Manager Water Services

Manager Water - Regional QLD Council

About the Organisation

Our Client is a progressive Regional Queensland Council delivering essential infrastructure and community services across a diverse and growing region.

Committed to operational excellence, compliance and continuous improvement, the organisation is focused on delivering safe, reliable and sustainable water and sewerage services to its community. This is a rare opportunity to step into a key leadership role with genuine impact across service delivery, asset management and organisational performance.

The Opportunity

Our Client is seeking an experienced and highly capable Manager Water to lead the strategic and operational delivery of its water supply and sewerage services.

This is a critical leadership appointment responsible for providing professional engineering oversight, driving operational performance, mentoring technical staff, and ensuring compliance across treatment operations, network infrastructure, regulatory obligations and capital works delivery.

Working within the Council Services leadership team, you will oversee service planning, contract management, infrastructure performance, compliance frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives, while leading a team through operational uplift and organisational change.

This role is ideally offered as a 3-year contract.

What’s On Offer

• $160,000 base salary + Super
• Private use Council vehicle or motor vehicle allowance
• Subsidised housing
• $10,000 relocation assistance
• 3-year executive contract opportunity
• High-impact leadership role with strong organisational visibility
• Opportunity to shape critical infrastructure services for a regional community

About You

You are a technically strong and commercially minded engineering leader with extensive experience in municipal water and wastewater service delivery.

You will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental or similar)
• Registered Professional Engineer Queensland (RPEQ)
• Demonstrated senior leadership experience in water and sewerage operations
• Strong technical knowledge across treatment, reticulation networks, compliance and capital delivery
• Experience mentoring operational and technical teams
• Strong understanding of Queensland water regulatory frameworks (or highly comparable environments)
• Contract management and stakeholder management experience
• Experience leading teams through operational improvement and organisational change
• Queensland C Class Driver Licence
• Construction White/Blue Card

To Apply

Applications should be forwarded by clicking the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion you are welcome to call Cameron on (07) 4034 5000.

To be eligible to apply for this job, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an appropriate visa to be able to live and work in Australia.

About Us
With Head Office in Cairns and offices in Townsville and Brisbane. We specialise in professional, administration, engineering and industrial recruitment, permanent and temporary placements for both commercial and government enterprise. We are proud to connect great people with meaningful careers.
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