Senior Infrastructure Planning Engineer

Unitywater; Sunshine Coast Regional; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Wellbeing programs

Learning & development

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Unitywater is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Planning Engineer to influence the planning, design and delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure across the Sunshine Coast region.

You will provide technical guidance, review design deliverables, and work with internal teams and external partners to meet regulatory and quality standards. The role supports sustainability and innovation and offers hybrid working arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality technical assessment and advice to inform Unitywater’s capital program and strategic planning.
• Translate high level needs into clear, evidence-based technical solution requirements.
• Prepare planning documentation that meets regulatory expectations.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external consultants to ensure design quality.
• Support sustainability initiatives and integration of innovative opportunities.
• Contribute to process improvements and technical assurance across projects.
• Ensure safety, quality and environmental compliance on major projects.

Job description

• Influence future water and wastewater infrastructure in the region
• Work across teams and stakeholders to deliver practical solutions
• Be part of a flexible, inclusive and supportive team environment

• Influence future water and wastewater infrastructure in the region
• Work across teams and stakeholders to deliver practical solutions
• Be part of a flexible, inclusive and supportive team environment

About the role:

Unitywater is looking for an experienced water engineer with wastewater treatment plant experience to join our Growth Engineering team as a Senior Infrastructure Planning Engineer. This role offers a meaningful opportunity to influence the detailed planning, design, and delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure across the region.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing and delivering timely and effective technical expertise and engineering services to support strategic planning outcomes across the branch, capital program and development services for water and wastewater network with a focus on Sewage Treatment Plants. You will bring consultancy or design experience in water and sewerage infrastructure, providing technical guidance throughout planning and design phases, and reviewing and overseeing design deliverables from internal teams and external partners to ensure projects meet regulatory, technical, and quality standards. You will collaborate with internal teams, Integrated Delivery Teams, and external stakeholders to deliver high-quality planning and design outcomes while contributing to process improvements and technical assurance across the region.

What You’ll Do:

• Deliver high quality technical assessment and advice to inform Unitywater’s capital program, development services, infrastructure delivery and strategic planning.
• Translate high level needs into clear, evidence based technical solution requirements.
• Prepare planning documentation that meets regulatory expectations
• Work closely with Sustainable Project Development through needs analysis, options assessment, cost estimation and integration of sustainability and innovation opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with internal engineering teams, Integrated Delivery Teams and external consultants.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, systems and planning approaches.
• Support major projects and ensure high standards of safety, quality and environmental compliance.

What You’ll Bring:

• Strong technical background in water engineering with great knowledge of water industry standards.
• Experience in the water industry consultancy sector with proven experience in the design of water infrastructure.
• Strong technical expertise in water and sewerage infrastructure across detailed planning, design and delivery phases.
• Proven ability to translate high-level needs into practical solution requirements.
• Experience collaborating with internal teams, developers, and consultants to deliver projects.
• Ability to manage multiple planning tasks, stakeholder reviews and project inputs.
• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, with RPEQ registration or eligibility and commitment to obtaining registration.

Working at Unitywater:

• Flexibility: We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays.
• Wellbeing: We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
• Learning and Development: We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, access to a dedicated learning program and professional memberships.
• Diversity: We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage, Disability and Accessibility.

About us:

Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.

Applications close: COB Thursday 26 November.