Vacation Student - Technology and Digital Solutions

• Opportunity for IT student to join our Tech & Digital Solutions team.
• 12-week paid summer vacation program, commencing Nov 2026.
• Gain hands-on experience in the water industry as part of a passionate team.

About the role:Unitywater’s Vacation Program is a 12-week placement, offered over the summer holiday period (Nov 2026 – Feb 2027). Work four days per week while building your skills, meeting new people, learning from experienced professionals, and discovering where a career in the water industry could take you.

Opportunity: Technology and Digital Solutions

• Support the improvement of vendor and contract management practices, including contract reviews, ServiceNow data management, technical obligations auditing, and the development of performance, risk, compliance, and governance reporting.
• Gain exposure to IT contract management and governance, working with managed services, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and software licensing agreements while contributing to process improvement initiatives, workflows, and governance frameworks.
• Location: Mango Hill

About you:Our One Unitywater behaviours - Create the Future, Care Together, and Own It – define how we work together at Unitywater. To contribute to this, you will demonstrate the following skills and qualities for the role:

• Must be a current tertiary undergraduate student.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of commitment.
• Adaptability, curiosity and able to work as part of a team.
• A willingness to learn and to make a positive contribution to our business.

Working at Unitywater:

• Flexibility: We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays.
• Wellbeing: We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
• Learning and Development: We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, access to a dedicated learning program and professional memberships.
• Diversity: We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage, Disability and Accessibility.

About us:Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.

We think a pretty good job starts here.

How to apply:

Apply online following the links, and make sure to upload your up-to-date CV.

We strive to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve and encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role. Please feel free to share your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

If you’re successful we will need you to undergo a few checks…. We know they might not be the fun part, but you will need to confirm your right to work in Australia and complete relevant pre-employment checks, including verification of criminal history, drivers licence and driving history, alcohol and other drug screening.

Applications close: COB Wednesday 19 August 2026

For further information please contact the Talent Acquisition team at *******@unitywater.com

If you would like to speak to a team member about our commitment to diversity and inclusion, please contact our Inclusion Specialist **********@unitywater.com

Unitywater respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in which we live, work and operate, the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal peoples. We honour their enduring connection to these places and their deep cultural, spiritual and environmental knowledge and stewardship over the waterways that sustain us all. We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, who hold the wisdom, traditions and stories of their people.

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