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
Join Seqwater’s project delivery team and play a hands‑on role in bringing critical infrastructure projects to life. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers and project managers to coordinate design, manage risks, support procurement, and keep construction and commissioning on track. If you’re driven, detail‑focused, and ready to make a real impact on water security for the region, this role offers the perfect blend of challenge and opportunity.
This position will be based on site at Toowoomba.
Key responsibilities:
- Assist the Project Manager and Senior Project Engineer with engineering and technical tasks throughout procurement, construction, and close‑out, while completing additional duties as required.
- Manage assigned work packages, ensuring performance requirements are met and progress is monitored against cost, scope, and schedule metrics.
- Review and assess engineering deliverables and construction activities to confirm compliance with relevant codes, standards, specifications, and quality assurance processes.
- Conduct site inspections and monitor contractor performance, including documentation reviews, quality control checks, RFIs, ITPs, NCRs, and testing, supported by regular audit activities.
- Maintain accurate photographic records of inspection and monitoring activities, escalating issues or queries to Senior Project Engineers.
- Engage with contractor personnel on site and in office settings to investigate technical, quality, safety, and environmental matters.
- Support project reporting by preparing monthly performance data, presentations, meeting agendas, minutes, and other documentation requested by the Project Manager.
- Contribute proactively to project processes, including ongoing assessment of environmental, quality, and safety risks and implementation of mitigation measures.
- Ensure effective project handover by coordinating the delivery of As Constructed documentation, operations manuals, and maintenance information in line with required standards.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in engineering discipline (e.g. civil, mechanical)
- Minimum 5 years’ professional experience in infrastructure projects including 2 years’ experience as a project engineer
- Demonstrated experience in engineering and/or construction management, quality assurance, environmental management and WHS management related to infrastructure projects.
- Class C Driver’s Licence
- Construction Industry White Card.
- Alignment with Seqwater values
This position will be offered contract with an attractive salary and 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, Sunday 29th March 2026
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au
Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.
