Senior Mechanical Engineer – Asset Portfolio

Hydro Tasmania is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for their Hobart office, focusing on asset management in the renewable energy sector. Candidates should have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, experience in asset management, and strong technical writing skills. The role involves developing asset management strategies, risk prioritization, and engineering support. Hydro Tasmania promotes workplace flexibility and diversity, offering a competitive salary and opportunities for career growth.
At Hydro Tasmania, were leaders in renewable energy, powering Australia with clean hydropower. We really care about making a difference for better, but its a big job and we cant do it alone. Which is right where you come in.
Hydro Tasmania supports applications from all members of our community for equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements, even in ways we have not thought of. Our merit based recruitment practices are founded on building diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. For more information about Hydro Tasmania please visit our website www.hydro.com.au/careers
About You:
As a qualified professional with a bachelors degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, you are driven and enthusiastic about working in the renewable energy sector, particularly within the asset management environment.
Awareness of the ISO standard for Asset Management is desirable, supported by extensive technical and engineering expertise.
You excel at gathering, researching, and analysing diverse information sources, turning complex data into clear, concise technical reports. With strong technical writing skills, youre adept at developing asset management plans and technical standards and are passionate about driving process improvements.
Your ability to collaborate with stakeholders, mentor junior team members and combine asset and commercial insights with sound decision-making will make you a valuable asset in this role.
About the role:
In this role, you’ll leverage your expertise to maintain up-to-date knowledge of our mechanical assets, focusing on asset risk, capability and performance. Youll develop whole of life-cycle asset management strategies to ensure our assets can continue to deliver sustainable value for the organisation.
Your skills in risk-based prioritisation and cost-benefit analysis will help shape project scopes and objectives. You’ll identify potential disruptions to critical assets, propose effective contingency plans, and provide engineering support in hazard studies. You will also be responsible for preparing maintenance and plant standards.
Further information can be found on the attached Position Description: PD – AI – Senior Mechanical Engineer – HT5 -.pdf
What youll get back
This is an opportunity to grow your career and redefine your role in tomorrows industry landscape. We offer truly flexible work that suits you, a competitive remuneration package, and the rare opportunity to play a role in Australias renewable energy transformation while enjoying the lifestyle Tasmania has to offer.
Hydro Tasmania is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and the great work we do through our Work180 page: Hydro Tasmania group | WORK180 Endorsed Employer
If you want to make a difference for better
Please attach your resume and a cover letter outlining what skills and experience you will bring as soon as possible. We will be running an agile recruitment process and will engage with suitable candidates as soon we have reviewed their applications.
Recruitment agencies: we respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.