Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Regional Project Manager - Mechanical (Full-Time, Permanent) to join our Built Infrastructure's Regional Operations Sydney team.

As a Regional Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of essential infrastructure projects that help secure and sustain water resources for communities across NSW. Working across a portfolio of asset renewal projects, you will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage contractors and stakeholders and oversee project execution from planning through to completion. This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation and to make a tangible impact by delivering safe, high-quality projects that achieve exceptional outcomes in scope, schedule, cost, and performance, while championing a solid safety-first culture.

Location: We are open to having the successful candidate to be based either at our offices in Warragamba Dam or Nepean Depot.

Our Perks and Benefits:

At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits:

- Flexible working
- Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise Agreement
- Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave

- Fertility leave

- Corporate wear allowance
- Professional development and educational assistance
- Salary range $142,610 to $171,147 base + super
- And so much more!

What you'll do:

- Project Management: Deliver on all aspects of the project life cycle from initiation, planning, execution and closing to improve safety, avoid risk and reduce cost.
- Solutions: Identify, monitor and present options with key stakeholders in the appropriate manner to ensure successful delivery of the project outcomes and implement the best solution to meet project outcomes.
- Contracts & Engagement: Ensure the method of engaging contractors is suitable, clear and sufficient to reduce risk, is in accordance with WaterNSW policy and delivers value for money.



Ensure appropriate and relevant internal and external stakeholders are effectively briefed, available and engaged in a timely manner to enable effective and efficient project delivery.
- Design: Oversee design processes to ensure relevant specifications and standards are met. Lead design review meetings and include relevant stakeholders to ensure risks are identified and addressed.
- Project Monitoring: Regularly monitor project work against agreed milestones and budgets and adequately supervise site works to ensure safety, environmental and quality aspects meet or exceed requirements.

What we are looking for:

- Tertiary Qualification in Project Management or Mechanical Engineering or demonstrated equivalent mechanical engineering experience in the delivery of water infrastructure asset-based projects.
- Proven experience in managing projects, design process and site-based experience managing construction activities and contractors.
- Proven experience engaging with key internal and external stakeholders to identify needs, address issues and ensure objectives are understood and met.
- Demonstrated background in planning work and deploying resources to deliver business goals.
- Demonstrated understanding of engineering design principles and can interpret project / engineering documentation such as specifications and drawings.
- Commercial acumen and demonstrated experience to identify benefits, opportunities and trade-offs to be made when formulating and executing business cases, project plans and contract negotiations.

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Application contact details

If you have questions or would like to learn more about this role, please reach out to the contact below: Contact [email protected]

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Application close date

26 October 2026 at 11:59pm

📌 Regional Project Manager - Mechanical (Warragamba Dam / Nepean Depot)
🏢 Nsw Government
📍 Warragamba