Job Description
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, serious about craft, and interested in doing work that matters beyond the spreadsheet.
The work
Lead stormwater and surface water management projects across land development and local government; concept through to construction
Own Melbourne Water referrals, drainage overlay processes, and council flood strategy engagements; not just the technical output, but the client relationship around it
Apply MUSIC modelling, TUFLOW hydraulic analysis, and integrated drainage design




Contribute to GIS-based tool development and spatial analysis
Develop strategic stormwater management plans and integrated water management advice for councils, developers, and referral authorities
Write reports (you know it!)
Why you'll like it here
Inner Melbourne CBD; hybrid flexibility that gives you your mornings, your evenings, and your sanity
Deep thinking over volume
No politics, no noise; a tight group of skilled people - here because they want to be
Outstanding people leaders; empathetic and inspiring humans
What you'll bring
Experience in Victoria's water resources and stormwater sector
Proven consultancy experience across public and private clients; land development, council strategy, or both
Fluency in Melbourne Water processes, council flood frameworks, and drainage scheme design
Strong technical capability across MUSIC, TUFLOW, and 12D
The ability to write with precision, advise with confidence, and bring calm to a client conversation heading sideways
An appetite for the bigger picture
Why now?
Because the right move rarely announces itself loudly.
This one is worth a conversation.

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