Senior Planning Engineer

Jobs - Job Details - Senior Planning Engineer - Dams & Weirs

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

Step into a vital role as Senior Planning Engineer – Dams & Weirs, where your expertise will help shape the future of water infrastructure across South East Queensland. Here, you’ll take the lead in crafting detailed project plans and guiding them from concept to completion, ensuring every milestone is met, budgets are respected, and community needs are at the forefront.

Your focus will be on enhancing and strengthening the Dams & Weirs Portfolio: planning upgrades, driving asset improvements, and championing industry-leading standards. You’ll work to ensure these essential assets operate efficiently, stay compliant with regulatory requirements, and deliver maximum safety for the people who depend on them. This is your chance to make a lasting impact—reducing life safety risks and setting new benchmarks for excellence in water management.

Key responsibilities:

- Lead the planning, development, and delivery of Dam & Weir Risk Assessment (WRA) project to ensure alignment with organisational goals and objectives.

- Provide technical expertise to the long-term planning objectives and Asset Portfolio Master Plan (APMP) for upgrade/removal of Seqwater’s weirs portfolio.

- Lead the prioritisation, project planning and engineering development of capital renewal or decommissioning projects identified from the WRA, considering technical requirements, environmental considerations, and regulatory compliance to address the service need and any identified risks and opportunities for the assets.

- Collaborate and coordinate cross functional teams to lead, plan and develop projects including feasibility studies, risk assessments and reporting.

- Liaise with Seqwater internal and external stakeholders to allow safety to be considered throughout the design process and the project impacts on Seqwater operations to be understood, considered, and incorporated.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, with qualification in project management.

- Current active RPEQ registration in a discipline relevant to the position or ability to gain

- Demonstrated experience in planning and executing dams and weirs projects, including safety consideration and risk/condition assessment.

- Experience in the design and construction of large and complex infrastructure projects and other storage assets both nationally and internationally.

- Proven experience in stakeholder management internally and externally.

- Experience in the application of risk assessment to referable dams including the assessment of consequences and the development of failure modes and probabilities.

- Unrestricted drivers license for a motor vehicle.

The 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.

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

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.

Advertised: 30 Sep 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 19 Oct 2025 E. Australia Standard Time

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