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About SA Water

SA Water is a successful, modern water utility wholly owned by the Government of South Australia. We employ more than 1,700 people across a broad range of disciplines who operate more than $14 billion worth of infrastructure to deliver essential water and sewerage services to more than 1.8 million South Australians.

With operations and offices across the state, our strength and expertise have been shaped by our history. For more than 165 years, South Australians have depended on us to innovate and deliver efficient and sustainable water services. With nationally and internationally recognised industry expertise, we’re focused on understanding and meeting our customers’ expectations.

As well as safely delivering smart and reliable services for our customers of today, we innovate to shape the water solutions of the future that will support thriving economies and healthy communities.

We are driven by our values; we value our people, we do work that matters, we keep it real, we know that our work has impact, and we are future focussed. Staying true to our values ensures that we consistently deliver positive outcomes for all South Australians.

About the job  

Elevate your career by seizing the dynamic leadership opportunity to provide technical expertise and guidance within the SA Water's Structural engineering discipline team. As a Senior Structural Engineer, you will play a crucial role in driving sustainability and providing technical expertise and support to our engineering team. You will be responsible for delivering top-quality technical investigation, design, audit, and advisory services related to water and wastewater infrastructure.

If you are ready to embrace a role that values accountability, strong work ethic, commitment and a transformative mindset, we invite you to contribute to our journey of reshaping the future of engineering at SA Water. Join us in contributing to a sustainable and innovative vision for the organisation while enjoying a fulfilling career that offers growth, development and the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

About Sustainable Infrastructure

The Sustainable Infrastructure group is dedicated to maximising value for customers and the community by developing innovative and optimised infrastructure plans, and overseeing the planning, construction, delivery, and maintenance of water and sewerage assets across the state and business.

In addition, your responsibilities will include: 

Fostering trust with our people, customers and community by providing expert advice and service that ensure we effectively communicate and engage audiences with our business strategy and its delivery across South Australia, every day. 

You will: 

• Provide expert support in Structural design/technical engineering matters across the business with a focus on sustainable outcomes
• Conduct specialist investigation, scoping, and design for SA Water projects within time and budget constraints
• Collaborate with the Principal Engineer to enhance team capabilities and drive value-added initiatives that meet customer needs
• Collaborate within the structural discipline engineering team and with other technical disciplines and business partners
• Identify and evaluate new technologies, driving innovation and best practice improvements in Structural engineering standards and practices.
• Attend emergency callouts and provide timely structural engineering advice to support safe and effective incident response, asset recovery, and operational continuity.  Assess structural risks, recommend appropriate mitigation measures
• Advocate for SA Water's technical standards and guidelines in structural discipline components
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers to build their technical knowledge, enabling them to take on increasing levels of responsibility and contribute effectively to project outcomes

Your success in this role will come from: 

• Tertiary engineering qualifications in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Post graduate qualifications and affiliation and recognition of discipline expertise by Engineers Australia (Desirable)
• Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia (EA) or in the process of obtaining chartership with EA.
• Knowledge of Australian design codes and standards (Desirable)
• Extensive experience with structural analysis software and design tools
• Detailed knowledge of Structural engineering procedures and practices as applied to the water industry and large engineering organisations and leading expert function as SME (Desirable)
• Experience in the provision of investigation, options, concept and detailed design of Structural discipline installations associated with the water industry at a high professional level and auditing of designs prepared by other (Desirable)
• Demonstrated experience in the execution of novel, complex and critical engineering investigations and designs in Structural discipline engineering (Desirable)

Benefits you will get in return:

• Flexibility to work from home 2 days a week
• Work with cutting edge technology on a variety of assets and diverse projects
• Mentorship and opportunities to build up the technical knowledge in engineering to shape the future of the organisation
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Wellbeing days, Cultural Leave, Volunteering Day
• Super SA benefits
• Option to extend your holidays by Purchasing Leave

Further information can be found in the attached PD – Snr Structural Engineer - Solutions PD.docx

To apply, click 'Apply'. Please submit and complete the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries, please contact Gregg Forte from the Talent Acquisition team Gregg.forte@sawater.com.au   

Applications close 5pm, 15th of July.

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. 

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au.

Please note: We request that recruitment agencies do not submit candidates for this position, as they will not be accepted.