Operations Engineer

at  Urban Utilities

• Permanent Full Time, 38hr week
• Generous Salary + Super + A range of salary packaging options
• Location: Fortitude Valley with hybrid and flexible working arrangements
  There’s No Us Without U. Care with Us, for Today and Tomorrow
  There’s no life without water, and at Urban Utilities, we live and breathe that knowledge every single day. It’s why our people are so passionate about what they do and how they do it. And it’s why we need people like YOU. Come shape our future with us and make a real and lasting impact across our teams.
  Your opportunity:
  Our Operations and Maintenance Planning Group has an interesting opportunity for an experienced Engineer to join their AOR Service Recovery Team!
  The Operations and Maintenance Planning Group is accountable for the performance and optimisation of Urban Utilities Water and Wastewater Networks to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction is delivered to over 600,000 properties and 1.3 million of customers within Urban Utilities service regions. This includes planning the maintenance for Urban Utilities entire asset base. The Group recognises the complexity of the accountability and has adopted a functional matrix structure to deliver performance outcomes.
  The Network Configuration team is accountable for defining the baseline configuration of the 9,500km of water network and 9,700km of wastewater network to ensure the safety of our staff and customers, protect public health, deliver an exceptional customer experience, minimise cost in the long run and comply with our regulatory obligations and safe drinking water requirements.
  The Operations Engineer role fulfils requirements of the GeoSCADA project by providing dedicated operational support for assurance activities related to the development of standard functional specifications for our water and sewer assets, assurance of site-specific functional specifications created for individual assets, processing of change management requests initiated by the GeoSCADA project and facilitating project handover processes. Reporting directly to the Network Configuration Leader, this role will identify opportunities outside the scope of the GeoSCADA project to improve the operability of our water and sewer networks. This will be achieved by capturing additional functionality not currently identified in Standard Functional Specifications by specific asset types. Success in this role will be measured by the provision of effective and timely operational input in support of the GeoSCADA project rollout.

About you:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from a recognised institution.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer Queensland (RPEQ) is desirable.
• Extensive experience enabling independent management of most situations and the ability to provide guidance to others.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in operational, maintenance, and/or reliability engineering.
• Proven ability to deliver technical support that drives effective operational performance and asset management outcomes.
• Strong track record in building, managing, and maintaining strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to convey information effectively to audiences with varying levels of understanding.
• Gets excited at the thought of being part of a digitally enabled operation, lifting the resilience and effectiveness of essential services
• Wants to directly contribute to providing resilient services to enable communities to thrive

At UU, we celebrate diversity. We genuinely believe that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expressions is key and crucial to our success as a business. You might find you meet some, but not all, of the job requirements for this role. We’d still encourage you to apply as we we’re looking for the right human being for this role - it’s about so much more than ticking all the boxes!
Why Urban Utilities?
At Urban Utilities, the work we do is about so much more than the bottom line. We’re a leading provider of world-class drinking water and wastewater services to the vibrant communities of Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Somerset, and Scenic Rim. As we continue to grow, we’re committed to planning ahead and shaping a sustainable future around water for generations to come.
At the core of our work lies genuine care: for our team, our customers, communities, and the environment. From the flush of a toilet to major infrastructure projects and residential developments, we’re dedicated to being there every step of the way.
Our HQ is in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, but you’ll find us all over SEQ - working in cool places like the SAS Laboratory in Darra, field-based depots in Eagle Farm, Acacia Ridge, Bundamba, and wastewater treatment plants dotted across the region.
We know the chance to thrive, and progress comes hand in hand with the support to balance work with life. So, you’ll access an increasingly diverse range of benefits and initiatives that’ll help you bring the best you. Speaking of which, here’s just a

sample of the benefits we offer our team:

• Generous Salary Packaging options, including novated leases
• Corporate discounts across Health insurance, technology and more
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave, 15 days personal leave including two proactive wellbeing days, and an additional day of leave each year to connect with friends and family
• Flexibility at UU depends on the type of work you do but could include options such as, 9-day fortnights and flexible days. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you!
• Urban Utilities is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and policies directly at

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