Jobs - Job Details - Hydrometric Officer
Reporting to the Senior Hydrometric Officer, you will play a key role in ensuring the provision of high- quality field data acquisition via telemetry and manual collection for operational reporting programs
Key responsibilities:
Deliver routine operation and maintenance programs for Seqwater's Hydrometric and Dam Safety network as assigned, to meet organisational and regulatory requirements, including the ALERT flood management system, Resource Operations Licence (ROL) and Water Quality Monitoring and Reporting Framework.
Use Seqwater's database tools to critically evaluate, edit and archive hydrometric data regarding its reliability and suitability for use, ensuring that all scientific data and metadata is incorporated into the appropriate database.
Use specialist Hydrometric and calibration instrumentation, reagents and database tools to test, calibrate and verify in-situ instrumentation.
Undertake scientific sampling in accordance with procedures, standardised instructions and task specific guidelines.
Assist in preparing scientific correspondence, reports, data and submissions for Seqwater and external clients and ensure actions are completed in a timely manner.
Contribute to the development of initiatives to promote reliable, safe and consistent approaches to hydrometric and environmental monitoring throughout Seqwater.
As part of the Hydrometric Services team you will be responsible for maintaining a diverse range of hydrometric equipment for a both internal and external stakeholders this role is critical into ensuring the quality and accuracy of Seqwater's Hydrometric data.
Our monitoring programs cover:
Essential early flood warning services
Bulk drinking water storage and operational supply
Catchment Water Quality monitoring
Irrigational supply systems
Dam safety equipment
Hours and Locations
This role will be based at Mt Crosby working Monday to Friday.
However, there may be occasional on-call work (weekends/evenings) if required.
About you




To be successful in this role, you will possess:
Relevant specialised qualifications suited to the role, such as science, engineering or instrumentation or diploma of water industry operations (Hydrography) are desired but not mandatory
Unrestricted Driver's Licence for a car
Advanced 4WD training, and Commercial vessel operations are desired but not mandatory
Experience working with Quality management systemsAbility to swim, assess field situations and work safely in an outdoor environment
This position has a salary starting at $********** - $119,****** plus *****% superannuation and is a full-time permanent position.
Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements.
Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible.
Each application will be considered on its merits.
We offer competitive pay and job security while prioritising the health and wellbeing of our employees through initiatives such as immunisation programs and skin checks.
Our flexible hybrid working options help you balance your career with your personal life.
You'll benefit from discounted memberships, ongoing career development opportunities, and generous leave options, including the ability to purchase additional leave.
At Seqwater, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity, ensuring everyone feels included, respected, and treated fairly.
"Water quality monitoring is a task we have to do come rain or shine, literally.




Some days you'll be undertaking the work; sitting in a boat in the middle of a peaceful lake with perfect weather wondering how you landed such a great job and other days it's cold and pouring rain and the prospect of heading outside to take samples suddenly doesn't seem as appealing.
Regardless, you still have to get out there and do the job.
I supervise our water quality scientists.
We obtain water samples to help monitor the health of our catchments and drinking water quality.
Every single water treatment plant and a variety of network sites are tested each week, and we sample our catchments once a month.
It takes a lot of planning and juggling schedules to make sure testing is done regularly as well as fitting in any unplanned testing when required.
There is always a dedicated group of scientists keeping an eye on things.
Weekends, public holidays, even through Christmas - we're out there testing and monitoring water quality.
A lot of tests can be undertaken in the field but we also send water samples back to the laboratories for more detailed analysis.
We test the temperature of the water, conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity in the field and look to identify a range of components such as metals, nutrients, toxins, algae, as well as taste and odour.
Even the clearest-looking water could be too acidic or contain microscopic bugs.
All of these indicators combine to tell us the general health of the water and how our catchments are doing.
We manage all the field data and report anything unusual or any trends to the catchment, drinking water or environmental advisors.
I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was younger.
I think everyone did when they were a kid but I was committed to it.
Initially, I became extremely interested in shark behaviour but after a few years expanded my horizons to freshwater catchments.
I started at Seqwater on a 10-week contract and nine years later I'm still here.
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📌 Hydrometric Officer (Brisbane)
🏢 Seqwater
📍 Brisbane