Project Manager Tactical Fatal Risk Management

At Urban Utilities, our purpose is simple yet powerful – Enrich Quality of Life. With a $7 billion asset base and services spanning 1.5 million residents and more than 31,000 commercial customers across South East Queensland, we are committed to enhancing the liveability of our communities every day.

Your Opportunity

Reporting to the Program Manager – Safety Improvement Program and based in our office in Fortitude Valley, this is a hands-on delivery role within our O&M (Operations & Maintenance) Safety Improvement Program. You’ll take fatal risk issues identified through audits, investigations and frontline insight, and turn them into scoped, funded, delivered projects, engineering fixes, operational changes and asset improvements that make our network safer for the people who work on it.

You’ll work closely with operational leaders, engineers, maintenance crews and subject matter experts, from problem identification through to solution design, stakeholder sign-off, delivery and handover into business-as-usual. This is a contract position until 30 June 2027.

What You’ll Deliver

• Scope, plan and deliver safety improvement projects from concept to completion

• Facilitate workshops to define problems and land on practical, sustainable solutions

• Build business cases, schedules, cost estimates and delivery plans

• Coordinate delivery through internal teams, contractors and technical experts

• Track and report on project risk, cost, schedule and quality

• Hand completed improvements over cleanly into ongoing maintenance and asset management.

About You

• You will hold a tertiary qualification in engineering, project management, construction management, asset management, or equivalent experience

• A track record delivering infrastructure, asset improvement or minor capital projects in a medium-to-large operational environment

• Experience taking projects from concept through to implementation and handover

• The ability to build trust and influence outcomes across engineering, operations and maintenance, without needing formal authority to do it

• Strong reporting and communication skills, comfortable in front of governance forums

• Experience in water, utilities, resources or other asset intensive industries; background delivering fatal risk, critical risk or compliance-driven safety projects; experience implementing engineered controls in high-risk operational settings is desirable however not essential.

At Urban Utilities, we believe our workforce should reflect the community we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences, including First Nations peoples, people with disability, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, emergency responders and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

You might not meet every single requirement listed. If you are excited about the role and believe you can make a strong contribution, we encourage you to apply.

If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know so we can support you.

Why Urban Utilities

Urban Utilities delivers essential water and wastewater services to more than 1.5 million people across South East Queensland. Every day, our teams work to support thriving communities and a sustainable future.

• 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 WORK180

There’s no us without you. Come shape the future with us.

How to Apply

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Applications will close Sunday, 20th September 2026.

Applicants may be required to undergo background checks as part of the recruitment process for this role.

For further information please contact our Talent team at careers@urbanutilities.com.au