Senior Water Engineer

Fyfe Pty; Australia; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Secondment opportunities

Exposure to diverse projects

Major strategic water program

Job summary

Fyfe is seeking an experienced Senior Water Engineer in Australia for a 6-month contract with potential extension. You will lead water servicing strategies, assess growth areas, and guide hydraulic modelling while mentoring a small team.

The role involves strategic planning, development servicing assessments, and contributing to long-term capital investment priorities within Fyfe's national water portfolio. This position reports to the water sector leadership and operates on site in Australia.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering or an equivalent technical discipline.
• 10+ years experience in water network planning and hydraulic modelling.
• Experience using water network hydraulic modelling software.
• Experience applying modelling to strategic planning, development servicing or infrastructure investment.
• Strong understanding of water network infrastructure and system behaviour.
• Experience providing technical leadership, peer review or mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic growth planning: supervise water network modelling and develop servicing strategies for priority growth areas.
• Assess network capacity: identify pressure, flow and capacity constraints, infrastructure triggers and augmentation needs.
• Oversee hydraulic modelling: guide model development, simulations, methodologies and documentation.
• Advise on developments: assess servicing proposals and provide guidance on constraints, upgrades and requirements.
• Provide technical leadership: lead and mentor a small team and ensure technical assurance.
• Support investment planning: contribute to network plans, infrastructure staging and long-term capital priorities.

Skills

Water network planning

Hydraulic modelling

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Hydraulic modelling software

Job description

Fyfe is seeking an experienced Senior Water Engineer to support a major strategic growth program. This is a 6-month contract opportunity with the possibility of a further 6-month extension.

You will provide technical leadership in the development of water servicing strategies, assessing how future growth, government housing initiatives and major development areas may affect the water network. The role combines hydraulic modelling, network analysis, strategic planning and technical guidance for development and connection enquiries.

What you'll do

• Lead strategic growth planning: Supervise water network modelling and develop practical servicing strategies for priority growth areas.
• Assess network capacity: Identify pressure, flow and capacity constraints, infrastructure triggers and future augmentation needs.
• Oversee hydraulic modelling: Guide model development, simulations, assumptions, methodologies and technical documentation.
• Advise on developments: Assess servicing proposals and connection enquiries and provide clear advice on constraints, upgrades and requirements.
• Provide technical leadership: Lead and mentor a small team, review engineering outputs and provide technical assurance.
• Support investment planning: Contribute to network plans, infrastructure staging and long‑term capital investment priorities.

About you

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering or an equivalent technical discipline
• More than 10 years' experience in water network planning and hydraulic modelling
• Demonstrated experience using water network hydraulic modelling software
• Experience applying modelling to strategic planning, development servicing or infrastructure investment
• Strong understanding of water network infrastructure and system behaviour
• Experience providing technical leadership, peer review or mentoring

Why Fyfe?

Fyfe is an Australian-owned professional services firm delivering integrated engineering, environment, planning and surveying services across Australia. Our people work across diverse projects in renewables, power, energy and resources, defence, infrastructure, property and utilities. With 800+ professionals across more than 30 offices, Fyfe brings together specialist expertise to deliver practical solutions for Australia's future.

We offer:

• The opportunity to contribute to a major strategic water and wastewater growth program that will help shape future infrastructure and support growing communities
• Secondment opportunities that allow you to work closely with project delivery teams and gain valuable experience within complex infrastructure programs
• Exposure to diverse, technically challenging projects across Fyfe's national water, infrastructure and broader multidisciplinary portfolio

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where people are treated fairly and with respect, and where everyone has the opportunity to contribute, develop and succeed.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and abilities. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Ready to join Fyfe?

Eligibility: This position is open to Australian Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents only. Applicants must have unrestricted working rights in Australia.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact the Fyfe Talent Acquisition Team at [e-mail].

Recruitment agencies: Fyfe does not accept unsolicited applications or candidate submissions from recruitment agencies for this position.