As Principal Project Manager in our Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions (SIS) team, you’ll drive strategic programs that deliver meaningful outcomes for communities and the environment.
In this senior role, you’ll lead complex infrastructure programs across Unitywater’s rolling capital program, applying your expertise, technical knowledge, and leadership capability to shape outcomes at a program level.
You’ll act as a key interface between internal teams, delivery partners, and stakeholders, providing strategic guidance to ensure programs are integrated, compliant, and aligned with Unitywater’s objectives. Beyond project delivery, you’ll influence decision-making, guide teams, and drive continuous improvement across the program.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead planning and delivery of complex, multi-project programs aligned with Unitywater’s strategic objectives
- Act as the primary liaison with senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and enabling cross-functional collaboration
- Provide strategic advice on procurement, asset commissioning, and program-level governance
- Maintain program-level oversight of scope, schedule, budget, and risk to support informed decision-making
- Guide and mentor project managers and teams, fostering collaboration, capability uplift, and continuous improvement
- Ensure projects are integrated into Unitywater systems, processes, and compliance frameworks
You’re a strategic and influential Project Manager with a proven ability to lead teams and deliver complex infrastructure outcomes. You bring a strong ability to connect people, navigate competing priorities and drive outcomes across diverse teams.
You will also bring:
- Degree qualifications in engineering, environmental science, project management or a related discipline
- Experience delivering infrastructure projects, including wastewater treatment plant projects
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences
- Proven ability to coordinate projects with multiple interfaces and competing priorities
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with sound decision-making capability
- A current C Class Driver’s Licence
- Flexibility: We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays.
- Wellbeing: We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
- Learning and Development: We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, access to a dedicated learning program and professional memberships.
- Diversity: We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage, Disability and Accessibility.
Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.
We think a pretty good job starts here.
How to apply:
Apply online following the links, and make sure to upload your up-to-date CV.
We strive to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve and encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role. Please feel free to share your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
If you’re successful we will need you to undergo a few checks…. We know they might not be the fun part, but you will need to confirm your right to work in Australia and complete relevant pre-employment checks, including verification of criminal history, drivers licence and driving history, alcohol and other drug screening.
Applications close: COB Tuesday 14 April
For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition team at careers@unitywater.com
If you would like to speak to a team member about our commitment to diversity and inclusion, please contact our Inclusion Specialist emma.guest@unitywater.com
Unitywater respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in which we live, work and operate, the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal peoples. We honour their enduring connection to these places and their deep cultural, spiritual and environmental knowledge and stewardship over the waterways that sustain us all. We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, who hold the wisdom, traditions and stories of their people.