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 the role of Principal Technical Lead – Dams within IPCD, where you’ll shape the future of South East Queensland’s most ambitious dam infrastructure projects. At the forefront of innovation and stewardship, you’ll set the technical vision and governance for multibillion-dollar initiatives—overseeing planning, delivery, and seamless handover, while bringing best-practice frameworks, management tools, and protocols to life.
Your initial focus will be steering the landmark Wivenhoe Dam Improvement Project (WDIP) or the strategically vital North Pine Dam Improvement Project (NPDIP), with opportunities to extend your expertise across Seqwater’s impressive asset portfolio as new challenges emerge. Reporting directly to the Technical Director – Dams and working closely with Project Directors, you’ll play a pivotal role in projects that safeguard our water future 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 dam infrastructure planning and capital delivery projects. These projects may involve:
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- Significant capital expenditure on multipurpose dams that are essential for water supply and regional development in South East Queensland.
- Oversight of dam safety, water security, and flood mitigation risks throughout design, investigation, construction, and commissioning over extended timeframes (e.g., more than 5 years).
- Coordination of multidisciplinary teams with expertise in dam engineering and supporting technical fields.
- Technical leadership and responsibility aligned with the scale, impact, and complexity of the works.
- This role encompasses comprehensive technical leadership required to deliver projects meeting technical and project targets within set timeframes. Specific points of responsibility are detailed below.
- Oversee Technical Governance and Engineering Assurance for specified Seqwater dam projects, including strategic planning, design, construction, handover, and ongoing operations and maintenance. This includes facilitating interactions between the project team and the Technical Review Panel, which typically consists of international experts in dam engineering and related disciplines.
- Coordinate technical input and decisions related to dam projects from various internal groups, 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 7th September 2025
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au
Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.
