Planning Engineer - Asset Sustainability

About Seqwater

Seqwater is the Queensland Government Bulk Water Supply Authority, responsible for delivering safe, secure and cost-effective bulk water supply for over 3 million people across Southeast Queensland.

Seqwater is one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city water authority. Our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges.

We commit to delivering a high standard of customer service aligned to our strategic vision. We value working collaboratively with our internal & external customers to improve service delivery. 

About Your Opportunity

As the Planning Engineer – Asset Sustainability you will coordinate, oversee, and undertake planning and design for Asset Sustainability projects including renewals, refurbishments, augmentations, and improvements. You will deliver high quality design and project management documents for Sustaining Capital projects. 

You will also ensure a thorough and effective management of transition of projects to Project Delivery team. Your skills and expertise will see you providing sound advice on Asset Sustainability projects to ensure a prudent and efficient delivery.

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinate, oversee and undertake planning and design for Sustaining Capital projects including asset renewals, asset refurbishments, augmentations and improvements that enables the Infrastructure Planning and Capital Delivery Group to meet its obligations and deliver fit for purpose projects.
• Collaborate with Asset Management and Asset Planning teams, along with any other necessary teams, during the Strategic Assessment and Preliminary Evaluation phase of the Project Management Lifecycle.
• Prepare the scope of services/work and administrative documentation to hire consultants. Oversee the procurement process for design services, including defining scope of work, assessing proposals, and reviewing vendor submissions.
• Review and oversee consultant deliverables to ensure they effectively tackle key issues, offering efficient solutions that align with project goals and are completed within the agreed time and budget.
• Take charge of the entire design process, supervising concept, preliminary, and detailed design stages for asset renewals, improvements, and expansions, prior to passing them on to the Project Delivery team for implementation.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

Essentials

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant Engineering discipline (Preferably Chemical/Process)
• Alignment with Seqwater values

Desirables

• Previous internship or work experience in water supply, water utility, resource, consulting firm, or related organisation
• Experience in linear infrastructure projects
• Basic understanding of hydraulic engineering principles and water supply systems

This position has a salary starting at $102,494 - $113,710 depending 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: 9:00AM AEST, Monday 8th April2024

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

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.