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

We are seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead engineering planning and delivery activities for major water infrastructure projects within the Infrastructure Planning & Capital Delivery Team.  Reporting to the Senior Project Manager (Capital Delivery – WSIP), you will provide high‑level engineering leadership, technical governance, and design coordination to ensure Seqwater’s major projects are delivered to the highest standard. This role will work closely with internal and external engineering teams, consultants, contractors, and regulatory stakeholders to develop safe, quality, cost‑effective and future‑focused design outcomes.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide engineering leadership and management to ensure the project deliverables are provided in accordance with Seqwater requirements during planning and delivery phases.
• Support the Senior Project Manager (Capital Delivery) and Technical Director (Engineering) by coordinating, leading and supervising various engineering management activities including; engineering design, design and constructability reviews, digital engineering, site investigations and technical workshops.
• Lead the implementation of the Engineering Management Framework and Seqwater Engineering Standards on projects.
• Day-to-day management of engineering suppliers / contractors, internal stakeholders and other technical consultants / specialists to a high standard, on time and within budget.
• Develop technical documentation for procurement of engineering consultants, construction contractors and supporting services in collaboration with the project team.
• Provide engineering and technical input to the development of Preliminary and Detailed Business Cases to; identify service needs, define solutions and justify investment for water infrastructure projects.
• Provide engineering and technical input to the Planning and Environmental Approvals required for implementation of projects.
• Ensure that safety in design principles and hazard studies are incorporated into the process of design development.
• Observe and comply with all Seqwater work health and safety, quality and environmental management systems and procedures.
• Undertake other duties, which are assigned from time to time by the Leader.
• In all duties, comply with the behavioural expectations set out in The Way We Work (Seqwater’s Code of Conduct), and our policies and procedure

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Degree qualifications in engineering and minimum 10 years’ engineering experience in major infrastructure.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in engineering design and technical deliverables for water infrastructure projects.
• Experience delivering infrastructure projects >$50M CAPEX and design engagements >$2.5M.
• Demonstrated capability in multidisciplinary design coordination.
• Current RPEQ registration (mandatory).
• Class C driver’s licence.
• Strong results orientation with proven delivery capability.
• Alignment with Seqwater’s values — Integrity, Respect, Care, Courage.

This position will be offered as a maximum term 3-year contract with an attractive salary.

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 1^st  March 2026

For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.