I grew up an “army brat” – ie my dad was in the army so we moved around year to year. I have lived in most places in Australia, went to 7 different schools including a year of schooling in India & Pakistan. 

I was fortunate to finish my high schooling in the one school (Mt St Michaels, Ashgrove) and this is where I met my life long girlfriends, found my interest in engineering and got up to lots of fun! While we are very lucky to still be close friends after 35 years, we have all had our ups and downs, our ins and outs and our time away and come back. Keeping this long friendship has take effort, understanding and compromise but they should give and bring you up as well as take.

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As a leader, this role is to motivate, provide direction and guidance and remove the hurdles and barriers to allow your team to do their best. While engineering can be a technical role, it’s the connection to people and seeing them do their best that is a rewarding part of this role.

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Never one to shy away from a challenge, I worked for 18 months on the Australian Flushability Standard which lead to presentations at the 2019 Q’Water Conference and the 2020 OzWater Conference. My early successes have opened doors to further opportunities such as the WSAA Young Utility Leaders’ Program in 2021/22. 

Outside of work, I am an avid netball fanatic and dedicate my spare time to my local netball club as its president and developing my skills as a state league netball umpire.

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A Circular Economy Strategist works within a team that includes a lot of interesting roles operating in the areas of climate change, environmental water quality, sustainability, and “liveability” specialties. The role itself focuses on how we can change processes to design out waste and pollution, keep materials in use and regenerate nature.

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Starting with a dream of being a physiotherapist, I changed my University preferences on a whim, seeking a future that would challenge and excite me. I then travelled from my family in Central Queensland and into the big city of Brisbane on my own to pave my future. Initially I started a job in construction, targeting the development of shops, skyscrapers and warehouse galore – until I realised I wanted more…

I then followed my passion for understanding and embracing the environment, and in 2018 I joined Urban Utilities. This is where I am today, helping many more graduates that have come through, and developing strategies for the organisation to lead the charge in fostering the environment now and into the future – the perfect fusion of engineering, problem solving, and people centric design.

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This role is constantly looking to the future and what changes are needed to be made now, so that we can to build and adapt communities into the future. This will ensure that they are clean, sustainable, great places to live – all whilst being resilient to changing climates, changing demands, new technology and honouring all cultures.

A Sustainablility and Risk Strategist uses engineering skills but in a way that contributes to the community and looks beyond ‘traditional’ engineering of pipes, pumps and construction. People in this role are passionate about water and sewage services, because in the end – all living things need water.

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Taking a risk with a graduate job in the water industry, which I knew very little about, opened my eyes to unique opportunities to develop sustainable solutions, drive behavioural change and pursue innovations to improve the way we interact with the environment while delivering essential services.

The water industry provides a launch-pad for a huge number of opportunities, from local government to global water sustainability and everything in between. I work in developing and delivering strategies for Urban Utilities (SEQ water and sewerage service provider) to improve service performance, public health and environmental outcomes, and the customer experience.

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The Strategic Project Coordinator works with the management team to develop and implement long-term strategies and projects to improve how we deliver for our customers and the rest of the organisation. This involves internal and external stakeholder engagement, strategic problem solving, project planning and management, communication and reporting.

The broad nature of the role means every day is something different – from water quality management, to digital technology advancements, to customer experience – there is an opportunity to try and solve some of the water industry’s most challenging issues.

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