Senior Planning Engineer, Water Infrastructure

WSP USA; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible leave options

Parental leave 16 weeks

Share purchase plan

Global mobility opportunities

Job summary

WSP Australia is seeking an experienced Associate or Principal Planning Engineer to join our Asset Management & Planning team, focusing on water infrastructure planning and feasibility studies. You will lead strategic planning, support investment decisions, and mentor engineers across national water programs.

You’ll collaborate with water authorities and multidisciplinary teams, delivering robust business cases and engaging stakeholders to shape projects from strategy through delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with Chartered status (CPEng and/or RPEQ) or working towards RPEQ within 12 months.
• 8+ years’ experience across water infrastructure planning and/or design, ideally within consulting.
• Strong knowledge of water supply and sewerage network planning, hydraulic principles and asset renewal strategies.
• Experience leading or contributing to major water infrastructure programs and multidisciplinary projects.
• Capability across decision-support techniques including MCA, NPV, risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis.
• Understanding of environmental and planning approvals, cost estimation and constructability.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning and technical assessments for water supply and sewerage networks, considering growth, asset condition, capacity and future renewal needs.
• Lead feasibility studies, options assessments and functional designs for complex water infrastructure projects.
• Develop robust business cases that support confident, evidence-based infrastructure investment decisions.
• Bring together expertise across environment, planning, cost estimation, constructability and engineering to deliver integrated solutions.
• Lead risk management and embed Safety-in-Design principles throughout project development.
• Prepare and review high-quality technical reports, studies and project documentation.
• Provide strategic technical input across asset management, planning and infrastructure programs.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and become a valued technical adviser.
• Mentor and support junior engineers, helping grow capability across the team.
• Contribute to proposals, major pursuits and the continued growth of WSP’s Water business.

Skills

Water network modelling

Infrastructure planning

Feasibility studies

MCA/NPV/cost-benefit

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (CPEng/RPEQ)

Tools

Hydraulic modelling software

GIS (QGIS/ArcGIS)

Job description

WSP Australia is seeking an experienced Associate or Principal Planning Engineer to join our Asset Management & Planning team, focusing on water infrastructure planning and feasibility studies. You will lead strategic planning, support investment decisions, and mentor engineers across national water programs.

You’ll collaborate with water authorities and multidisciplinary teams, delivering robust business cases and engaging stakeholders to shape projects from strategy through delivery.