There’s No Us Without U. Care with Us, for Today and Tomorrow
There's no life without water, and at Urban Utilities, we live and breathe that knowledge every single day. It's why our people are so passionate about what they do and how they do it. And it's why we need people like YOU . Come shape our future with us and make a real and lasting impact across our teams.
Your opportunity:
Our Operations and Maintenance group has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Principal Water Quality Specialist to join their Network Services team!
The Operations and Maintenance Group is dedicated to ensuring the safe and efficient supply of water services to our customers through the operation and maintenance of our water, wastewater and resource recovery infrastructure.
The Network Services team is accountable for the performance and optimisation of Urban Utilities Water and Wastewater Networks to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction is delivered to over 600,000 properties and 1.3 million of customers within Urban Utilities service regions. The Group recognises the complexity of the accountability and has adopted a functional matrix structure to deliver performance outcomes.
Reporting directly to the Manager Network Engineering, The Principal Water Quality Specialist provides expert water quality engineering direction, support and advice across Operations & Maintenance. The role delivers technical solutions to complex and emergent water quality issues, ensuring safe potable water, protecting public health, enhancing customer experience, minimising long-term costs, and meeting regulatory and drinking water requirements.
Success in this role will be measured by how effective the technical engineering solutions are in achieving operational strategies and performance standards, compliance to the regulatory obligations and by how well water quality engineering capability is developed across the team and beyond
About you:
- Relevant degree qualification in science (Chemistry/Microbiology), engineering, or equivalent.
- Eligibility for registration with the authorised governing body.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in managing water quality within a water utility or related field.
- Extensive, proven technical expertise in water quality, water quality incidents and operational engineering.
- Strong track record of coaching and mentoring water quality capability in others.
- Extensive experience in building, managing, and maintaining effective strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
At UU, we celebrate diversity. We genuinely believe that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expressions is key and crucial to our success as a business. You might find you meet some, but not all, of the job requirements for this role. We’d still encourage you to apply as we we’re looking for the right human being for this role - it’s about so much more than ticking all the boxes!
Performance of 'on call' duties are an inherent requirement of this role. This requires that the employee must be available to be on-call and to attend to work matters, both in person and remotely, outside of normal working hours, including evenings, weekends and public holidays, as reasonably required to fulfill the requirements of the position. The days, times, duration and frequency of on call arrangements may be subject to change, including at short notice, as required by Urban Utilities' operational needs as applying from time to time. At all times whilst on-call, you must be fit for duty, contactable, and able to respond, including the ability to physically attend if required, to the operational needs of the business within a reasonable timeframe and in a safe manner.
Why Urban Utilities?
At Urban Utilities, the work we do is about so much more than the bottom line. We're a leading provider of world-class drinking water and wastewater services to the vibrant communities of Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Somerset, and Scenic Rim. As we continue to grow, we're committed to planning ahead and shaping a sustainable future around water for generations to come.
At the core of our work lies genuine care: for our team, our customers, communities, and the environment. From the flush of a toilet to major infrastructure projects and residential developments, we're dedicated to being there every step of the way.
Our HQ is in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, but you'll find us all over SEQ - working in cool places like the SAS Laboratory in Darra, field-based depots in Eagle Farm, Acacia Ridge, Bundamba, and wastewater treatment plants dotted across the region.
We know the chance to thrive, and progress comes hand in hand with the support to balance work with life. So, you’ll access an increasingly diverse range of benefits and initiatives that’ll help you bring the best you. Speaking of which, here’s just a sample of the benefits we offer our team:
- Generous Salary Packaging options, including novated leases
- Corporate discounts across Health insurance, technology and more
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave, 15 days personal leave including two proactive wellbeing days, and an additional day of leave each year to connect with friends and family
- Flexibility at UU depends on the type of work you do but could include options such as, 9-day fortnights and flexible days. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you! Urban Utilities is an endorsed employer for all women.
Visit our website to learn more about us at www.urbanutilities.com.au
How to apply
NOTE - Applications close Sunday 17/8
Please note: applicants will be required to undergo a Pre-employment medical, which may include Drug and Alcohol testing, as well as other background checks as part of the recruitment process for this role.
For further information please contact our Talent team at [email protected]
