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Potential employers include local councils, water service providers and a wide range of contractors
Over 6000 people work in the Queensland Water Industry

Finding a potential employer

Are you looking for a career? The Queensland water industry is one of the largest providers of water in Australia. There are a diverse range of roles that are both challenging and rewarding, with opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge. Water industry employees enjoy excellent benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours, generous leave entitlements and more! Career paths in the water industry, include trades, business services, treatment options, field services, environment engineering and policy & planning.

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Unity Water

Unitywater Servicing Moreton Bay,
the Sunshine Coast and Noosa

Urban Utilties

Servicing Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Somerset Councils

SEQ Water

Responsible for catchments from Gympie down to the NSW border and west towards the Toowoomba ranges

SunWater

Bulk water supplies for agriculture, urban and industrial customers throughout Queensland

Utilita Water Solutions

Joint venture between Broadspectrum and Downer Utilities servicing Urban Utilities

Ventia

Operations and maintenance of water assets.

Veolia

Complete municipal water management services

Triligy

Delivers water, wastewater and environmental services

Downer

Provides complete water lifecycle solutions for municipal and industrial water users

360 Engineering

Engineering company focussed on automation engineering and electrical solutions in water and wastewater

Bligh Tanner

Structural, civil, environmental and water engineering consultancy

Calibre

Engineering, consulting, construction, project delivery and management services

Supporting regional Queensland in offering employment support and vocational training

Design, manufacture, construct and service tanks and reservoirs

Specialised pipeline inspection and water loss management company

Diona

Design and construction of trenching, drilling and pipeline installation

Engineering consultancy based in Barcaldine, Western Queensland

Grenof Logo

Providing innovative water treatment solutions to water utilities

Hunter h20

Engineering, project management and operational support services to the water industry

McBerns

Small design consultancy producing safety access covers, odour filter units, vent poles and more

Pensar

Engineering, design and construction of critical infrastructure projects

Integrated water management specialists providing water treatment plant training, consultancy and relief operators

Solomon Water

Provides water supply and sewerage services to the Solomon Islands

Unganco Engineering Consultancy

A 100% Indigenous owned Engineering Consultancy offering independent Advisory and Consulting services

Viridis Consultants

Brisbane consultancy that has been providing quality management services to the water industry for over 10 years

The Water & Carbon Group

A unique engineering contractor leading the industry in designing, building, and operating multifunctional infrastructure that value natural assets.

Wagners

Wagners manufacture composite fibre material for use in the civil engineering construction industry

Career Resources

Career Resources from Potential Employers

There's plenty of resources at your fingertips to help you discover more about career pathways. Check out these videos, fact sheets and websites.

SEQ Water

Seqwater has a range of videos and an education page called H20 Kids with lots of resources. This video was produced for International Women's Day to celebrate the wide variety of roles filled by females in the organisation.

In 2020, Sunwater used augmented reality to host its usual Dam Open Days online. Participants can learn more about Callide and Burdekin Falls dams including how our dams work, safety at storages, and how to prepare for weather events.

A web-based Virtual Reality (VR) version of the experience is available and can be viewed on desktop computer. Sunwater’s web-VR experience is available here. 

Unitywater has a range of excellent resources for water industry workers, including career pathways and work experience opportunities. Check out their website.

Key Job Roles

The industry needs people in the following roles:

TRADES

If you enjoy practical and manual work, want a hands on approach to work and like to be action orientated, then a role in Trades in the water industry could be for you. Roles span across a variety of activities and include electricians, plumbers, fitters and welders.

BUSINESS SERVICES

Do you have good communication skills and enjoy problem solving, planning and organising? Then a career in Business Services could interest you. Business Services roles include human resources, customer services, contract management, marketing and information and technology services.

TREATMENT OPERATIONS

If you like mathematics and science, enjoy roles with a high level of responsibility and want a role that benefits your local community; then the water industry provides numerous opportunities to work at water and sewage treatment plants across the State.

FIELD SERVICES

If you enjoy practical and manual work, have an interest in how things work and like to work as part of a team, then field services may be the area for you. Field services are responsible for the construction and ongoing repair and maintenance of sewerage systems and water supply networks.

ENVIRONMENT

People with critical and enquiring minds and an interest in conservation would enjoy the opportunities presented in the water sector, where environmental roles help to better manage water resources, improve water quality and identify and manage new or existing impacts on the environment.

ENGINEERING

Water engineers need good problem solving skills and need to enjoy working with computers. Engineers work in planning, designing, building or analysing the hardware for collecting, storing, purifying, delivering and managing water. There are a variety of Engineering fields employed in the Water industry including Chemical, Civil or Environmental Engineering.

POLICY & PLANNING

If you enjoy problem solving, have a strong analytical mind and like processing complex information, then Policy and Planning could be of interest. Policy and planning professionals cover a broad area and are central to providing workable and innovative solutions to the problems faced in the water industry.

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