Senior Planning & Delivery Engineer

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 a Senior Planning and Delivery Engineer, you will provide engineering/technical assistance and support the successful delivery of projects in accordance with Seqwater processes and procedures. Working closely with the Project Manager and Project Team, this role will provide a significant contribution through the design, procurement, preconstruction, construction and commissioning stages and will help to coordinate and manage project design, cost, environment, program, quality, risk, safety and scope.
This role is responsible for:

• Undertake engineering and project development activities for water infrastructure projects to efficiently and effectively achieve agreed outcomes.
• Manage the design, surveillance and commissioning elements for very complex projects, involving a number of personnel from a variety of professional disciplines.
• Develop high quality detailed project briefs,scopes of work , project schedules and budgets for project planning purposes.
• Coordinate, manage and contribute senior level engineering advice for the timely delivery of strategic assessments, options analysis, preliminary design and business cases for complex projects.
• Design management of design consultant/s and others to ensure efficient, high quality and technically sound design outcomes.

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.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Tertiary qualifications and professional experience in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Qualifications in project management will be highly regarded.
• Qualification as a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland or Chartered Engineer is required.
• Unrestricted Drivers Licence for a motor vehicle.
• Extensive experience in engineering for water infrastructure design and operations with at least 10 years of relevant experience.

This position has a salary starting at $132,403 - $143,618 plus 12.75% superannuation dependant on experience and is offered on a 2 year fixed term contract
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 -
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 4th February 2024
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au
Please note - applications cannot be accepted via email.
Advertised: 19 Jan 2024 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 04 Feb 2024 E. Australia Standard Time