Design Manager - Source Protection

About Seqwater

Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we're not just delivering water - we're driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.

As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.

As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.

Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure - it's about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.

You'll be working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure projects in the industry, helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.

About Your Opportunity

Reporting to our Lead Estate Management Program manager, as the Design Manager - Source Protection, you will be responsible for managing the design of projects to support the Natural Asset Program in the areas of source protection, catchment management, land management and recreation, including waterway erosion and sediment control projects, land condition improvement projects including agricultural improvements, revegetation and offset projects, and recreation area upgrades/refurbishments including wastewater.

You will provide expert planning and design advice, develop planning documentation and scopes of services, and work with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, including managing external consultants and contractors throughout the full project lifecycle or gateway process.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead development of planning documentation for projects within the Natural Asset Program, while working collaboratively with planners and project managers within the project Team. Types of projects include waterway erosion and sediment control, land management including agricultural improvements, revegetation and offsets, and recreational areas, including wastewater.
• Develop Scope of Works and Services documentation to engage external design consultants and other service providers as required through the project planning and delivery phases.
• Manage consultants and contractors through options development, detailed design, construction, monitoring, and benefits realisation stages of the project, attending meetings and site as required with the Project Team or other stakeholders.

Hours and Locations

This is a diverse role with projects varying across environmental engineering/science, and catchment management areas, and offers a great mix of both office and field work.

This role will take you all over South-East Queensland to Seqwater's recreation areas, catchment lands, and onto private land bordering key waterways in Seqwater's water supply catchments.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant Science or Engineering discipline.
• Significant demonstrated experience particularly within the water industry on projects of a similar scope and value as outlined above.
• Experience in planning and delivery of catchment management or natural resource management projects.
• Experience in a design management role managing multiple projects up to $5+ Million per project.
• Demonstrated experience in technical design development and management of projects such as erosion and sediment control, land condition improvement projects including agricultural improvements, revegetation and offset projects, and recreational area upgrades including wastewater systems.

This position has a salary range of $132,746 - $145,422 (dependent on experience) plus 12.75% superannuation.

This position will be offered as an individual TFR package with an attractive salary and is a permanent full time role.

Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.

For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au. We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - linkedin.com/company/seqwater.

If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!