We support water customers across Australia to provide our communities with the best drinking water and wastewater treatment services, whilst innovating ways to safeguard and secure our country’s water supplies, elevating public spaces and enhancing liveability.

The Opportunity

You’ll be a key member of our Queensland Water team who have secured projects that will change the way water in Australia operates forever. Our Water team offers services across the full water cycle, delivering major pipelines, large pumping stations, advanced water, wastewater and recycled water treatment plants.

KBR have significant work in hand supporting key water utilities such as Seqwater, Urban Utilities, Unitywater, Melbourne Water, Sydney Water, Water NSW, Sydney Desalination Plant and SA Water to achieve phased savings in capital expenditure, while delivering the best environmental and community outcomes. We have long term panel contracts in both consulting, and design and construction, enabling us to offer work opportunities from strategies through all stages of design and on to construction and commissioning support.

You will play a vital role in not just the local QLD team, but also the national water team, leading projects, mentoring people, providing technical oversight and managing client relationships on a range of projects across the country. KBR is exploring new ways to integrate digital engineering, virtual reality and artificial intelligence on projects, offering you the opportunity to future proof and broaden your skills in the digital sphere.

Who are you?

You are a design focused Principal Process Engineer who is motivated by achievement and outcome orientated. Your experience with design practices for water & wastewater across utilities and industrial applications will be highly valued. You possess a pragmatic approach to the development of constructable design solutions and have proven commercial acumen in the delivery of water infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design of large water and wastewater treatment plants
• Technical adviser across RO, PRW, UV, aerobic and anaerobic digestion
• Lead investigations, and preparation of technical reports, designs and drawings, contract documents and technical specifications
• Provide guidance to process engineers across the company
• Responsibility for maintaining relationship with clients
• Assisting the Industry Leads in business strategy development
• Lead the preparation of large and small bids
• Promote and practice KBR’s Zero Harm policy

Who are we?

KBR’s Infrastructure Services Australia business offers a wide range of professional services to private and public sector clients delivering projects in both urban and remote environments across transport, water, environment, buildings and defence.

We are committed to social and environmental sustainability and delivering projects with a digital mindset that drives innovation within our business, for our customers and stakeholders. Our continued growth allows us to offer unrivalled opportunities to our staff in terms of career paths, career development and project exposure.

At KBR, we value you – here’s how.

While our people are busy delivering leading science, technology, and engineering solutions, we’re committed to providing them with a supportive, trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best.

Benefits include:

• Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.
• Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times, WFH, Flex time)
• Salary packaging and novated leases
• Paid professional membership fees
• Life/Health insurance discounts
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Paid parental leave
• Personal career development plans
• Growth and promotion opportunities

Help shape tomorrow by applying today!

For any further queries please call Julian Bettiol, 0466 520 522

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