performance and the reliability of Seqwater’s assets.
- Performing the role of Lead Investigator for major asset failures, utilising the 5 whys, RCA and ICAM methodologies, and coordinating the implementation of recommendations from the investigation.
- Initiating RCAs and other analytical techniques to interrogate data and drive improvement of asset performance and reporting.
- Designing, conducting and managing detailed discipline‑specific asset condition inspections.
- Leading the project to identify problem assets (Bad Actors) across the organisation and developing recommended actions. Managing the development of an education awareness program to ensure sites implement any changes from the review and standardise practices across the business.
- Providing professional engineering reviews of maintenance activities for Seqwater Maintenance Team as requested.
- Observing and complying with all Seqwater work health and safety, quality and environmental management systems and procedures.
- Undertaking other duties assigned from time to time by the Leader. Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible; each application will be considered on its merits. About you To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Tertiary qualifications in Mechanical Engineering or a related field with significant asset management experience.
- Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ).
- Demonstrated extensive experience in asset engineering, including maintenance optimisation, reliability improvement, and lifecycle management of mechanical infrastructure.
- Extensive knowledge of mechanical design and operational principles for dams, pipelines, water retaining structures, and related assets, ideally in the water or heavy industrial sector.
- Asset Reliability Practitioner certification (desirable).
- Knowledge of change management and project management methodologies (desirable).
- Solid ability to collaborate, negotiate, and influence across diverse stakeholders.
- Proven capability to work effectively in dynamic environments, both autonomously and within a team.
- Demonstrated skill in identifying emerging risks and ensuring timely, effective responses. This position has a competitive salary range, plus 12.75% superannuation and is full‑time, permanent. Applications close: 14 Jun 2026 E. Australia Standard Time #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rsb7c