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Our Water team offers services across the full water cycle, delivering major pipelines, large pumping stations, advanced water, wastewater and recycled water treatment plants.\nKBR have significant work in hand supporting key water utilities such as South East Water, Melbourne Water, Sydney Water, Water NSW, Sydney Desalination Plant, Urban Utilities and SA Water to achieve phased savings in capital expenditure, while delivering the best environmental and community outcomes. We have long term panel contracts in both consulting, and design and construction, enabling us to offer work opportunities from strategies through all stages of design and on to construction and commissioning support.\nYou will play a vital role on projects with a wide array of engineers and designers across the full engineering lifecycle. 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