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Form of workWhen you join us at Tonkin, you become part of a team who thrive on delivering exceptional outcomes that put people and our community first.
Founded in 1955, Tonkin is on a strong, sustained growth journey, with a creative and progressive national team working at eight offices across Australia.
The opportunity
Reporting to the Queensland Water Lead, your primary role of Senior Engineer will span across network modelling, infrastructure planning and detailed design of water and wastewater networks. Your technical expertise in network modelling and planning will enable the efficient design and delivery of infrastructure required to support growing communities.
The role will support Tonkin’s national water program, providing network modelling and planning across metropolitan and regional Australia. The successful candidate will be an experienced engineer with a passion for network planning, who will lead projects and guide Tonkin’s growing team of hydraulic modelling staff.
About you
To be successful in this role you will be / possess:
- Degree qualification in Civil / Environmental Engineering
- 5-10 years’ experience in water & wastewater network modelling, planning and design
- Applicants with or working towards RPEQ would highly desirable
- Represent Tonkin in a Client facing technical role on water and wastewater projects with the ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience in network planning and hydraulic modelling for pressurised and gravity systems (both water and wastewater networks), and / or experience in detailed design of complex infrastructure (i.e. pump stations, trunk mains)
- Competent in InfoWorks WS Pro and/or InfoWorks ICM software, or other relevant network modelling software (i.e. WaterGEMs)
- Provide specialist technical inputs to a range of projects to support the delivery of water and wastewater projects across the National Water Program.
- Passionate about providing exceptional service to clients
- Apply and share technical knowledge of industry relevant standards, e.g. SEQ Code, utility specific standards, WSA, etc, that will be used for project deliverables.
- Contribute to growing the Water team’s knowledge and technical understanding through knowledge transfer activities, and mentoring that builds individual, team and organisational capability in the field of water and wastewater management.
- Strong verbal & communication skills with the ability to provide direction on technical solutions.
We encourage you to customise your cover letter and tell us how your skills, experience and qualifications will be a good fit for the role, and why you’re excited to join us at Tonkin.
The Tonkin difference
We know people perform at their best when they enjoy coming to work.
At Tonkin we offer you the opportunity to work with leading industry experts in a genuinely supportive and caring environment. We provide flexibility because we know work-life balance is key. Our high-performing teams are underpinned by trust; empowering you to build your skills, progress your career quickly and work the way that is best for you.
Good people. Challenging projects. Caring environment. That’s Tonkin.
If you would like to join a high performing team who are nationally recognised for technical excellence, finding creative and progressive ways to deliver value for our clients, and putting a human touch into crafting engineering solutions, we look forward to hearing from you.
Take your career to the next level and click ‘Apply now’ to join Tonkin!
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