Careers

Your career at WRM

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At WRM, we offer a rewarding career path for driven and passionate critical thinkers, motivated by technical excellence in a collaborative environment.

Interested in building your career with us?

The WRM experience 

We appreciate and value our people and our clients.

We have created a flexible, inclusive and engaging environment that both challenges and supports our team.

On 30 October 2026, Geosyntec Consultants completed its acquisition of WRM, bringing together WRM’s specialised surface water expertise in Australia with Geosyntec’s global environmental, water, mining, geotechnical, and infrastructure capabilities.

Your career

Enhance your capability, diversify your experience and grow your career.

  • Strengthen your capability and add to ours in an environment that promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration
  • Build experience with a diverse portfolio of clients and draw on collective expertise to deliver industry best practice
  • Be surrounded and supported by colleagues, work with experts and be part of a team of highly regarded specialists
  • Progress your career with a structured framework and mentoring to support technical, commercial and leadership development
  • Develop new approaches and deliver technical excellence with the latest technology and innovations
  • Work on projects across Australia with offices in Brisbane and Darwin that enjoy high attendance and encourage inter-office secondments

Your wellbeing, lifestyle and benefits

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We enjoy our work but appreciate that everyone’s life outside of work is different.

  • We offer flexibility, balance and support for family and other commitments
  • Our team environment is engaging – we connect, collaborate and socialise
  • Our wellbeing working group guides our people strategy and initiatives
  • Our competitive salaries are based on performance and contribution
  • We share the financial success of the business via our sustainable profit share scheme
  • Our leadership team is committed to promoting an employee-focussed business.

Career opportunities

We are always interested in hearing from talented people keen to further their career with WRM.

If you would like to work in an environment where excellence is everything, please send us your application.

Senior Water Resource Engineer

The Role

Our senior engineer role offers excellent opportunities for advancement and leadership in a dynamic environment. This opportunity extends from lead to principal engineers commensurate with experience.

  • Manage and deliver complex water resource projects including water management plans, environmental impact assessments, rehabilitation plans, flood and floodplain management studies, and hydraulic design projects
  • Advance your project management skills developing relationships with a variety of valued clients (energy and resources, government, infrastructure, land development)
  • Stretch your technical skills in water balance, flood modelling and civil design, working alongside recognised industry experts and our team of specialist water resource engineers
  • Progress your career and continue your professional development with mentoring from highly skilled leaders and team members, and support for training and industry events
  • Participate in our employee-owned business through our innovation, mentoring and wellbeing initiatives
  • Contribute to our business strategy, we are an agile and inclusive business, where everyone’s voice is heard.

The role can be full or part time, based from our Brisbane or Darwin office, with flexible working arrangements.

About you

The ideal candidate is an experienced and motivated water resources engineer, confident managing projects and progressing towards principal level.

  • Degree in environmental or civil engineering
  • Registered professional engineer (e.g. NER, RPEQ)
  • Minimum 6 years’ experience in water resources
  • Strong capability in one (or more) fields of water balance, catchment, flooding and / or stormwater modelling (e.g. GoldSim, TUFLOW, URBS, XP-RAFTS, MUSIC)
  • Confident with one (or more) spatial / terrain software packages (e.g. QGIS, 12D, Civil 3D)
  • Confident with Python / coding applications
  • Experienced in project management and maintaining successful client relationships
  • Excellent critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills
  • Keen to collaborate and share knowledge in a culture of technical excellence.

Lead project engineer

The Role

Our lead project engineer role offers excellent opportunities for growth and progression in a dynamic environment. This opportunity extends to senior engineers commensurate with experience.

  • Deliver complex water resource projects including water management plans, environmental impact assessments, rehabilitation plans, flood and floodplain management studies, and hydraulic design projects
  • Develop your project management skills working with a variety of valued clients (energy and resources, government, infrastructure, land development)
  • Advance your technical skills in water balance, flood modelling and civil design, working alongside recognised industry experts and our team of specialist water resource engineers
  • Progress your career and continue your professional development with mentoring from highly skilled leaders and team members, and support for training and industry events
  • Contribute to our employee-focussed business through our innovation, mentoring and wellbeing initiatives
  • Contribute to our business strategy, we are an agile and inclusive business, where everyone’s voice is heard.

The role can be full or part time, based from our Brisbane or Darwin office, with flexible working arrangements.

About you

The ideal candidate is an experienced and motivated water resources engineer, confident delivering projects and progressing towards senior level.

  • Degree in environmental or civil engineering
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in water resources
  • Capability in one (or more) fields of water balance, catchment, flooding and / or stormwater modelling (e.g. GoldSim, TUFLOW, URBS, XP-RAFTS, MUSIC)
  • Confident with one (or more) spatial / terrain software packages (QGIS, 12D, Civil 3D)
  • Confident with Python / coding applications
  • Familiar with project management concepts and a strong client focus
  • Excellent critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills
  • Keen to collaborate and share knowledge in a culture of technical excellence.

WRM graduate intake

Applications to join our graduate intake in Brisbane and Darwin open in April each year.

WRM graduates benefit from bespoke training and experience within a highly collaborative team environment.

  • Build experience across full range of surface water projects and capabilities
  • Develop specialist skills in surface water modelling including (e.g. GoldSim, TUFLOW, URBS)
  • Dedicated mentor to provide 1:1 technical and career guidance
  • Supportive knowledge sharing and technical direction from senior leaders
  • Paid professional development via external and in-house training courses
  • Opportunity to join our innovation and / or wellbeing working groups
  • Active social calendar of celebrations and events in Brisbane and Darwin
  • Regular check-ins with mentor and senior leader to guide career progression

WRM undergraduate program

Applications open in July for environmental and civil engineering students wanting to pursue a career in flooding and water resources in Brisbane and Darwin.

  • 12 weeks paid experience working with experts in surface water engineering
  • On-the-job exposure to a variety of challenging water and environment projects
  • Dedicated mentor to provide 1:1 technical guidance and training
  • Opportunity to contribute to our innovation working group
  • Connect with members of our highly successful graduate program
  • Option to continue paid work experience whilst completing studies
  • Automatic consideration for our graduate intake on completion of engineering degree

This is a rare opportunity to get a start in a specialist career in water resources engineering!