Integration Conveyance Senior Technical Advisor

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.

With our upcoming new major desalination water source in Alkimos, we need you!

Our beautiful state population is continuously increasing. The same can however not be said about our rainfall. That is why we are investing in a new seawater desalination plant in Alkimos.

Our target is to have this operational by mid-2028. Adding a major source requires extensive and complex amendments to treat and move the additional water around the water network.

We require a permanent full-time Senior Technical Advisor – Integration Conveyance for a motivated individual with a strong water conveyance and networks background to join the Conveyance Operational Integration team in Treatment and Resource Recovery (TARR).

This role will be based in Osborne Park with opportunity to also work from our Northern Water Treatment Plants.

You will provide technical and operational expertise in the water conveyance field to guide, deliver, and integrate programs of work with major impacts into the Integrated Water Supply Scheme (IWSS).

This role will focus on the water conveyance and commissioning aspects of the projects in the IWSS schemes.

You will provide network and operations expertise to the new source’s suite of projects to achieve optimal outcomes for TARR and the wider Water Corporation.

Be part of a team breaking new ground! You are an innovator, developing new processes and new methods of working in unison.

Stakeholder engagement, bringing people together and negotiating better outcomes are needed for this role.

Are you keen to help shape WA’s future water supply? If yes, read on!

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
• Take advantage of our co-contribution superannuation scheme. Receive a 12% employer contribution and enjoy an additional 2% employer co-contribution when you elect to salary sacrifice 2%. 
• 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
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing.   

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

The fundamentals of the role:

Ensure the new source program provides a level of standardisation and coordination between the individual projects and Metropolitan water (Treatment and Resource Recovery) assets. These assets include but are not limited to; Pump Stations (PS), Pressure Reducing Valves (PRVs), Control valves, Isolation valves, pipelines, and dosing assets.

Ensure that asset whole of life, operability and maintainability are considered by new source Integration works.

Provide specialised technical expertise to ensure the optimal performance of water conveyance and civil assets including valving, structures, and pipeline operations in the IWSS.

Actively engage in the commissioning of individual projects associated with integration works and ensure that relevant contingency plans are developed, to inform constraints/operability considerations, such that the IWSS is a stable and robust system.

Ensure that adequate Quality Assurance (QA) processes are followed. These may involve Inspection and Test Plans (ITP’s), material data forms, maintenance plan. Ensure these are developed, completed to the required TARR standard(s) and that they are stored correctly for future access.

Engage with all key Stakeholders to conduct isolation planning and communicate the individual project requirements with each stakeholder.

Ensure compliance with all appropriate design standards and work practices. This includes Water Quality, Design Standards and Asset Protection.

Ensures critical spares are updated as part of integration.

Ideally, you will possess:

• Tertiary qualification in engineering or Substantial experience in the maintenance and operation of conveyance assets
• Substantial technical experience with water related infrastructure assets and networks
• Substantial experience working with multiple parties on large projects.
• Substantial experience in the preparation and review of complex technical reports and drawings
• ‘C’ Class drivers’ licence.

Sound like a match? Apply today

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

**IMPORTANT NOTICE**

Recruitment is on hold until the New Year. Applications are welcome, but processing will begin once the freeze ends.

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.  

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

Applications close 4^th January 2026

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 recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 08 9420 2000.

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