Senior Planning Engineer

About Seqwater
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
As the Senior Planning Engineer – Water Treatment Planning, you will coordinate, oversee and undertake planning for major and complex improvements to water treatment plants, provide sound engineering advice for treatment planning and project delivery and prepares all necessary documentation in line with business requirements.

In addition to preparing high quality Asset Management plans for water treatment projects – by defining the problem statement, future outcomes, and presenting strategic options to secure approval of the preferred solution, you will play a key role in leading the engineering and design aspects of water treatment initiatives, including asset renewals. Your responsibilities will span the development of robust technical solutions, ensuring the integration of sound engineering principles throughout every stage of planning and delivery. You will also facilitate the seamless transition of projects to the capital delivery teams, providing expert advice on Water Treatment Plant projects to ensure both technical excellence and efficient, prudent delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate, oversee and undertake planning activities including documenting the problem statement and outlining the future state for improvements and augmentations of Water Treatment Plants to achieve water supply strategies, requirements, and specifications prudently and efficiently. This includes needs and data analysis (root cause analysis), options analysis, preferred technical option identification and other planning projects.
• Undertake asset management and asset lifecycle planning for water treatment plant assets
• Develop detailed project plan as well as realistic and accurate project schedules and budgets for planning and project planning purposes.
• Critique and project manage the deliverables from projects and internal teams to ensure the deliverables adequately address all key issues and provide efficient solutions that meet project drivers and objectives within agreed time and budget.

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

• Tertiary qualifications and professional experience in Civil Engineering or Relevant Engineering discipline.
• Current active RPEQ registration in a discipline relevant to the position.
• Current C class Drivers Licence for a motor vehicle.
• Extensive experience in process engineering for water treatment plant design and operations with at least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Proven high level skills in managing project teams, including consultation, negotiation and co-ordination, and the ability to work with people at all levels internally and externally.

This position is being offered at PO5 level with a salary between $149,648 - $162,324 plus 12.75% superannuation and will also have access to 17.5% Leave loading and banked flexitime.

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.

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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 28 th September 2025

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