Project Officer

About Seqwater

Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.

 

As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.

 

As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.

 

Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.

 

You’ll be working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure projects in the industry, helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.

 

About Your Opportunity

 

As a Project Officer on the Toowoomba to Warwick Pipeline Project, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering one of Queensland’s key regional infrastructure initiatives. Working closely with the Project Director and Project Manager, you’ll help steer the project through investment planning, procurement, pre‑construction, delivery and commissioning. You’ll take ownership of project support and project controls, ensuring activities align with established project management and governance frameworks. This role places you at the centre of stakeholder engagement and project coordination, contributing directly to the successful delivery of a high‑profile, community‑shaping project.

Key responsibilities:

 

• Provide high‑quality project support to the Project Manager and Project Director, including preparing key documentation and ensuring compliance with Seqwater processes and governance requirements.
• Manage project support and project controls functions across assigned work programs, including records and document control, cost control and reporting (Planisware), procurement coordination, task assignment tracking, risk register maintenance, project change coordination, contract administration for low‑risk contracts, and maintenance of action and decision registers.
• Prepare, analyse and present accurate project performance reports, including cost, schedule, progress updates and forecasting to support informed decision‑making.
• Author, review and quality‑assure project documentation, including reports, presentations, correspondence and technical documents to ensure clarity, accuracy and alignment with project standards.
• Coordinate project meetings, briefings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders, including preparing materials, managing attendance and documenting minutes and actions.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process and procedure improvements, and coordinate project team contributions to tender documentation, including scopes of work, specifications and supporting technical content.

 

 

 

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

 

• Minimum 5 years professional experience in a complex project environment
• Experience in managing the successful delivery of projects and work packages.
• Class C Driver's License.

 

 

 

This position will be offered contract with an attractive salary and 12.75% superannuation.

 

Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.

For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au   We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/

 

If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!

 

To apply

Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.

 

Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Monday 30th March 2026

For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au

 

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.