{"id":1984925,"url":"https://alion.io/job/melbourne-water-principal-engineer-control-systems","title":"Principal Engineer Control Systems","company":{"id":1890715,"name":"Melbourne Water","domain":"melbournewater.com.au","url":"https://alion.io/company/melbournewater","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"PageUp","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Melbourne, Australia"],"countries":["AU"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":80000,"max_usd":196000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2022},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-06T13:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-07","last_verified_at":"2026-10-13T15:41:05Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"Who We Are\nIn Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.\nAs caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.\nEach 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.\nIf you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.\nAbout The Role\nAs Melbourne Water continues to invest in Operational Technology, we're expanding our Asset Knowledge & Technology team with several newly created roles. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and help strengthen the systems that support our critical infrastructure.\nReporting to the Manager Operational Technology, this permanent, full-time Principal Engineer Control Systems role will act as Melbourne Water’s technical authority for control systems engineering. You’ll provide organisation-wide leadership across engineering standards, architecture, governance and assurance, ensuring OT systems are safe, secure, reliable and aligned with regulatory and business requirements.\nIn this role you will:\nAct as the technical authority for control systems engineering across SCADA, PLC/RTU, telemetry, industrial networks, historians, alarm systems, control logic and associated OT platforms and interfaces.\nSet and govern engineering standards, reference architectures, technical specifications and approved control system configurations.\nProvide final technical judgement on complex, high-risk and non-standard engineering matters, including design deviations and non-conformances.\nDefine and assure engineering requirements across design, configuration, integration, testing, validation, commissioning and management of change.\nApply and oversee structured safety and risk processes, including CHAZOP, HAZOP, functional safety and safety-in-design.\nEstablish lifecycle and maintenance requirements covering reliability, obsolescence, maintainability, backup and recovery, configuration integrity and replacement strategies.\nProvide technical assurance for major modifications, renewals and integrations, ensuring appropriate engineering evidence, testing and governance.\nLead technical investigations into significant incidents and engineering non-conformances, identifying corrective actions and systemic improvements.\nProvide technical authority over vendor, contractor and third-party engineering activities impacting the OT environment.\nLead the control systems engineering community of practice, mentoring engineers and strengthening technical capability and consistency across Melbourne Water.\nAbout You\nYou are an experienced control systems engineering professional who has operated at a senior technical authority, Principal Engineer or Subject Matter Expert level within complex, high-consequence environments. You bring the technical depth and professional judgement to resolve challenging engineering issues, while being able to influence stakeholders and establish consistent engineering standards and practices.\nYou’re comfortable working across engineering, operations, cybersecurity, asset management and project delivery, and understand the importance of balancing safety, reliability, resilience, security and operational requirements.\nYou will bring:\nA tertiary qualification in Electrical, Electronic, Mechatronic, Control Systems Engineering or an equivalent engineering discipline.\nExtensive industrial control systems engineering experience gained within critical infrastructure, energy, utilities, heavy industry, rail, mining or major hazard environments.\nDemonstrated experience as a Principal Engineer, Subject Matter Expert, Discipline Technical Authority or equivalent, providing technical judgement on complex and high-risk control systems matters.\nExpert knowledge of SCADA, PLC/RTU, industrial communications, telemetry, historian platforms, functional safety and system integration within live operational environments.\nStrong experience across the control systems lifecycle, including design, verification, validation, commissioning, operation, renewal and decommissioning.\nDemonstrated knowledge of functional safety, industrial risk management, technical governance, management of change and safety-in-design principles.\nStrong working knowledge of relevant Victorian engineering, WHS, plant and electrical safety obligations.\nWorking knowledge of OT cybersecurity frameworks and standards and their application within critical infrastructure environments.\nA recognised engineering qualification and Registered Professional Engineer Victoria (RPEV) registration required\nThe ability to obtain and maintain an AusCheck Clearance. (please see important information below*)\nFor more information, please review the attached position description: Principal Engineer Control Systems.pdf\nWhy Join Us\nAt Melbourne Water, we care about water and all life that springs from it.\nOur people are fuelled by passion, and with safety at the forefront, we have an unwavering sense of purpose, and are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.\nWe walk the talk when it comes to flexible working - but that’s not all. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning permeates everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.\nOur long-standing commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging means that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ individuals, neurodivergent individuals, people living with disability, mature age and young jobseekers from all cultures can apply with confidence knowing they are safe, affirmed, and celebrated.\nIf you’re curious, action-orientated, outcomes-focused, and care deeply for public resources, community, and the environment, we'd love to receive an application and learn if you could be a great fit.\nHow To Apply\nClick the 'Apply Now' button below and complete our online application form.\nClosing date: Thursday 22nd October at 11:55pm AEST\nThe Security of Critical Infrastructure (SoCI) Act 2018 requires Melbourne Water, as an operator of critical infrastructure, to prepare a Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program (CIRMP), which has been undertaken and managed by the Security and Emergency Management Team.\nMelbourne Water are required to assess roles across Melbourne Water to determine what roles are critical under the Act. 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