About Seqwater

Seqwater is the Queensland Government Bulk Water Supply Authority, responsible for delivering safe, secure and cost-effective bulk water supply for over 3 million people across Southeast Queensland.

Seqwater is one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city water authority. Our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges.

We commit to delivering a high standard of customer service aligned to our strategic vision. We value working collaboratively with our internal & external customers to improve service delivery. 

About Your Opportunity

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead and manage the initiation through to successful delivery of asset improvement projects ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget. From the Inception Stage of the Lifecycle Framework you will manage project teams in the planning, design, tender and delivery phases of projects and programs while ensuring project delivery occurs in accordance with Seqwater processes, systems, and procedures. You will coordinate with cross-functional teams, internal and external stakeholders to deliver high-quality project outcomes and to achieve strategic business objectives.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver projects through application of sound project management approaches, in accordance with Seqwater policies and processes and key areas of project management body of knowledge (PMBOK) or similar, including responsibility for controls and governance, risk management and reporting.
• Provide site supervision (as Superintendents Representative) of construction contractors.
• Lead and manage project requirements and teams through all phases Initiation to Close-Out Phase following the Seqwater Lifecycle Framework.
• Monitor project progress and performance, ensuring timely delivery of milestones and deliverables using project reporting software.
• Conduct regular status meetings and progress reviews with project team and stakeholders including performance, cost, schedule, and governance updates.
• Contribute to the review of project delivery processes, systems and procedures, including identification of opportunities to improve, the assessment and specification of asset improvement options and the development of the asset improvement program, and planning activities for the long-term management of natural and built assets.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Tertiary qualifications in project management, engineering, business administration or related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7 - 10 years’ experience in project management of multiple complex projects of multidisciplinary nature with values greater than $5M.
• Qualifications for Corporate Membership to the Institute of Engineers Australia or
• Australian Institute of Project Management as a CPPM, or ability to gain qualifications within six months of appointment.
• Experience leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams, consultants, and contractors to achieve corporate goals and project objectives.

This position will be offered as an individual TFR contract with an attractive salary.and is a Fixed Term Contract until 25^th June 2026 with the potential for extension.

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 22^nd September 2024

For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.