Senior Water Supply and Sewerage Infrastructure Modelling Engineer
Job No:
PEAK518
Location:
Townsville
Senior Water Modelling Engineer | Water Supply & Sewerage Infrastructure
- ‘In House’ Modelling Opportunity | Whole of Network Focus
- Use your ‘Problem Solving’ Skills and have input into Software Upgrades
- Up to $117K + 13.5% Super + 5 Weeks Leave + RDO + Relocation Assistance
Newly created role and a rare opportunity to live regionally and own the modelling strategy used to improve water supply and sewerage infrastructure across the region.
About Townsville
Townsville is the largest city in Northern Australia and the gateway to mining and agricultural regions. It is perfectly positioned as Australia’s gateway to Asia. Townsville's economy is rebounding, and the new masterplan provides a well-articulated vision for the city to give the private sector the confidence it needs to invest and create jobs.
This diverse economy has significant industries including retail trade, health and education services, government administration and defence, construction, mining, manufacturing, and property and business services. Together, Queensland Rail and the Port of Townsville provide a transport hub for the region’s mining and agricultural industries.
Townsville is also a major service centre, and the main centre for government administration outside Brisbane. Regional health services are provided by the Townsville Hospital. There are several research institutions such as James Cook University, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the CSIRO. The large Australian Defence Force community, due to army and air force bases, also influences the local economy.
Providing a laid-back tropical lifestyle that is complemented by capital city comforts, no other Australian city boasts the resilience, diversity, lifestyle and economic potential that the Townsville North Queensland Region enjoys.
Known as the Second Capital of Queensland, Townsville offers a dynamic lifestyle coupled with strong economic prosperity and is a thriving precinct with access to a variety of world class education facilities, leading edge health care, affordable housing, unique retailing, spectacular events and entertainment, dining precincts and a wide range of outdoor recreation options. With over 300 days of sunshine each year, Townsville’s lifestyle is second to none.
About Council
Townsville City Council is the largest regional Council in QLD employing over 1800 staff and has an annual budget of $957 million and community assets of $7 billion. They see the world is changing so they are changing too.
Council is at the beginning of a journey that will be exciting to be part of with the CEO focused on developing Townsville as a City of the Future.
Their people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities they serve. Council strives to facilitate sustainable economic development for the region, enhance quality of life for their residents, and identify and unlock the potential of the city through inspired leadership, co-design of services with the community, and sustainable and innovative business partnering.
Further information about Council can be found via their website HERE
About the Role
In this newly created and critically important role, your focus will be to investigate previous modelling done with the aim of improving the water supply and sewerage infrastructure across the region. This is a big challenge and one where success will be about truly understanding where the problems lie through data collection/validation, hydraulic analysis and comparing GIS and Hydraulic models to find the discrepancies. There is potential to input from the outset an upgrade and transition from the current software being used. As you would be aware, it is rare in the regional areas to potentially have at your fingertips, the latest software available and to have oversight and ownership of a whole network.
More specifically the position is accountable for:
- Establishing, developing, calibrating, and using water and wastewater network models of varying complexity across modelling platforms including: Infoworks ICM, Infoworks WS Pro, Bentley Platforms, eWater Source and others.
- Working with clients and other members of the team, where your models will inform master planning, strategic /investment planning, network management, operational response, inflow / infiltration studies and network augmentations for water and wastewater systems.
- Developing and managing flow monitoring programmes to collect and analyse data for model calibration and validation
- Developing project scopes, managing, and delivering projects to collect asset data to update network models
About You
With qualifications in a field relevant to Water Management, Mathematics, Science, Engineering or pertaining to hydraulic modelling you have previous experience working as a professional in the water/wastewater industry delivering modelling projects from model/build/calibrate to strategic investment studies and operational modelling; including experience in managing and interrogating raw data for use in network modelling or to identify the root cause of potential events.
Understandably, strong interpersonal skills, the ability to maintain good working relationships as well as the ability to prioritise work activities and understand trends and interpretation of results are other prerequisites.
Information on Employee Benefits can be accessed HERE
Why this Role
This is probably the opportunity you’ve been looking for where you can take the reins of a meaningful role and continue using your strong modelling skills to improve water and wastewater supply across the region. A significant amount of money has been allocated for the purchase of additional software to have this ‘in house’ capability and for you to have genuine ownership and run on an ‘on demand’ basis more efficiently.
Providing a laid-back tropical lifestyle that is complemented by capital city comforts, no other Australian city boasts the resilience, diversity, lifestyle, and economic potential that the Townsville North Queensland Region enjoys.
Known as the Second Capital of Queensland and with a population of just over 200,000 people, Townsville offers a dynamic lifestyle coupled with strong economic prosperity. It is a thriving precinct with access to a variety of world class education facilities, leading edge health care, affordable housing, unique retailing, spectacular events and entertainment, dining precincts and a wide range of outdoor recreation options. With over 300 days of sunshine each year, Townsville’s lifestyle is second to none.
Council is at the beginning of a journey that will be exciting to be part of. The CEO is focussed on developing Townsville as a City of the Future. Attracting people globally will allow you to be involved in things you would not normally participate in within large Consultancies or Councils in Metropolitan areas.
A salary of up to $117K + 13.5% Super + 5 weeks leave with 17.5% loading, RDO and relocation assistance is available for the successful candidate.
Position Details
PEAK Services is working in conjunction with Townsville City Council, exclusively on this position. We offer local government expertise across a wide range of professional fields, providing tailored solutions for councils and other similar organisations. We work with our clients to deliver meaningful outcomes in recruitment and contracting services.
How to Apply
Before you apply for this position, please read the position description carefully to assess your eligibility and suitability for the position. You will be required to answer a few questions that relate to the criteria on the online application below. Please note that you cannot submit your application without attaching your resume. A cover letter is not mandatory but may be added if so desired. When uploading your Resume or documents please ensure file names should only include 'A-z', '0-9', '.' and '-' characters.
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For a confidential conversation, please call Rona Horsfall - Principal Consultant at Peak Recruitment Services on 0438 943854.