Water Resources Engineer

Seeking progression?

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.

The rad team

This is a Victorian water consultancy that thinks differently about their place in the industry. State and National Stormwater Australia Excellence Award winners, 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
• Great people leaders; empathetic and inspiring humans

What you'll bring

• Civil Engineering degree;
• 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

What's on offer

Flexibility. Great project variety. Take home $100k - $125k p/a plus Super.

Why now?

Because the right move rarely announces itself loudly. This one is worth a conversation.

Contact Miriam Taylor at SONDA; [email protected] or 0447 042 897. We're discreet. Always.