Job Description
You're a water resources engineer now, working with a known consulting firm. Why move?
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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.
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Your current role stopped stretching you a while ago; and you've been waiting for that to change. It won't. But this will.
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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.
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A team that is small by design, responsible about craft, and interested in doing work that matters beyond the spreadsheet.
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The work
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Lead stormwater and surface water management projects across land development and local government; concept through to construction
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Own Melbourne Water referrals, drainage overlay processes, and council flood strategy engagements; not just the technical output, but the client relationship around it
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Apply MUSIC modelling, TUFLOW hydraulic analysis, and integrated drainage design
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Contribute to GIS-based tool development and spatial analysis
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Develop strategic stormwater management plans and integrated water management advice for councils, developers, and referral authorities
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Write reports (you know it!)
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Why you'll like it here
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Inner Melbourne CBD; hybrid flexibility that gives you your mornings, your evenings, and your sanity
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Deep thinking over volume
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No politics, no noise; a tight group of skilled people - here because they want to be
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Great people leaders; empathetic and inspiring humans
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What you'll bring
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Experience in Victoria's water resources and stormwater sector
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Proven consultancy experience across public and private clients; land development, council strategy, or both
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Fluency in Melbourne Water processes, council flood frameworks, and drainage scheme design
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Strong technical capability across MUSIC, TUFLOW, and 12D
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The ability to write with precision, advise with confidence, and bring calm to a client conversation heading sideways
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An appetite for the bigger picture
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Why now?
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Because the right move rarely announces itself loudly. This one is worth a conversation.

📌 Water Resources Engineer (Victoria)
🏢 SONDA Recruitment
📍 Victoria