Who are we?

When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state.

If you’re driven to make a meaningful contribution, you’ve come to the right place.

About the role:

As a Civil Technical Advisor, you'll provide expert technical advice, mentor, and support the operations team, and help oversee daily maintenance activities across the Goldfields & Agricultural Region.

This role is the perfect mix of hands-on fieldwork and strategic desk work, giving you the chance to work on both small and large-scale assets.

Operations Engineering is a multi-discipline team, and we are here to provide technical support to operations. As the Civil-Tech Advisor you will provide civil technical advice in the areas of design, construction, operation and maintenance of water and wastewater assets.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives on problem-solving, proactive planning, and making a lasting impact on essential water assets.

This is a permanent full-time opportunity!

What the role will involve:

Provide specialist civil technical advice and guidance on the analysis of faults, failures and performance of water and wastewater assets including recommendation of cost-effective solutions.

Assist capital projects with planning, design and delivery of water and wastewater services to ensure assets meet operational requirements and design standards.

Facilitate the provision of asset condition and maintenance data for water and wastewater assets.

Help support state development and be the regional representative for third-party development works.

Foster strong relationships with operations and other key stakeholders (engineering, planning, project management and asset performance).

The opportunity to travel to various sites across the Goldfields & Agricultural Region which is compensated accordingly.

Opportunities for training in Drone Operation, 4WD Operation and Safety Training.

Key skills and experience:

Tertiary or Trade Certificate level qualification in an Engineering discipline relevant to water industry operations

OR

Relevant Engineering Degree (preferred Civil but not necessary)

OR

Considerable experience in the operation and maintenance of water and wastewater assets.

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home, 9-day fortnight, flexible work hours
• Two well-being days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
• Generous co-contribution superannuation up to 16%
• Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

Start your application for this job!

If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.

As part of the recruitment process you will be required to complete Pre-Employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check police clearance and Australian working rights check.

Applications close 14th July 2025

We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date.

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.

Applicants with disability who require adjustments, or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, can contact a Recruitment Officer at [email protected] or 9420 2000.

To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website