Who Is TasWater?

TasWater provides essential water and sewerage services to homes and businesses across Tasmania 24/7/365. Our core business is to provide:

• The sourcing, treatment and reliable delivery of quality drinking water, and
• The collection, transportation, treatment and safe return of the wastewater to the environment.  

Our vision is to be "a trusted and respected provider of essential services that is making a positive difference to Tasmania". We do this by living our values and behaviours and making these the foundation of the way we work.

The Opportunity

The purpose of the TasWater Capital Delivery Office (CDO) is to position our business to fulfil our customer promises for improved service levels by delivering an accelerated capital program.  The CDO is an Alliance between TasWater, UGL, CPB and partner WSP that brings together expertise across the project delivery cycle.

This position will provide engineering support, advice, design input, and design management to enable the delivery of projects and/or programs of works for the efficient upgrade and creation of water and wastewater assets, with a particular focus on treatment assets. This position can be based in Hobart or Launceston.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide input to business case authors on mechanical, process, control and instrumentation requirements.
• Manage timelines and quality associated with process discipline inputs into task notices and task budget requests for design and engineering tasks.
• Develop or procure concept, preliminary or detailed designs for process-related assets.
• Ensure mechanical, process, control and instrumentation solutions are deliverable, fit for purpose, to relevant standards, and that cost estimates are accurate.
• Prepare detailed documentation and specification requirements for mechanical and process-related components in order to support procurement and delivery of allocated projects.
• Manage consultants engaged to undertake mechanical, process, control, and instrumentation-related investigations, planning, design and documentation.

Your Application

Your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the selection criteria in the Position Description, summarised as follows:

• Tertiary qualification in relevant discipline such as Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or Science of a related field.
• Extensive knowledge of standard and advanced water and wastewater treatment processes, including physical, chemical and biological.
• Extensive relevant professional experience.
• Current C class manual driver’s licence.

Why join the TasWater Team?

We recognise that it is our people who play a key role in helping us achieve our vision to be "a trusted and respected provider of essential services that is making a positive difference to Tasmania".

We look for highly talented and motivated people whose values align with our own. You can find out more about our values and what we do at https://www.taswater.com.au/About-Us/Who-is-TasWater-/Who-is-TasWater-

You can look forward to working in an exciting, stimulating and innovative workplace that provides a range of opportunities to make a real difference to the community. We encourage our people to take part in comprehensive training and career development, with a focus on innovative thinking. We understand that a work life balance in today's climate is important, offer flexible working arrangements and consider health and safety to be our number one priority.

How to apply?

• Visit our website https://www.taswater.com.au/About-Us/Careers to find out more about the role and view the position description.
• For assistance in applying, go to https://www.taswater.com.au/About-Us/Careers/Applying-for-a-position
• Make sure you follow the instructions in the 'Your Application' section above to give yourself the best chance of being selected for interview.
• Submit your application via the 'Apply Now' button in SEEK or send directly to careers@taswater.com.au      

For further information about this role please contact Kate Blizzard, CDO People Leader, on 0419 872 168 or kate.blizzard@taswater.com.au

Applications close 12 noon on 28 May 2019.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.