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 Step into a pivotal role as Technical Lead – Dams within IPCD, where your expertise will shape the future of water infrastructure across South East Queensland. Here, you’ll steer the technical vision and governance for landmark dam projects—each valued at over $300 million—guiding them from initial planning through to delivery and successful handover. By implementing robust technical management frameworks, innovative tools, and proven protocols, you'll help raise the bar on project consistency and excellence. Your journey will begin with the strategically vital Lake MacDonald Dam Improvement Project (LMDIP) or the Sustaining Capital Dams, Weirs and Civil Delivery Program, with opportunities to expand your influence across Seqwater’s vast asset portfolio as needs evolve. Reporting directly to the Seqwater Technical Director – Dams and working closely with Project Directors, you’ll be at the forefront of major assignments, driving solutions that secure water for life and leave a lasting legacy for generations to come. Key responsibilities: Provide technical leadership, direction and decision making for one or more of Seqwater’s significant dam infrastructure planning and capital delivery projects, in the context that a given project may require: Significant capital works expenditure (e.g. in the vicinity of 100 million dollars or more) on a Referable dam in South East Queensland. Management of dam safety risks and other relevant technical risks during design, investigation, construction and commissioning over a multi-year timeframe. A team with strong capability and capacity in multidisciplinary dam engineering and other associated project supporting technical disciplines. A level of technical leadership and responsibility that is commensurate with the scale, consequence and complexity of these works. This is an important overarching technical leadership responsibility, as part of this, further elaboration on specific points of responsibility is provided below. Lead the Technical Governance and Engineering Assurance across specific Seqwater dam projects, including strategic planning, design, delivery, handover and operations and maintenance. As part of this function for each relevant project, facilitate and lead interaction by the project team with the project Technical Review Panel (which will often be comprised of experts in dam engineering and associated disciplines). Lead the technical interactions and input to project technical dam decisions from relevant groups throughout the business, including through Technical Working Groups About you To be successful in this role, you will possess: Tertiary qualifications in Engineering. Qualification or the ability to obtain registration as a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland. Professional dam engineering experience across multiple geographic locations. Unrestricted Class C drivers license. Experience as a leader, including professional experience in leading and managing a multidisciplinary technical team of professionals in a dynamic environment. 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 - https://www.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! To apply Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button. Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Sunday 7 th September 2025 For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email .
