Asset Engineer contract role supporting infrastructure assets, GIS data, capital planning, and reporting.

Your new local council
Are you a Civil Engineer or Asset Management professional looking to further your career within a large and dynamic infrastructure setting?

An exciting opportunity is available for an Asset Engineer to support the management, maintenance and improvement of critical infrastructure assets. Working within a team-oriented asset management team, you will play a key role in maintaining asset data, supporting capital works planning, and contributing to the effective management of roads, drainage, buildings and open space assets.

Your new role
This role offers a diverse blend of asset management, engineering analysis, data management and stakeholder engagement. You will support ongoing asset management initiatives while helping deliver long-term infrastructure planning and reporting outcomes.

Key responsibilities:

- Maintaining and updating asset registers across a range of infrastructure assets

- Supporting the collection, validation and management of asset data

- Assisting with capital works planning and reporting activities

- Maintaining asset information within TechnologyOne and related systems

- Contributing to lifecycle modelling and future works programs

- Assessing engineering plans, reports and supporting documentation

- Preparing reports, specifications and technical documentation

- Responding to asset-related enquiries from internal and external stakeholders

- Supporting infrastructure asset management projects and continuous improvement initiatives

What you'll need to succeed




To be successful, you will demonstrate:

- Tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering, Asset Management, Spatial Science, GIS, Information Technology or a related discipline

- Experience working with infrastructure asset management systems

- Strong understanding of asset registers, asset data management and reporting

- Experience using GIS platforms such as ArcGIS, QGIS or MapInfo

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- High-level Microsoft Excel skills

- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities

- Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently

Highly regarded

- Experience with TechnologyOne/OneCouncil Asset Management systems

- Exposure to SQL, Python or FME

- Local Government or infrastructure industry experience

- Knowledge of roads, drainage, buildings or open space assets

What you'll get in return

- Immediate start available

- 6-month contract with view to extend

- Competitive hourly rate of $40 - $50 p/h + super

- Opportunity to work on meaningful infrastructure projects

- Collaborative and supportive team environment

- Valuable experience within a large asset management function

What you need to do now
If you are passionate about asset management, infrastructure planning and data-driven decision making, we'd love to hear from you.

Click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV or send direct to ***********@hays.com.au. If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact Alissa Sara on 03 8616 8*** for a confidential discussion on your career.

📌 Asset Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Hays Recruitment
📍 Melbourne