Advisor Tailings And Water Operations

Newmont Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working Arrangements

Learning and Talent Development

Four weeks additional leave

Professional Registration and Membersh

Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI)

Salary Packaging

Employee Resource Groups

Developing Professionals Group

Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs

Service Recognition Awards

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Process Engineer – Water Treatment for our NSW Water Group in Sydney. You will provide technical leadership across water and wastewater design, coordinating projects and client engagement to deliver high‑quality solutions.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to business development and capability growth while ensuring safety and project success for major Australian water projects.

Qualifications

• Tertiary engineering degree in Chemical, Process, Environmental or related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status (or progressing toward it).
• Demonstrated water treatment process design experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects with Project Manager to meet time, budget and quality.
• Provide technical leadership across planning, feasibility, concept and detailed design for water and wastewater schemes.
• Engage with clients and maintain strong relationships through clear communication.
• Coordinate inputs with cross-disciplinary teams and business units.
• Ensure outputs meet scope, safety requirements and high engineering quality.
• Contribute to growth of water/wastewater design capability and client relationships.
• Mentor Graduate and Intermediate engineers and build team capability.
• Support bid and proposal activities as required.

Skills

Process engineering

Water treatment

Leadership

Problem solving

Technical communication

Consultancy design

Asset knowledge

Chartered Engineer

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Chemical/Process/Environmental Engineering

Tools

Industry standards & design codes

Job description

Senior Process Engineer – Water Treatment

Stantec’s Water team in Australia has an impressive portfolio of successful major projects that are already positively impacting our communities across the country. We know that finding solutions to our water issues is critical, and so our diverse network of 400+ water specialists in Australia collaborate across business lines and geographies to ensure the best outcomes are achieved. With exciting projects in the pipeline, we are looking to expand our teams and seek the change‑makers, innovators, leaders and collaborators to join us. How will you impact Australia’s water solutions? Grow with us, H2O+U.

Our NSW Water Group continues to experience strong growth, creating an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Process Engineer – Water Treatment to join our Sydney team. This role provides a key technical leadership presence within our process engineering capability, contributing to the successful delivery of high‑quality water and wastewater treatment solutions across New South Wales. With time this role extends to management type functions and leadership capabilities.

A day in the life of a Senior Process Engineer – Water Treatment includes

• Project coordination – Plan, program and coordinate project activities with the Project Manager to ensure delivery on time, on budget and to the required quality standards.
• Technical leadership – Lead and support process and technical engineering activities across planning, feasibility, concept design and detailed design for water and wastewater infrastructure.
• Client engagement – Prepare components of engineering proposals and maintain strong client relationships through proactive, clear and timely communication.
• Cross‑discipline collaboration – Coordinate technical inputs and design activities with colleagues across other disciplines and business units.
• Quality and safety assurance – Ensure all technical outputs align with project scope, meet safety requirements and reflect high standards of engineering quality.
• Business and capability development – Contribute to the growth of our water and wastewater design capability, including supporting new and existing client relationships.
• Mentoring and team development – Provide guidance, mentoring and technical support to team members, helping to build capability across Graduate and Intermediate engineers.
• Bid and proposal support – Support business development activities by contributing to proposal preparation and bid development as required.

To be successful for this role you'll present

• Relevant engineering qualifications – Tertiary qualifications in Chemical, Process, environmental or a related engineering discipline, with minimum of 4 years’ experience.
• Professional accreditation – Chartered Engineer status (or clear progress toward achieving it).
• Water treatment expertise – Demonstrated experience and technical and design capability in water treatment process engineering.
• Consultancy design experience – Proven background delivering design solutions within an engineering consultancy environment.
• Asset and delivery knowledge – Strong understanding of water and wastewater assets, treatment processes and the broader delivery environment.
• Leadership capability – Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage subcontractors to achieve high‑quality project outcomes.
• Advanced problem‑solving – Highly developed problem‑solving and negotiation skills, with the ability to navigate and resolve technical or commercial challenges.
• Technical communication – Strong report‑writing skills with the ability to translate complex technical information into clear, compelling narratives.

What we offer

Along with an attractive salary, healthy and vibrant culture, we offer many benefits to ensure your professional development and wellbeing.

• Flexible Working Arrangements – Including options to work part time and flexibility to work from home
• Learning and Talent Development Programs and Training
• Purchasing up to four weeks’ additional leave
• Professional Registration and Memberships
• Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI) and Salary Packaging
• Employee Resource Groups such as …
• Connecting employees across Stantec through our Developing Professionals Group
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs including Employee Assistance Program
• Service Recognition Awards

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites approximately 34,000 employees working in over 450+ locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring water, transport and infrastructure projects to life. Our work from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.

Culture

Stantec is serious about healthy work‑life balance, diversity, inclusion & equity, indigenous relations, innovation, community engagement, corporate sustainability, and social wellbeing. We have employee groups for women, LGBTQI+, neurodiversity, and more! Our employees play sport, fundraise, volunteer, learn, and have fun together.

We are committed to reconciliation and to building respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We’re better together when different perspectives are welcomed and valued, and we’re committed to a workplace where everyone can belong and thrive. If you need any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know.