IoT Engineer na Yarra Valley Water

Position overview

• Permanent, Full-Time opportunity
• True hybrid working – work from home and our Mitcham office
• $100,243 - $116,951 per annum plus 12% superannuation
• Applicants who hold the relevant Chartered Credential (Engineers Australia) may be eligible for up to $135,329

About us
We’re on a mission to create a brighter future, where you can be a change maker at the actual source. We’re one of Australia’s largest water utilities with over 30% of Victoria’s population relying on us for their essential water and sanitation services.

Our award-winning culture fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible environment that enables our people to thrive. Here, you’ll be inspired and challenged to grow alongside us.

We're committed to reconciliation and supporting the self-determined role for Traditional Owners/Custodians in water and land management.

The role
To provide hands-on technical expertise in delivering Operational Technology (OT) & IoT asset management initiatives, for digital water meters, IoT devices and platform. The role involves maintaining, analysing, integrating and improving existing business practices, standards, processes, technologies, systems, and procedures.

Your key responsibilities

• Applying asset management methodology, root cause analysis (RCA), diagnosis to manage the IOT devices
• Manage authentication and orchestration across IoT environments, shared infrastructure, remote clients, field devices, communications, and industrial protocols.
• Assess and securely on board all new IoT devices onto YVW device management platform
• Deliver Operational Technology projects including upgrades/renewals, on its requirements, benefits and project.
• Provide technical services in the development and integration of key network operational management systems, including SCADA, DMS, Big Data, IoT device management platform, Jasper, Octaplant, Data Analytics, digital meters/IoT devices, communication systems and IoT related operational platforms/systems.
• Analyse, develop and plan improvement strategies for operational technology related services including delivery, technology, security, data and data analytics to ensure all effort and investment is aligned with YVW’s corporate objectives, regulatory compliance requirements, industry standards and customer expectations.
• Consult and deliver technical work on the alignment of IT to OT initiatives, tactical and dynamic needs, standardising technology policies, practices and procedures involving IT and OT components (i.e. IT/OT convergence).
• Hands on testing and roll out of IoT device, platform upgrades, patches
• Align IT and IoT environments through standardised policies, technical practices, and procedures to enable secure IT/OT convergence.
• Embed and maintain cybersecurity controls and guidelines across all OT activities, ensuring compliance with industry and organisational standards.

What we’re looking for

• Tertiary qualifications in Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline - mandatory
• Demonstrated experience in the deployment and management of IoT devices, headend systems, and communications platforms.
• Strong skills in root cause analysis and problem solving, with a broad knowledge of industrial control systems and IoT technologies.
• Experience or capability in programming, data management, and database administration.
• Solid understanding of cybersecurity standards in IoT environments.
• Familiarity with SCADA systems (ideally Aveva EcoStruxure GeoSCADA Expert/ClearSCADA) and Operational Historian platforms (such as Aveva OSI PI Historian) – desirable
  

To view the full position description, click HERE.

Why Yarra Valley Water?
We celebrate and encourage new thinking at every level. Creating opportunities for you to grow – both professionally, and personally. When you flourish, we all do.

• $100,243 - $116,951 per annum plus 12% superannuation
• Applicants who hold the relevant Chartered Credential (Engineers Australia) may be eligible for up to $135,329
• Flexible working arrangements where our people are empowered to design their days with their team. Read our hybrid playbook HERE.
• Free and secure on-site parking with on-site café at our Mitcham office
• 14 weeks paid leave parental leave
• 15 days paid personal leave, which can be used for caring, wellbeing, mental health, menstrual or menopause
• Request to swap certain public holidays for another day of paid leave

To read more about our benefits and culture, read our employee handbook HERE.

Did you know?
Research shows that men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, while women and other marginalised people tend to only apply when they meet all of them. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily tick every box, please apply or get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

How to apply
Applications should include a supporting Cover Letter and Resume. 
Closing date: Thursday, 30^th October 2025
This position is available for Yarra Valley Water employees and external applicants.

We welcome applications from everyone, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and people of all cultural backgrounds. If you need this information in an accessible format or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please call 03 9872 2542 or email [email protected]. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss the recruitment process, please contact us via email [email protected].

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks, if required for the position. This may also include a Police Check or AusCheck, where an offer will be subject to a satisfactory outcome of these checks.