Join our team of 4,000 energetic employees working across WA to supply and manage water, ultimately benefiting the lives of our communities and environment.
When our workplace spans across 2.6 million square kilometres, the career options are endless.
A permanent opportunity based in Busselton.
Welcome to Busselton WA, with its exceptional coastal lifestyle and neighbouring the Margaret River region, experience the charm of living and working in the heart of the Southwest Region!
Looking for a career development opportunity?
This permanent full-time role is a great opportunity to better yourself in the water industry!
A Civil Drainage Operator is required to lead and coordinate the operational maintenance of our Rural drainage networks extending across the Southwest Region.
You will Learn to provide advice to drainage customers, manage contractors, liaise with the Shire/Stakeholders ensuring legislative and company compliance.
Always one to use your initiative and take ownership, you will endeavour for the best outcomes for the business and your team. For instance, being on the front foot of preventative maintenance, and ultimately looking at our drainage networks to understand the prospective problems before they become a big costly issue!
Enjoy the happy mix between working in office and working outdoors. You will be reporting to a Team Leader who will set you up for success.
This is a challenging yet rewarding opportunity will help you to grow and develop. This position has become available as our current Operator has diversified into another role at Water Corporation.
This is the beauty of working at a great place where there is opportunity for career progression.
What the role will involve.
What we require from you.
How we can help you grow.
We advocate for developing our workers and will provide you with training and courses to help you succeed in your role. For instance:
Real benefits that matter
Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.
Sound like a match? Apply today.
If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your skills and experience as well as your ability to meet the requirements of the role
As part of the recruitment process you will be required to complete Pre-Employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check police clearance and Australian working rights check.
Applications close 26th June 2026
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:
Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.
We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.
Applicants with disability who require adjustments during the recruitment process including an alternative format of the application form, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 08 9420 2000.
To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website
We’re the principal supplier of water, wastewater and drainage services in Western Australia to hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses and farms, as well as providing bulk water to farms for irrigation.
Our services, projects and activities span over 2.6 million square kilometres. We have regional offices in Perth, Bunbury, Albany, Karratha, Geraldton, Northam and Kalgoorlie which allow our employees to provide a high level of professional expertise to customers.
We have over 3,500 employees and manage an asset base of over $37 billion in water supply, wastewater, drainage infrastructure and bulk water for irrigation.
We’re owned by the Western Australian Government and are accountable to our sole shareholder, the Minister for Water, for delivery of our services in a commercial manner. Most of our surplus is returned to the government as a dividend to contribute to the development of the state, with the remainder reinvested in capital works.
Water Corporation was created in January 1996, in a restructure of the water industry in Western Australia. The Water Authority in turn had been created in 1985 through a merger of the former Metropolitan Water Authority, which operated in Perth, the state capital, and the water and wastewater operations of the former WA Public Works Department. We’re the seventh successive agency to deal with these services in Perth, Western Australia.
We're evolving...
Living on the world’s driest continent, the biggest challenge we face is reducing the impact of climate change.
It’s never been more important to work collaboratively with government, industry, and the community, to secure our water future and take care of our home state.
To support these efforts, our vision focuses on our operations having the lowest possible environmental impact, are safe for all, and are delivered at the lowest total cost.
