Senior Asset Engineer (Built Environment)

About the role

Airservices Australia, a government-owned air navigation service provider, is recruiting two Senior Asset Engineers (Built Environment) based in Melbourne. Reporting to the Built Environment Asset Planning Team Leader, you will turn strategic asset planning initiatives into defined, costed and investment-ready infrastructure projects across Airservices' national portfolio, working with buildings, facilities and critical aviation infrastructure.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and progress asset planning initiatives into well-defined, investment-ready projects
• Undertake options analysis, coordinate technical investigations and develop project scopes
• Prepare business cases and support infrastructure investment decisions across Australia
• Collaborate with Asset Planners, Engineering teams, Facilities Management, Property specialists, Project Delivery teams and external consultants to build investment proposals and identify risks and constraints

Required profile

• Relevant engineering degree and eligibility for registration as a Professional Engineer, or the ability to obtain registration
• Demonstrated experience in infrastructure asset management, asset planning, engineering or project development
• Experience developing business cases, options analysis, project scopes and investment proposals
• Experience with Asset Class Management Plans, infrastructure investment strategies or capital planning
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Defence Baseline Security Clearance and an Aviation Security Identification Card (ASIC)

Required skills

• Lifecycle cost analysis, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modelling and value-based decision making
• Strong financial and commercial skills for infrastructure investment decisions
• Project coordination and stakeholder engagement
• Highly regarded: airports or critical infrastructure experience, ISO 55000 asset management principles, cyber security and technology risk management environments

Applications are submitted online by 11:55 pm AEDT on Monday 16 November 2026.