You're a water resources engineer now, working with a known consulting firm.
Why move?
You know your way around a Melbourne Water referral.
You can run a MUSIC model in your sleep and you've steered enough council flood strategies to know where they tend to fall apart.Your current role stopped stretching you a while ago; and you've been waiting for that to change.
It won't.
But this will.This is a Victorian water consultancy that thinks differently about their place in the industry.
State and National Stormwater Australia Excellence Award winners in ****, clients across Melbourne Water, City of Melbourne, plentiful local authorities, and some of Victoria's most active private developers.A team that is small by design, responsible about craft, and interested in doing work that matters beyond the spreadsheet.The workLead stormwater and surface water management projects across land development and local government; concept through to constructionOwn Melbourne Water referrals, drainage overlay processes, and council flood strategy engagements; not just the technical output, but the client relationship around itApply MUSIC modelling, TUFLOW hydraulic analysis,



and integrated drainage designContribute to GIS-based tool development and spatial analysisDevelop strategic stormwater management plans and integrated water management advice for councils, developers, and referral authoritiesWrite reports (you know it!)Why you'll like it hereInner Melbourne CBD; hybrid flexibility that gives you your mornings, your evenings, and your sanityDeep thinking over volumeNo politics, no noise; a tight group of skilled people - here because they want to beGreat people leaders; empathetic and inspiring humansWhat you'll bringExperience in Victoria's water resources and stormwater sectorProven consultancy experience across public and private clients; land development, council strategy, or bothFluency in Melbourne Water processes, council flood frameworks, and drainage scheme designStrong technical capability across MUSIC, TUFLOW, and 12DThe ability to write with precision, advise with confidence, and bring calm to a client conversation heading sidewaysAn appetite for the bigger pictureWhy now?
Because the right move rarely announces itself loudly.
This one is worth a conversation.
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📌 Water Resources Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 SONDA Recruitment
📍 Melbourne