About the role:
As the Water Quality Manager, you will lead the water quality function and play a key role in protecting public health and maintaining high-quality drinking and recycled water outcomes across our region.

This is a 12-month contract opportunity where you’ll provide technical expertise, regulatory advice and strategic direction across water quality management. You’ll lead the development, governance and continuous improvement of Unitywater’s Drinking Water Quality and Recycled Water Management Plans, ensuring we meet regulatory requirements and deliver the required levels of service to our customers.

Working collaboratively across planning, project delivery, operations and maintenance, you’ll influence decisions and provide expert advice on complex and emerging water quality issues. You’ll also build strong relationships externally, representing Unitywater with regulators, Queensland Health and other public health agencies.

About you:
Our One Unitywater behaviours - Create the Future, Care Together, and Own It – define how we work together at Unitywater. To contribute to this, you will demonstrate the following skills and qualities for the role:

- Degree in engineering or science, with a major in chemistry, microbiology or a related discipline applicable to drinking water quality
- Significant experience in the water industry, with a strong understanding of the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG) and relevant water quality legislation
- Demonstrated experience managing drinking water quality systems and/or microbiological or chemical water quality across large distribution networks
- Proven experience managing regulatory and statutory compliance and resolving complex water quality issues, incidents and risks
- Highly developed communication,



negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence regulators, senior leaders and technical stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing scientific or engineering teams, with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation
- HACCP training, or a willingness to undertake this training; experience in recycled water management will be highly regarded

Working at Unitywater:

- Flexibility: We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays.
- Wellbeing: We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
- Learning and Development: We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, access to a dedicated learning program and skilled memberships.
- Diversity: We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage, Disability and Accessibility.

About us:
Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth.



We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.
We think a pretty good job starts here.

How to apply:
Apply online following the links, and make sure to upload your up-to-date CV.
We strive to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve and encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role. Please feel free to share your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
If you’re successful we will need you to undergo a few checks…. We know they might not be the fun part, but you will need to confirm your right to work in Australia and complete relevant pre-employment checks, including verification of criminal history, drivers licence and driving history, alcohol and other drug screening.

Applications close: COB Tuesday 25 August.

For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition team at ••••@unitywater.com
If you would like to speak to a team member about our commitment to diversity and inclusion, please contact our Inclusion Specialist ••••@unitywater.com

Unitywater respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in which we live, work and operate, the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal peoples. We honour their enduring connection to these places and their deep cultural, spiritual and environmental knowledge and stewardship over the waterways that sustain us all. We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, who hold the wisdom, traditions and stories of their people.

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