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.

About Your Opportunity

In the Principal Asset Protection role, you will lead a team responsible for protecting Seqwater’s natural and built assets by providing strategic advice on development and land use planning matters and management of 3^rd party works that may impact our assets. Working closely with councils, state development bodies and key stakeholders, you will influence development outcomes that balance community growth with the protection of critical water infrastructure and catchment assets, while delivering safe, efficient and high-quality outcomes aligned to organisational priorities.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the assessment and response to development applications impacting Seqwater’s state interests, ensuring timely, consistent and defensible outcomes.
• Oversee the management of third-party works affecting Seqwater assets, including assessment, conditions and risk-based supervision.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with councils, state development bodies and other key stakeholders.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team through coaching, mentoring, performance management and capability building.
• Drive business performance by translating strategy into operational delivery and contributing to organisational objectives and transformation initiatives.
• Ensure effective risk management, governance and regulatory compliance while delivering services in a prudent and efficient manner. 

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Degree qualification in Engineering in a relevant discipline.
• RPEQ in a relevant field (e.g. civil)
• Extensive experience (15+ years) in the design, construction, maintenance or operation of water infrastructure assets.
• Proven experience managing and mitigating third-party impacts on built utility assets.
• Strong knowledge of planning legislation and development application assessment processes.
• Demonstrated leadership, stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence outcomes and lead multidisciplinary teams.

This position will be offered on a permanent full-time basis with a competitive salary, 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, Sunday 11^th October 2026

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

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.