Lead Water Supply Assets

Davidson has partnered exclusively with Seqwater to assist them through an exciting growth and expansion phase in their Planning, Operations and Delivery Team. To ensure existing capability is maintained and strengthened, and to ensure continued high levels of safety for their consumers and their assets, several roles are now being recruited, including the Lead Water Supply Assets.

**About Seqwater**

Water is essential for life. Seqwater provides water for more than three million people across South East Queensland. They live and work in the communities they serve, and proudly work together to deliver on their vision of Water for Life. They do this by living their values and keeping to their promise - Safe for Life. Integrity, respect, care and courage are at the heart of the way they work and interact with colleagues, stakeholders, customers and the communities every day.

The Planning, Operations and Delivery Group provide the ongoing asset management, operation and maintenance of Seqwater’s water infrastructure assets and catchment areas, including the design and delivery of small to large upgrade and renewal projects to ensure the ongoing provision of bulk water supply services to meet customer requirements and regulatory obligations.

**About the Role**

As the Lead Water Supply Assets - you will lead, coordinate, oversee, and undertake front end engineering design (FEED) and planning for improvements and augmentations of water supply assets. Leading a small team of professionals, you will deliver high quality project planning, technical studies and scopes as well as continuing to develop Business Cases for delivery of improvement and renewal projects. You will also ensure and be involved in a thorough and effective management of transition of projects to Project Delivery teams. Your skills and expertise will see you providing sound advice on water supply projects to ensure a prudent and efficient delivery.

This role reports to the Principal Project Planning.

**About You**

As a senior position within the Seqwater team, this role will best suit a leader who is passionate about delivering

positive outcomes and working in a collaborative manner across all stakeholder groups.

To be considered for this role, you will possess:

- Tertiary degree in engineering, and current RPEQ registration.
- Extensive experience in engineering for bulk water supply system design and operations or equivalent
- Extensive experience working with multi-disciplinary teams
- Extensive experience in any studies necessary for project scope development in FEED.
- Operational experience in water or related industry is highly desirable
- Proven high level ability to deliver engineering services, and effectively manage planning projects, including utilising external professionals, contractors, consultants, and partnership arrangements.
- Demonstrated experience in planning and assessment of complex water treatment plants and developing high quality planning reports and Business Cases.
- Demonstrated and applied knowledge of relevant legislation and regulation.
- Demonstrated experience in project budget development and management.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively both written and orally with people of various disciplines and at various levels within, and external to the organisation, with the ability to negotiate, coordinate, consult and influence.

**The Benefits**

This is a genuine career opportunity with an organisation embarking on an exciting growth journey to expand on its

position as one of Australia’s leading and largest water organisations. It is an opportunity to work with an outstanding,

diverse leadership group who are committed to delivering outcomes for the people of Queensland. You will also have

organisational performance.