Senior Technical Manager, Water Resources Engineering
On-siteBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Job Summary
Lead and deliver surface water assessments, drainage strategies, and design solutions for projects in mining, renewable energy, transport, and industrial sectors across Australia. Provide technical leadership in hydrological and hydraulic modelling, including 1D and 2D flood modelling, flood risk assessment, and stormwater infrastructure design. Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary projects from planning through to concept and detailed design, preparing high-quality technical reports and assessment packages for internal, client, and regulator submissions. Support strategic work winning by building client relationships, preparing proposals, and contributing to successful pursuits. Mentor engineers and modellers while collaborating with national and global specialists to strengthen surface water capability and climate resilience initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering
- ideally with a postgraduate qualification in water resource management
- Strong consulting experience at Senior or Principal level
- demonstrated track record in surface water engineering
- project delivery
- client engagement
- technical leadership
- Recognised expertise in surface water design
- drainage design
- flood studies
- flood modelling
- floodplain management
- stormwater management
- water quality assessment
- Proficiency in hydrologic and hydraulic modelling tools such as RORB, XP-RAFTS, AWBM, DRAINS, TUFLOW, HEC-RAS and XP-SWMM/STORM
- GIS capability using ArcGIS, QGIS or similar platforms
- Experience in civil and stormwater infrastructure design
- concept design
- detailed design
- construction support
- interface with civil, geotechnical and environmental teams
- Strong industry exposure across sectors such as infrastructure, mining, renewables, waste management, industrial development and government projects
- Proven ability to contribute to work winning
- proposal preparation
- bid strategy
- scope development
- fee estimation
- client presentations
- pursuit coordination
- Ability to provide technical reviews
- guide modelling
- design approaches
- support risk-based decision-making
- complex surface water and flood risk projects
- Experience mentoring engineers
- supporting technical capability development
- contributing to a positive, inclusive and knowledge-sharing team culture
- Comfortable working across multicultural, dynamic and geographically distributed teams
- collaboration with national and global specialists
- Working knowledge of Queensland and Australian water management frameworks
- floodplain management guidance
- drainage standards
- environmental assessment processes
- regulator expectations
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in erosion and sediment control
- dam break assessment
- consequence category assessment
- water balance modelling using GoldSim or similar tools
- CPEng or equivalent professional recognition
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