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“How much should I get paid?” sounds like a simple question.

In Australia’s water sector, it rarely has a simple answer.

Salary conversations often become difficult before anybody actually disagrees...

You resign. Suddenly, the salary that apparently could not move six months ago can move.

There may be a new title, more flexibility or a promise of progression. Perhaps your employer is ready to disc...

Last week, I made a cheeky claim: Australia’s best and most in-depth water-sector salary guide would be ready soon.

The response was immediate. People asked for it. A few quite reasonably pointed out...

There is a particular kind of frustration that builds inside a business when competitors keep announcing project wins while your own pipeline feels thinner than it should.

You see engineering firms a...

Australia’s water infrastructure sector spends an enormous amount of time planning what comes next. Long before construction begins, utilities, councils, engineering consultancies and contractors are ...

I hear both sides of this market every week.

Candidates tell me the market is dead. They have applied for role after role, heard nothing back and genuinely believe nobody is hiring.

Employers tell m...

Over the past year, our work has continued to evolve not just in scale, but in focus.

What began as Utility Careers has grown into something broader and more intentional. The decision to rebrand to T...