- Based at Potts Hill and the opportunity to work across various Water Filtration Plants
- Competitive base salary $120,469.44 plus 11.5% super!
- Fulltime permanent position within Water & Environment Services – Water Supply & Production
An exciting opportunity to join our Water Supply & Production (WS&P) team as a Process Engineer, providing process design, production and operational expertise in the management, optimisation and improvement of Water systems.
You will be part of an innovative process engineering team to support water product outcomes at Sydney Water.
Responsibilities
- Carry out bench scale tests (jar tests), pilot plant trials, advanced optimisation, troubleshooting, and modelling to improve product (water) quality, process reliability and plant efficiency.
- Perform pilot scale trials of new process technology for water treatment that will bring innovations in Sydney Water to manage water treatment challenges due to climate change impacts.
- Technical support to Water Supply & Production (WS&P) teams during product quality incidents and emergencies.
- Develop annual risk assessment briefing papers for Water Filtration Plants (WFPs), prepare for risk assessment workshop, present the briefing paper and contribute to the risk assessment for WFPs.
- Implement improvement actions at WFPs to improve process control, advanced online monitoring of water quality and risk reductions.
- Provide input and analysis for the system performance summary and conduct internal benchmarking with relevant stakeholders.
- Provide input into Functional Design Specifications for control systems, commissioning and monitoring plan of new treatment process.
Our commitment to employee wellbeing extends beyond the workplace. Here's how we support you:
- Flexible & Hybrid working options.
- Childcare allowances and up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Novated lease opportunities.
- Fitness Passport providing access to numerous gyms and pools across NSW.
- Flu vaccinations and discounted health insurance memberships
Essential Requirements
- Degree qualified in Engineering or Science, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in water operations or similar process engineering environment.
- Relevant valid driver's licence required.
- Experience with SCADA systems, software for analytics and reporting, Microsoft Office applications and ability to use customised software packages.
- Demonstrated experience in hands on troubleshooting, optimisation and technical support to Water/Wastewater Treatment Operations.
- Stakeholder management skills in a team environment working across varying levels.
- Demonstrated experience in technical report writing and data analysis.
- Demonstrated technical capabilities that would enable process related diagnosis/ root cause analysis.
Closing date: Midnight Thursday 1st August
Please advise if you require any adjustments to actively participate in the application and recruitment process.
Working at Sydney Water
At Sydney Water, we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities. We have a proud heritage and progressive future providing world class drinking water and services that are vital to our customers’ quality of life and safeguarding Sydney’s future. We see the world is changing, so we are changing too.
Our vision is to create better lives through world-class services, and we believe that starts with our people. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. Our diverse skills, mindsets and backgrounds work together on exciting and challenging projects that make a difference and help ensure Sydney remains one of the most iconic and liveable cities in the world.
We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and veterans.
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