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 the Senior Project Engineer, you will provide authoritative engineering/technical assistance and support the successful delivery of projects (within the Dam Improvement Program) in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning and Capital Delivery (IPCD) processes and procedures. Working closely with the Project Manager and Project Team, this role will provide a significant contribution through the planning, design, procurement, pre-construction, construction and commissioning stages of significant projects ($500 million +), in terms of managing project, cost, environment, program, quality, risk, safety and scope. In this role, you will undertake, and assist in the management of various technical activities and inputs underpinning the project work.
Key responsibilities:
- Assist and support the Project Manager with engineering and technical activites during planning, procurement, construction and close out phases of signficant projects with values exceeding $500 million.
- Assist and support the engagement and management of design consultants.
- Coordiate, and support the Engineering Standards and Assurance team in the review and assessment of engineering and technical deliverables,to ensure compliance with project requirements.
- Monitor and ensure compliance to applicable codes, engineering standards, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications
- Assist and support the Design / Project Manager with administration of relevant contract/, includingreviewing and assessing contractor management plans, procedures, lot records, RFIs, ITPs, NCRs and testing to ensure compliance with project requirements.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant engineering discipline (e.g. civil, mechancial) and a minimum of 10 years experience in areas of hydrology, dam or water engineering, yield assessment and flood assessment/management.
- Hold an RPEQ, mandatory
- Qualifications in construction / project management will be highly regarded.
- Class C Driver’s Licence
- Construction Industry White Card.
- Alignment with Seqwater values
This position has a salary range of $144,587 - $156,835 (dependant on experience) plus 12.75% superannuation and is a permanent fulltime role.
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 4th November 2024
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au
Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.
