Australia, Bunbury
Fulltime: 38 hrs a week
Experience: 2-4 Years
Education Level: Professional Bachelor
Infrastructure
Closing: April 12, 2025

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Introduction

As a Water & Environmental Technician, you'll lead regional compliance efforts around resource recovery treatment, biosolids disposal, and reuse.

Based in Bunbury your work will directly support the optimisation of wastewater treatment plants and ensure safe and sustainable management of wastewater products. This is a unique opportunity to combine your technical expertise with meaningful impact on public health and environmental safety.

What are you going to do 

What You'll Be Doing:

  • Lead the implementation of the Wastewater Quality Framework across the region, managing health, social, and environmental risks linked to wastewater treatment and resource recovery.
  • Develop and implement wastewater monitoring programs that enhance the quality and safety of treatment processes.
  • Monitor performance across regional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), reviewing results for data integrity, identifying variances, and uncovering trends.
  • Investigate non-compliances, taking swift action and coordinating corrective measures to ensure regulatory adherence.
  • Manage the Wastewater Quality Management System to ensure consistent compliance.
  • Play a key role in the annual environmental reporting process, contributing valuable data and insights.
  • Engage with stakeholders such as community groups and local governments, managing third-party reuse agreements and ensuring transparent communication on wastewater management.
  • Support Department of Health annual reporting for reuse schemes.
  • Provide expert guidance to identify and develop innovative opportunities for resource recovery.

Essential skills and knowledge 

  • A relevant tertiary qualification in environmental science, engineering, natural resource management, or related field.
  • Proven experience in wastewater management and compliance, with a solid understanding of environmental impacts, biosolids disposal, and reuse.
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, particularly in monitoring performance and identifying areas for improvement.
  • Excellent communication skills for stakeholder engagement and team collaboration.
  • A proactive mindset with a passion for environmental sustainability and resource recovery.

What we offer 

  • 6 Month contract
  • Role is based in Bunbury
  • Salary sacrificing
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Corporate discounts

About Brunel:

Brunel is a recruitment and flexible workforce solution provider which connects talented people with opportunities throughout Australasia and around the world. We specialise in highly skilled roles across a variety of technical, professional, trades and craft disciplines, pairing candidates with industry-leading projects and organisations on a contract, permanent or secondment basis.

Operating in Australasia since 1997, Brunel has major bases of operation in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Port Moresby, which are further backed by the strength and reach of a truly global network spanning over 45 countries, 120 offices and 45 years of successful operation.

Brunel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates.

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If you have any questions or would like to discuss the details of this role, please contact Darren Leavey

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