Lead Performance - Treatment & Supply

Seqwater; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12.75% superannuation

Job summary

Seqwater in South-East Queensland is seeking a Lead Performance - Treatment & Supply to steer Reliability Engineering and Performance Analytics. You will be the independent voice on how our treatment and supply assets perform across a complex 24/7 network, identifying gaps and driving continuous improvement.

This permanent, full-time, hybrid role offers a clear career path into senior analytics and leadership, a competitive salary, and a 12.75% superannuation contribution, with travel to sites

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Science or related technical discipline.
• Significant experience leading technical teams within infrastructure or utilities.
• Strong capability in performance analysis and data-driven decision making.
• Ability to lead, coach and develop multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and project management skills; willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead performance evaluation of treatment and supply assets, identifying trends, failures, constraints and opportunities to improve reliability, safety and operational performance.
• Provide independent performance, risk and reliability advice to planning, operations and maintenance teams.
• Oversee root cause investigations and performance analysis, translating data and asset health insights into actionable improvements.
• Align reliability strategies with performance outcomes and improvement plans.
• Deliver performance reporting and recommendations to stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team with safety culture.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across Seqwater and external partners.

Skills

Technical leadership

Performance analysis

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Education

Degree in Engineering or Science

Job description

Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we are 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.

About Your Opportunity

As Lead Performance - Treatment & Supply, you will lead our Reliability Engineering and Performance Analytics teams, reporting to the Manager Performance Treatment & Supply. You will be the trusted, independent voice on how Seqwater’s treatment and supply assets are performing across a complex, highly regulated 24/7 network. You will identify performance gaps early and act on them before they escalation, and drive continuous improvement that optimises asset reliability, safety and service for our customers and community. This is a hybrid role, with time split between the office and our sites throughout South-East Queensland.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead performance evaluation of treatment and supply assets, identifying trends, failures, constraints and opportunities to improve reliability, safety and operational performance.
• Provide independent performance, risk and reliability advice to planning, operations and maintenance teams, ensuring objective performance assurance across the business.
• Oversee root cause investigations and performance analysis, translating data and asset health insights into actionable business improvements and corrective actions.
• Align reliability strategies with performance outcomes, ensuring failure modes are linked to performance losses and reliability insights feed performance improvement plans.
• Deliver performance reporting, insights and recommendations to stakeholders and senior leaders, supporting informed decision-making and integrated planning.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering capability, accountability, collaboration and a strong safety and wellbeing culture.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across Seqwater and external partners, working with our System Improvement function to develop and implement performance improvement initiatives that support strategic objectives.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• A degree in Engineering, Science or a related technical discipline (mandatory).
• Significant experience leading technical teams within a complex infrastructure, utilities or asset-intensive environment.
• Strong capability in performance analysis, data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop multidisciplinary technical teams while fostering a high-performance culture.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and project management skills, with the ability to influence outcomes across operational and strategic functions.
• A current Class C driver licence and willingness to travel to sites across South-East Queensland.

This role also offers a clear career pathway into senior analyst and leadership roles in asset performance.

This position will be offered on a permanent full-time basis with a competitive salary, plus 12.75% superannuation.

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.