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Senior Technical Manager, Water Resources Engineering

Fortitude Valley, Queensland💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior technical and project leader strengthening WSP's surface water capability, supporting strategic project delivery, and growing the work pipeline across Queensland and nationally.

Role type

Senior/Principal Water Resource Engineer (Technical Manager)

Builds

Surface water assessments, drainage strategies, design solutions, and flood resilience projects for waste management, mining, renewable energy, transport, infrastructure, and industrial development sectors.

Domain

Civil/Environmental Engineering, Water Resources, Hydrology, Hydraulic Modelling

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Surface water design, drainage design, flood studies, flood modelling, floodplain management, stormwater management, water quality assessment, hydrologic/hydraulic modelling, GIS, civil/stormwater infrastructure design, work winning/proposal preparation, mentoring, regulatory compliance

Preferred skills

Postgraduate qualification in water resource management, CPEng or equivalent professional recognition, GoldSim experience, dam break assessment, consequence category assessment, erosion and sediment control

Technologies

RORB, XP-RAFTS, AWBM, DRAINS, TUFLOW, HEC-RAS, XP-SWMM/STORM, ArcGIS, QGIS, GoldSim

Responsibilities

Lead and deliver surface water assessments and design solutions; Provide technical leadership in hydrological and hydraulic modelling; Support strategic work winning and client relationships; Manage and coordinate multidisciplinary projects from planning to delivery; Prepare and approve technical reports and design documentation; Mentor and develop engineers and modellers

Seniority

Senior/Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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