Thrive with a strong sense of purpose as you shape WA’s water future.
Our diverse workplace offers endless opportunities to thrive and grow. It takes a lot of people to keep water running, maintain essential wastewater and drainage services and find innovative solutions to future-proof our state.
With us, you’ll have the variety and opportunity to shape your career path across WA. The depth and breadth of our work means you can experience multiple roles and careers.
About the role
Are you looking to become a nationally recognised Mechanical Fitter Your future career could start right here with the Water Corporation.
Based in Bunbury, this role offers a diverse and hands-on experience. One day, you might be carrying out planned maintenance at a wastewater treatment plant; the next, you could be repairing machinery or replacing pumps and valves.
Over the course of four years, you’ll gain the skills and experience needed to become a fully qualified tradesperson, setting you up for a rewarding and stable career.
Why choose Water Corporation?
As a Mechanical apprentice, you’ll be mentored by industry leaders and gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge water technology. You’ll learn on the job while earning a competitive wage that increases annually, plus superannuation, applicable allowances and overtime!
We invest in your future with fully funded accredited training and qualifications, setting you up for long-term success. Enjoy flexible working arrangements like a 9-day fortnight, giving you more time to do what you love outside of work.
Forget FIFO! Work close to home and be back every night, enjoying the lifestyle that suits you best.
Who are we?
When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state.
If you’re driven to make a meaningful contribution, you’ve come to the right place.
Real benefits that matter
Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.
Your skills and experience
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Please submit your resume and a covering letter. You’ll be asked to answer a few questions as part of your application, and we’ll be in touch.
We will ask successful candidates to complete a short online test. We will email all details you will need to know about this.
This position will commence in the second half of 2026.
Applications close 5th July 2026
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.
This opportunity is offered in accordance with Section 66ZP of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984. Youth candidates (17 – 24 years of age) who meet the selection criteria for this role will be prioritised for appointment.
We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date.
Thrive with a strong sense of purpose as you shape WA’s water future.
Our diverse workplace offers endless opportunities to thrive and grow. It takes a lot of people to keep water running, maintain essential wastewater and drainage services and find innovative solutions to future-proof our state.
With us, you’ll have the variety and opportunity to shape your career path across WA. The depth and breadth of our work means you can experience multiple roles and careers.
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.
