What if you could work with the best and brightest minds in the Water industry?

With us, you can.

Our Water team promotes holistic, sustainable water resource management for governments, investors, developers, manufacturers, utilities, and corporations, helping with network maintenance and development, risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, cost reduction, and future-ready strategies.

This role will see you enhance your capabilities and the reputation of WSP’s Water Group's Asset Management and Planning team. You will collaborate with talented professionals working on iconic projects to drive future-ready outcomes that will benefit clients and communities.

What You’ll Do

Due to the continued growth of our national Water Business Group, our Asset Management and Planning team is seeking experienced Planning Engineers to take a senior role in our national team with a focus on supporting and growing our ongoing sewer planning program. This program covers everything from model development and model calibration, to network master planning and detailed planning. We are currently accepting expressions of interest from Senior Planning Engineers, Associate Planning Engineers and Principal Planning Engineers who are based out of Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Sydney or Melbourne.

Your key responsibilities will include working with our national Technical Principals to implement WSP’s national sewer planning program which includes:

• Leading our network calibration program which includes guiding an experienced modelling team.
• Conducting technical assessments of sewerage networks to address drivers such as network performance improvement, growth, compliance, and renewals.
• Undertaking strategic and master planning, options assessments, feasibility investigations, detailed planning projects, and preparing business cases.
• Supporting our asset management and strategy development functions.
• Working with key clients across Australia.

About You

Joining our team at the Senior to Principal level, depending on experience, you will have:

• Proven local experience in water engineering, with previous consultancy experience highly desirable.
• Recognised Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering) or equivalent; Chartered status CPENG is an advantage.
• Experience leading efficient and effective engineering consultancy services for public and private sector clients, including client-focused proposals.
• Proficiency in planning sewerage networks, understanding their operation, and identifying risks.
• Expertise in hydraulic principles, including hydraulic modelling and sewer network model calibration.
• Skills in processing large data sets, including meteorological and SCADA data.
• Proficiency in using GIS, Excel, and other analytics tools to assess data.
• Knowledge of decision support methodologies such as MCA, risk assessments, opportunities and constraints, costs and benefits, etc.
• Ability to develop and maintain client relationships.
• Competence in preparing technical reports and supporting information.
• Experience managing risk on large projects.
• Knowledge of project management, including managing the scope of multiple projects and leading resources.

About WSP

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. 

At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you’ll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life. We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you’ll imagine a better future for you.

To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Benefits page.

Think this could be the opportunity for you? Apply now to begin your journey with WSP.

WSP. With us, you can.

About WSP

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. 

At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you’ll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.

We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you’ll imagine a better future for you.

To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Benefits page.

Think this could be the opportunity for you? Apply now to begin your journey with WSP.

WSP. With us, you can.