Wollongong City Council

Strategy Engineer

Strategy Engineer

At Wollongong City Council, we continuously strive to create an Extraordinary Wollongong for our community. We focus on the delivery of exceptional services, infrastructure and facilities for our community. Our aim is to work toward the community's goals in the Our Wollongong Our Future Community Strategic Plan 2035.

Wollongong is a great place to work, live and play! Together, our responsibility is to create an inclusive community where everyone is welcome, valued and belongs. Our strength is the diversity of our people.

We lead with courage, openness and curiosity and believe our employees are the key to our success. Learn more about us here.

The Opportunity

Join a team focused on shaping how infrastructure supports the community-now and into the future. As a Strategy Engineer, you'll play a key role in strategic asset management, helping determine whether the organisation can sustainably deliver the services it commits to through its assets.

Working within a specialist team, you'll collaborate closely with a broad range of internal stakeholders across infrastructure, property, community services, and finance. This role sits at the centre of decision‑making and translating technical asset data into meaningful insights that guide long-term planning and investment.

You'll work across a large and diverse asset portfolio, giving you exposure to different asset classes, services, and strategic challenges.

This is a full-time permanent opportunity, working 35 hours per week, with a salary range of $93,237.75 up to $117,354.76. A 3.5% Civil Liability Allowance may also apply. (Salary package will be assessed based on skills, experience and qualifications).

This role places you at the intersection of strategy, engineering, and community outcomes-where your work directly influences long-term planning and service delivery.

What you will be doing

You'll contribute to strategic decision-making by analysing, interpreting, and connecting asset data with organisational priorities. Your day-to-day will involve:

• Working across multiple service areas to understand asset requirements and service needs
• Analysing infrastructure asset data to inform planning, funding, and investment decisions
• Supporting the development of key corporate documents such as asset management and resourcing plans
• Translating technical information into clear insights for non-technical stakeholders
• Identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities within asset portfolios
• Contributing to projects by planning work, managing priorities, and meeting deadlines
• Supporting procurement activities and working with consultants or contractors where required
• Collaborating with finance and business units to align asset planning with organisational strategy
• Continuous learning across different asset classes to build capability and broaden expertise

About you

You enjoy thinking beyond design and delivery, you're someone who wants to understand the bigger picture and how infrastructure decisions shape services and communities.

You bring:

• A degree qualification in Engineering, Asset Management, or a related field
• Experience in infrastructure, asset management, or asset‑intensive environments
• The ability to work independently, applying your knowledge to real-world, complex problems
• Confidence working with asset data, systems, and analysis to inform decisions
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear, meaningful information for different audiences
• A curious and analytical mindset, with attention to detail and a structured approach to problem solving
• An ability to build relationships across teams and work collaboratively in a diverse stakeholder environment
• Knowledge and understanding of project delivery and procurement, and you're motivated to develop these further. You're comfortable navigating new challenges, learning quickly, and adapting your approach as needed.
• Most importantly, you bring a growth mindset. A willingness to learn, improve, and contribute to a team that values collaboration, strategic thinking, and continuous improvement.
• A commitment to Council's values of Respect, Integrity, OneTeam, Sustainability and Courage.

Why you'll love working at Wollongong City Council!

• True work-life balance
  We know you work hard, and we make sure that effort is rewarded with real flexibility. Our hybrid work options, flex-time, and rostered days off mean you can maintain balance while delivering great outcomes.
• Great working conditions
  Enjoy a 35-hour work week or a 9-day fortnight with a regular rostered day off (RDO).
• Career growth and recognition

We are committed to supporting your personal and professional development. Our initiatives include a reward and recognition program, corporate learning opportunities, study assistance, and leadership development programs to help you grow and succeed.

• Generous leave provisions
  Benefit from five weeks of annual leave per year (pro rata) and access long service leave after just five years.
• Health, safety, and wellbeing
  We prioritise a safe workplace for everyone, every day, everywhere. Our wellbeing programs support mental, physical and social wellbeing of our people to be at their best and include an Employee Assistance Program, skin and hearing checks and discounted gym memberships.
• A vibrant social culture
  Join our Social Club for monthly activities, an annual trivia night, and fantastic Christmas events!

Participate and engage in meaningful work, and contribute to our extraordinary community, where together we make a difference.

For more information, click on 'Apply' to be redirected to Wollongong City Council's job vacancy page.

Applications close 11:59pm, Monday 27 July 2026.

We invite everyone to apply no matter your identity, you'll be welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people who are culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), people with disability and veterans.

Wollongong Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people in the community.

Applicants are required to undergo a rigorous employment screening process which will include Reference, Identity and Medical History Checks, and may also include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and Working with Children Check. Employment is subject to clearance of all these checks.