In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne's water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet or kayak down the Yarra, we're there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.

Who We Are In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne's water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet or kayak down the Yarra, we're there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.

About The Role As Melbourne Water continues to invest in the future of Operational Technology, we're expanding our Asset Knowledge & Technology team with several newly approved roles. This Senior Engineer Industrial Networking position is part of an exciting period of growth, helping strengthen and enhance our OT capabilities and critical infrastructure.

Reporting to the Team Lead OT Cyber Engineering, this permanent, full-time role will provide advanced engineering expertise across Melbourne Water's industrial communications workplace, including industrial ethernet networks, telemetry and radio systems,



network infrastructure, and connectivity across SCADA, PLC, RTU and broader OT platforms.

As a senior engineering professional, you will solve complex technical challenges, lead key engineering work packages, and provide technical approval within your area of expertise and professional registration. The role also offers opportunities to work across teams, building broader experience while maintaining a consistent level of accountability and technical authority.

In this role you will:

Deliver safe, compliant industrial communication solutions across Melbourne Water's Operational Technology (OT) environment, applying professional engineering expertise to complex technical challenges.

Lead engineering work packages from design through to configuration, testing, commissioning and operational handover.

Approve engineering designs and technical outcomes in accordance with Melbourne Water and industry standards

Complete network zoning risk assessments in line with AS/IEC 62443 and apply compensating controls based on site criticality

Configure, maintain and optimise industrial communication networks including switching, routing, firewalls, wireless, telemetry and communications systems.

Diagnose and resolve complex network and connectivity issues, contributing to incident response, root cause analysis and asset reliability improvements.





Support internal stakeholders, vendors and system integrators, ensuring quality, safety and maintainability outcomes.

Support continuous improvement of engineering standards and practices while mentoring Engineers and Graduates across the organisation.

About You You are an experienced OT networking professional with a passion for solving complex technical challenges and improving the reliability, security and performance of critical infrastructure systems. You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working across engineering, operations, cyber security and project delivery teams.

You will bring:

Essential

Demonstrated experience designing, implementing and supporting industrial communications and networking solutions within operational environments such as water, utilities, mining, rail, energy or other heavy industries.

Strong knowledge of industrial networking protocols such as Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP, DNP3, IEC 61850, PROFINET or equivalent industrial communication protocols

Experience supporting communication infrastructure for SCADA, PLC, RTU and other Operational Technology systems.

Strong expertise in industrial Ethernet networking, including the design, configuration, commissioning, troubleshooting and optimisation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 network infrastructure.

Experience with industrial networking technologies including managed switches, routing, wireless communications, telemetry systems and remote communications networks.

Experience with industrial network vendors such as Hirschmann, Siemens, Moxa or equivalent industrial networking platforms

Understanding of network segmentation, industrial

📌 Engineer Industrial Networking (Melbourne)
🏢 Melbourne Water
📍 Melbourne