About Seqwater
Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.
As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.
As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.
Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.
You’ll be working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure projects in the industry, helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.
About Your Opportunity
As Dam Engineer, IPCD, you will provide dam engineering advice and support on Dam Infrastructure Planning and Capital Delivery projects, to ensure that the engineering work undertaken by Seqwater Is technically sound, compliant with relevant requirements and ‘fit for purpose’, implementing appropriate technical management frameworks, tools, and protocols to improve consistency and effectiveness.
Key responsibilities:
- Support the Technical Lead in delivering engineering services in Preliminary and Detailed Business Case development as well as project implementation and delivery and provide technical advice and design input to dam upgrade projects throughout the project lifecycle.
- Provide a risk-based approach strategy to mitigate the dam safety risk and plan for the required upgrade works across the dams and weirs portfolio and ensure compliance with industry best practice design and regulatory requirements.
- Take ownership of and provide options for the resolution of core technical issues, using your technical, problem solving and negotiation skills.
- Understand and interpret the identified service need for each dam and weir upgrade project to develop the technical and design requirements to address the service need and any identified risks and opportunities for the project.
- Translate the technical and design requirements to meet the service need into work breakdown structures and design scopes to allow the engagement of suitable design consultants to progress upgrade projects through Strategic Business Cases
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering or related field.
- A minimum of 8 years professional experience in water engineering projects with experience in dam design and construction.
- Current active RPEQ registration in a discipline relevant to the position.
This position has a salary range of $128,257 - $140,504 (dependent on experience) plus 12.75% superannuation.
Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.
For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/
If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!
To apply
Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.
Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Monday 18th November 2024
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au
Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.
