Senior Wastewater Process Engineer — Lead Innovation

Cairns Regional Council; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 112,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness Passport

5 weeks annual leave

3 weeks personal leave

Parental leave 14 weeks

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice opportunities

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Cairns Regional Council seeks a Senior Process Engineer Wastewater to lead technical excellence across our wastewater treatment plants. You will drive performance improvements, energy efficiency, chemical optimisation, asset reliability and operational excellence through planning, design, delivery and optimisation of treatment and sewerage projects.

Based at the Tunnel Hill Treatment Plant in Cairns, this hands-on leadership role requires collaboration with operations, maintenance, project teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental, Civil, Process, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Current Australian C Class Driver Licence.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience within the water or wastewater industry.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working with water, wastewater or similar processing plants.
• Demonstrated experience in wastewater process optimisation and treatment performance analysis.
• Strong analytical and technical reporting skills.
• Proven project management and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Be the technical lead for wastewater process engineering across Council’s facilities.
• Drive improvements in treatment performance, energy efficiency, and asset reliability.
• Provide specialist engineering advice during planning, design, delivery and optimisation of wastewater projects.
• Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate with operations, maintenance, and contractors.

Skills

Process optimization

Analytical reporting

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Team collaboration

Independent work

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental, Civil, Process, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering or related

Job description

Cairns Regional Council seeks a Senior Process Engineer Wastewater to lead technical excellence across our wastewater treatment plants. You will drive performance improvements, energy efficiency, chemical optimisation, asset reliability and operational excellence through planning, design, delivery and optimisation of treatment and sewerage projects.

Based at the Tunnel Hill Treatment Plant in Cairns, this hands-on leadership role requires collaboration with operations, maintenance, project teams