Senior Process Engineer - Water

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility & Wellbeing

Belonging & Ownership

Parental Leave

Career Growth & Development

Job summary

Beca HunterH2O in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Process Engineer with a passion for water or wastewater to join our thriving team. You will be Chartered (or working towards chartership) and hold a Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, with experience in municipal water/wastewater projects.

You will lead investigations, design, and optimization of treatment plants while mentoring junior colleagues and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across Australia and the Pacific.

Qualifications

• Strong chemical and/or environmental engineering background in the municipal water/wastewater industry.
• Municipal water/wastewater project experience.
• Experience undertaking and leading investigations, options assessments and design of municipal treatment plants.
• Experience in an operational water or wastewater treatment environment.
• Broad knowledge of industry policies, standards, research, developments, and market trends.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in reports/presentations.

Responsibilities

• Become an integral and reliable member of our wastewater and/or water treatment teams.
• Undertake process reviews, investigations and designs of wastewater and/or water treatment plants.
• Develop and maintain trusted long-term client relationships.
• Collaborate with multidiscipline teams to secure, manage and deliver projects.
• Remain at the forefront of technological developments, research and industry best practice.
• Support and mentor junior colleagues and contribute to a collaborative team culture.

Skills

Chemical engineering

Environmental engineering

Water/wastewater

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering

Job description

Beca HunterH2O

Beca HunterH2O is the Australian water business of one of Asia Pacific's largest independent advisory, design and engineering consultancies, Beca.

We are a formidable team of 300+ water specialists, passionate about healthy and sustainable communities wherever we work. Using our deep knowledge and broader capability, we collaborate with our clients through city and regional offices operating in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Tamworth, Brisbane, Adelaide and Fiji.

Combining the capability of our expert water specialists with access to more than 4,000 multi-disciplinary specialists, we bring the best of Beca to our clients, to "Make Every Day Better".

The Opportunity

Be prepared to be challenged, and to grow professionally. Our water and wastewater process engineers are involved in the complete water, wastewater and recycled water treatment project life cycle, from investigations, planning studies, design, construction assistance, commissioning and operations support throughout Australia and the Pacific.

Due to a strong pipeline of future projects, we are seeking the appointment of a Senior Process Engineer, with a passion for water or wastewater, to join our thriving team in Melbourne.

What We’ll Like About You

You will be a Chartered Professional Engineer (or working towards being chartered) and hold a Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or closely related engineering discipline and gained a strong understanding of water/wastewater industry standards and best practices.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate the following:

• A strong chemical and/or environmental engineering background in the municipal water / wastewater industry.
• Possess municipal water/wastewater project experience.
• Experience undertaking and leading investigations, options assessments and design of municipal treatment plants.
• Experience in an operational water or wastewater treatment environment, either from a role in operations, or through significant time onsite for consultancy or contractor project work.
• A broad knowledge of the industry's policies, standards, research, developments, and market trends.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively verbally with colleagues, clients, operators, and through preparation of high quality reports and presentations.
• A willingness to mentor and develop more junior colleagues.
• The flexibility to be both autonomous and work cohesively within a team environment.
• A client focus and a track record of being able to build and maintain long term client relationships.
• An ability to travel to meet work requirements.

This role will see you:

• Become an integral and reliable member of our wastewater and / or water treatment technical teams.
• Undertake process reviews, investigations and designs of wastewater and/or water treatment plants.
• Develop and maintain trusted long-term relationships with our clients.
• Collaborate with our multidiscipline teams to secure, manage and deliver projects.
• Remain at the forefront of technological developments, research and industry best practice.

This exciting opportunity will see you step into a supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and continuous improvement. You will be given opportunities for professional growth and development as well as mentorship from our highly experienced process engineering team.

What we offer

A career with Beca will provide you with:

• Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.
• Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive. Bring your whole self to work and take advantage of unique shareholder opportunities to share in our collective success.
• Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.
• Career Growth & Development: Your growth is our priority! Benefit from continuous learning through our training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands-on experience to empower your career

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture - open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.

Who is Beca?

Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4000 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.

'Creative people together transforming our world' is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations, and our purpose - to make every day better. Our four values - partnership, tenacity, enjoyment, and care - sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients.

At Beca we make every day better for our clients, our people and our community and your involvement makes it possible. Our size and agility mean you are not just on the fringes; you are making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.

As a people-focused business, we understand that work-life balance means a lot of different things to different people and that it is not always easy juggling work with everything else life throws at us. Therefore, we are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for all opportunities in the Beca team.