Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia • Full-time
Description When you join us at Tonkin, you become part of a team who thrive on delivering exceptional outcomes that put people and our community first.
Founded in 1955, Tonkin is on a strong, sustained growth journey, with a creative and progressive national team working at eight offices across Australia.
The opportunity Reporting to the Queensland Water Lead, your primary role of Senior/Principal Engineer will span from infrastructure planning through to detailed design of water and wastewater infrastructure. You will win, lead, and ensure the successful delivery of projects through provision of specialist technical expertise, project management and client relationships.
The role will support Tonkin's national water program, enabling safe, secure and sustainable water supply and sewage services for communities across metropolitan and regional Australia. The successful candidate will be an experienced engineer having a passion to work across all facets of network infrastructure projects.
About you To be successful in this role you will be / possess:
Degree qualification in Civil / Environmental Engineering 10+ years' experience in water and wastewater design, in particular: Water and wastewater trunk pipelines and pump station and rising mains. Chartered Engineering Status (CPEng) with eligibility for RPEQ and other state-based registration schemes. Represent Tonkin in a Client facing technical role on water and wastewater projects with the ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and outcomes. Provide specialist technical inputs to a range of projects to support the delivery of water and wastewater projects across the National Water Program. Passionate about providing exceptional service to clients Apply and share technical knowledge of industry relevant standards, e.g. SEQ Code, utility specific standards, WSA, etc, that will be used for project deliverables. Contribute to growing the Water team's knowledge and technical understanding through knowledge transfer activities, and mentoring that builds individual, team and organisational capability in the field of water and wastewater management. Strong verbal & communication skills with the ability to provide direction on technical solutions. The following networks planning and modelling experience would also be highly regarded, but not necessary: experience on water and wastewater network planning projects; experience in hydraulic modelling, especially Infoworks WS Pro and/or InfoWorks ICM. We encourage you to customise your cover letter and tell us how your skills, experience and qualifications will be a good fit for the role, and why you're excited to join us at Tonkin.
The Tonkin difference We know people perform at their best when they enjoy coming to work.
At Tonkin we offer you the opportunity to work with leading industry experts in a genuinely supportive and caring environment. We provide flexibility because we know work-life balance is key. Our high-performing teams are underpinned by trust; empowering you to build your skills, progress your career quickly and work the way that is best for you.
Good people. Challenging projects. Caring environment. That's Tonkin. If you would like to join a high performing team who are nationally recognised for technical excellence, finding creative and progressive ways to deliver value for our clients, and putting a human touch into crafting engineering solutions, we look forward to hearing from you.
Take your career to the next level and click 'Apply now' to join Tonkin! For this role, you must have the right to live and work permanently in this location.
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