Position overview
- Permanent, Full-time opportunity
- Organisation with an award-winning culture that values diversity and inclusion
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$171,650 Total Remuneration Package (inclusive of 12% superannuation)
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
The Senior Programmer Analyst designs, develops and supports complex enterprise applications that enable critical business operations. The role delivers secure, reliable and high-quality technical solutions aligned with Yarra Valley Water's architecture and standards, while enhancing existing systems and driving continuous improvement. Working closely with business stakeholders and delivery teams, the role contributes to solution design and delivery technology outcomes that support business priorities.
Your key responsibilities
- Act as a senior technical contact for IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) and related asset management applications, providing expert guidance and collaborating with stakeholders, Service Futures teams and vendors to support effective service delivery.
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Analyse business requirements and design, configure, develop and enhance MAS applications, integrations, automation scripts, workflows and APIs in line with enterprise architecture, security and development standards.
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Provide expert technical support by investigating and resolving complex incidents, service requests and application issues, identifying root causes and implementing sustainable solutions to maintain system availability, reliability and performance.
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Drive the continuous improvement of MAS and related asset management applications through proactive monitoring, performance optimisation, upgrades and enhancements that improve system capability and user experience.
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Collaborate with business stakeholders, project teams, developers and testers to deliver high-quality solutions, contributing to solution design, technical reviews, risk management, testing and release and deployment activities.
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Maintain robust technical documentation and promote best practices across application development, configuration, testing and support, while keeping technical capability current and contributing to knowledge sharing across the team.
What we’re looking for
- Strong experience with IBM Maximo configuration, administration and application development, with a good understanding of Enterprise Asset Management processes including Work Management, Assets, Preventive Maintenance, Inventory, Procurement and Contracts.
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Experience across Maximo applications and supporting capabilities, including Application Designer, workflows, automation scripts, security and integrations, with an understanding of SQL, databases and system performance.
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Demonstrated ability to understand business requirements and translate them into practical solutions, including experience with Maximo Integration Framework, APIs and enterprise integrations such as MuleSoft.
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Strong problem-solving, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and business teams, manage competing priorities and contribute to continuous improvement.
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Relevant tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Computer Science or IT – mandatory.
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.
- $171,650 Total Remuneration Package (inclusive of 12% superannuation)
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Flexible working arrangements where our people are empowered to design their days with their team. Read our hybrid playbook HERE.
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Free and secure on-site parking with on-site café at our Mitcham office.
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16 weeks paid parental leave.
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15 days paid personal leave, which can be used for caring, illness, wellbeing and mental health needs.
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5 days paid reproductive leave which can be used for experiencing symptoms or undergoing procedures associated with issues such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, PCOS, prostate health, or IVF.
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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: Friday, 4 September 2026
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 2599 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.
Yarra Valley Water is recognised by Australian Disability Network as a Disability Confident Recruiter employer.
