Are you a talented and passionate individual from the First Nations community?

We invite you to join WaterNSW and be part of a thriving, inclusive team that celebrates diversity and values unique perspectives.

At WaterNSW, we communicate openly and honestly whilst maintaining respect for one another. We understand everyone is different, and this is what we value as part of our inclusive culture.

We are currently recruiting for a Dam Instrumentation Specialist (Full Time, Permanent) for our team in Parramatta and would love to hear from you!  

Acknowledgement of Country

WaterNSW acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.   

Our perks and benefits:  

We believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits. 

• Aboriginal Support Network    
• Flexible working
• Work a 9-day fortnight at full pay on the Enterprise Agreement  
• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Yearly corporate wear allowance
• Professional development and educational assistance
• Remote Area Benefits based on work location  
• A supportive and inclusive work culture that embraces diversity, cultural understanding and values   
• An opportunity to work on country and be part of a team that is making a real difference in the NSW communities. (Visit our First Nations programs page for more information) https://www.waternsw.com.au/about-us/our-business/first-nations-programs   

Location: Parramatta 
Salary range starting from: $131,851.00 + Super  
Tenure: Full Time, Permanent 

What we are looking for:  

• A strong desire to contribute your skills and expertise to our business 
• Someone who is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander decent / identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and is accepted as such by the community in which they were born, has lived or currently lives  
• A commitment to promoting and preserving Aboriginal culture and value?
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science, or demonstrated relevant experience  
• Experience in the design and/or installation of geotechnical and dam instrumentation for the purpose of performance monitoring. 
• Demonstrated skills in monitoring data management, including quality of data and its interrogation and extraction for reporting.  
• Analytical and investigative skills and the ability to read and interpret data trends.  
• Ability to produce practical asset plans based on an array of requirements and balancing the asset management life cycle activities including operations, maintenance and capital works. 
• Demonstrated experience in database management and manipulation, instrumentation, electrical and electronic and communication systems.  
• Current NSW Drivers Licence. 

Join us on our journey to build a more inclusive workplace and make a difference in the lives of our customers and communities.  

What you will work on:   

• Perform routine audits and health assessments of existing instruments performance, reliability and efficiency, and investigate and report on departures or opportunities for improvement; provide ongoing training to operators in reading and calibrating monitoring instruments to ensure the instruments are used correctly and maintained as per the standards.  
• Lead projects involving the augmentation to existing, or installation of new dam monitoring instrumentation systems  
• Identify procedures and guidelines for dam safety monitoring; identify and apply operational procedures determining the techniques, methods and equipment used for dam safety monitoring based on national and international good practices; review monitoring systems for each dam periodically and recommend changes to their monitoring frequencies, to ensure compliance with NSW Dams Safety regulation requirements.  
• Implement field data collection procedures and practices; implement quality assurance (QA) rules and notification procedures; report deviations outside approved limits including potential causes so as to initiate investigations and corrective action by the Dam Safety Engineers; monitor and report QA performance.  
• Ensure that accurate, timely, clear and concise monitoring instrumentation data is available to meet organisational requirements; identify, analyse, investigate and provide recommendations on key changes, opportunities and risks relating to maintenance and dissemination of dam monitoring data.  
• Undertake the analysis of whole of life-cycle instrumentation asset costs and recommend cost minimisation measures. 
• Provide strategic governance associated with instrumentation monitoring including designs, standards, product selection, operation, maintenance and skill requirements to meet dam safety monitoring activity standards. 

Who is WaterNSW

WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.   

We’re the people taking care of the state’s water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at waternsw.com.au 

For full details about this role please review the Position Description. 

Need support with your application? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition Partner to set up a discussion - Rory Hukins - rory.hukins@waternsw.com.au 

Please note applications for this position will close on the 3rd December 2024.