Regional Projects - Project Leader

Water Corporation; City Of Karratha; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus annual leave

Long service leave

Housing subsidy

Air conditioning subsidy

Flexible benefits

Well-being days

Job summary

Water Corporation in Karratha (WA) invites a Project Leader – Regional Projects to direct complex capital and large non-capital programs across regional sites, ensuring safety, on-time delivery, and budget compliance.

You will lead end-to-end project and contract management, supervise contractors and consultants, and engage with stakeholders while upholding safety and ethical standards. This role offers a dynamic, community-focused lifestyle with regional travel.

Qualifications

• Tertiary level qualification in engineering or related field and significant project delivery experience.
• Strong project and contract management including tendering and contract administration.
• Proactive health, safety, and compliance leadership.
• Effective communication with diverse stakeholders and teams.
• Analytical, well-organised, and able to manage competing priorities.
• Aligned with values and able to contribute to a high-performance team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver complex capital and large non-capital projects across regional areas.
• Manage end-to-end project lifecycle from scope to close-out per PM frameworks.
• Oversee contractors, consultants, and project teams, including tendering and negotiations.
• Embed health and safety into all project activities and site works.
• Travel within the northern region to deliver projects and engage with communities.

Skills

Engineering

Project management

Contract management

Health & safety leadership

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Education

Tertiary engineering degree

Project management qualification

Job description

About The Role

The Project Leader – Regional Projects role is a position responsible for leading and delivering complex capital (Category D) and large non capital projects across regional areas, ensuring outcomes are achieved safely, on time, within budget, and to required quality standards. The role involves end to end project and contract management, coordination of consultants and contractors, works inspections, and strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders. A strong focus is placed on safety leadership, compliance, and ethical conduct, along with sound technical, analytical, communication, and negotiation skills. The position operates with financial responsibility for projects of approximately $3 million and requires significant experience in engineering project management, ideally within the water or infrastructure sector.

Karratha

This role is based in the vibrant town of Karratha, offering excellent modern amenities and an exceptional quality of life without the need for FIFO, supporting a more settled and connected lifestyle. Surrounded by striking natural beauty, you’ll enjoy easy access to unique natural parks and the stunning Dampier Archipelago right on your doorstep. With a welcoming community and endless blue skies, Karratha provides a relaxed and fulfilling lifestyle alongside varied work and a range of attractive workplace benefits.

Who We Are

When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state. If you’re driven to make a meaningful contribution, you’ve come to the right place.

Real Benefits That Matter

• A bonus 38 hours’ annual leave per year after 12 months of continuous service in the North West Region, in addition to the standard 4 weeks (152 hours) of annual leave
• Additional annual leave for travel days to support time off for travel (total hours/days depended on eligible town)
• Real flexibility
• Two well-being days each year to recharge, relax and enjoy life (separate to standard paid sick/personal leave)
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
• Take advantage of our co-contribution superannuation scheme. Receive a 12% employer contribution and enjoy an additional 2% employer co-contribution when you elect to salary sacrifice 2%
• Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing.
• Annual leave loading – an extra 17.5% when you use your annual leave
• Housing subsidy if eligible
• Air conditioning subsidy
• Additional allowances including overtime available

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

What You Can Expect With This Role

• Leading and delivering complex capital and large non capital projects across regional areas, ensuring outcomes are achieved safely, on time, within budget, and to quality standards
• Managing projects end to end, including scoping, design, delivery, reporting, and close out in line with corporate project management frameworks
• Overseeing contractors, consultants, and project teams, including tendering, contract negotiation, and contract administration
• Providing strong safety leadership by embedding health and safety principles into all project activities and site works
• Opportunity to travel the northern region of the state delivering Regional Projects
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with internal stakeholders, contractors, consultants, and community representatives
• Monitoring project performance, financials, and compliance requirements while contributing technical expertise and sharing knowledge within the team

Your Skills And Experience

For this role, we are looking for great talent with:

• Tertiary level qualification in engineering, project management or relevant discipline and considerable experience delivering complex capital and non capital projects, ideally within engineering, infrastructure, or the water industry
• You bring strong project and contract management capability, including tendering, contractor oversight, and financial control
• You demonstrate a proactive commitment to health, safety, and compliance, leading by example in all work activities
• You communicate confidently and build effective working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• You are well organised, analytical, and able to manage competing priorities while maintaining quality outcomes
• You align with organisational values and contribute positively to a collaborative, high performance team culture

Applications close Thursday, 1st September 2026

We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date

As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which commonly include - but not limited to - a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check. If you would like the full list of pre-employment screening checks prior to applying, please contact [e-mail]

Our Commitment To a Diverse And Inclusive Workplace

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.

Applicants with disability who require adjustments during the recruitment process including an alternative format of the application form, can contact a Recruitment Officer at [e-mail] or 08 9420 2000. To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website