• *What you'll do** In this role, you'll lead and contribute to successful project delivery across the treatment portfolio, including:
• Lead technical excellence in the Water/Wastewater Treatment discipline across the business, setting standards for quality, safety, and consistency.
• Manage day-to-day delivery across multiple projects, ensuring technical outputs are accurate, concise, and fit-for-purpose for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide technical leadership, including technical input, review, verification and (as appropriate) technical sign-off.
• Apply strong risk management capability-identifying strategic risks early, understanding delivery impacts, and guiding teams to mitigate effectively.
• Mentor and develop engineers (graduate through senior level), building capability and enabling career progression within the treatment team.
• Contribute to business and industry leadership-supporting team brand awareness through committees, industry bodies, technical papers, and events.
• Stay current with evolving treatment technologies and bring innovation to design and procurement approaches.
• Work collaboratively with clients, project stakeholders, and vendors to identify and deliver innovative outcomes.
• Provide technical input into proposals and pursuits, supporting winning submissions and strategic growth.
• Apply relevant

State and Federal legislation and industry standards across the water sector.

• *About you** This role is strategically important to our future growth and impact.

You're a confident, consultative leader who can influence senior stakeholders, bring clarity to complex problems, and drive high-quality outcomes. You'll also bring:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Chemical Engineering.
• Typically 10
• years' experience in an engineering consultancy environment.
• Strong experience in the Australian water industry, with a water utilities focus (essential).
• Demonstrated capability across a broad range of Water/Wastewater Treatment / Process Engineering.
• Proven experience in process design of water and/or wastewater treatment plants, from concept through to detailed design.
• Ability to break down complex challenges, develop cohesive strategic responses, and guide stakeholders to agreement on the preferred path forward.
• A track record of challenging the status quo and thinking outside the box to improve outcomes.
• Hands-on technical depth, including mass balances, design basis, equipment sizing, PFDs, P&IDs and functional descriptions.
• Strong safety-in-design capability, including experience facilitating or contributing to CHAIR / HAZOP and related processes.
• Experience preparing and reviewing technical reports for medium to large projects, including technical verification and review of others' work.
• Experience with modelling/analytics tools-BioWin experience is highly regarded.
• Commissioning experience is an asset.
• Professional credentials such as MIEAust/IChemE equivalent, CPEng and RPEQ (or working towards / eligibility) are highly regarded.
• Genuine interest in environmental, sustainability, and social impacts-and the ability to embed these considerations into decision-making.
• *Why choose WSP?
• * At WSP, you'll be part of a global network with the scale to deliver iconic projects and the local support to help you thrive.

Our benefits and culture are designed to support you at work and beyond, including:

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid work environment
• A social, collaborative, inclusive culture with networking opportunities
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and corporate health/travel discounts
• Paid parental leave and options to purchase additional leave
• Global mobility and development opportunities
• Employee Share Purchase Plan for eligible permanent employees **About WSP** WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms, bringing together engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities and advance humanity.

We're committed to an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace and encourage all employees to bring their whole selves to work.

• *Ready to make your next move?
• * Apply now and shape a career as unique as you.
• *With us, you can.
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