Our Organisation

We love water and love life. What we do makes a vital contribution to Melbourne’s famous lifestyle. We achieve this by supplying high-quality drinking water, providing outstanding sewerage services, integrating drainage systems, building resilience to flooding, and by enhancing our waterway and land for greater community use. It’s a pride we share in helping to make greater Melbourne a fantastic place to live.

Reporting to Rhys Cosmo, one of our Statutory Flood Development Assessments Area Managers you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference and add to our work environment, within a place where you can learn and perform to your fullest potential.

The Role

We are now hiring a Civil or Environmental Engineer to join our Statutory Flood Development Assessment Services team.

Our ideal candidate is an experienced and outcome-focused professional, who will enjoy working in a medium sized team of Statutory Referral Authority Urban Planning & Engineering experts. Together this team are tasked with making and leading best practice Flood & Drainage decisions on all types of development application referral requirements for Melbourne Water, primarily where it is the regional Drainage or Floodplain Management Authority (under the Water Act) and as set out in the Planning, Subdivision and Building Act & Regulations. This opportunity has an immediate start and is an ongoing permanent role.

This role delivers technical drainage engineering and flood modelling advice in assessing proposed developments referred to Melbourne Water in its Statutory Referral capacity. This will comprise planning, subdivision and building permit applications, as well as proposals for precinct scale urban renewal masterplans, and other types of strategic development proposals. The flood risk assessments will range across our operating area in both rural and urban locations.

Make an Impact

Become part of a talented and passionate team dedicated to enhancing life and liveability in Melbourne and beyond. Doing truly meaningful work in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents. We provide a range of employee benefits that will make your experience working at Melbourne Water both professionally and personally rewarding.

Freedom

Melbourne Water is committed to flexible working. We offer a variety of flexible arrangements to suit our employees varied needs and the business, including purchased leave, varied start and finish times, working from alternative locations, part time work and 9-day fortnights. We understand that Melbourne Water and our customers benefit from enabling our employees to achieve balance in work and life.

Growth & Development

We’re a curious bunch at Melbourne Water and relish any opportunity to learn something new. We are in the business of enhancing life and liveability, which lends itself to reimagining what’s possible and challenging the status quo. We offer a variety of learning opportunities; from formal development programs, digital learning content and lunch & learns; to visiting our sites and getting to see our initiatives and projects first hand. We believe that learning happens every day, so we support our people to continuously learn and experiment in the flow of their work, designing their own development path.

People

Our people are passionate, welcoming and inclusive. We welcome applications from everyone, including people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTI+ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Melbourne Water welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Your Skills and Experience

• Technical skills in the operation and application of current flood development hydraulic/hydrologic engineering techniques and standards with an ability to use and review modelling software such as RORB, HEC-RAS, and TUFLOW.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of relevant Flood Modelling and Assessment Guidelines and Standards including but not limited to ARR2019 and the 2019 DELWP Guidelines for Development in Flood Prone Areas
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to influence outcomes ensuring that flood risk is addressed at the planning phase.
• Knowledge of processes and practices associated with best practice requirements for floodplain management, drainage design, stormwater management, whole of water cycle management and achievement of environmental outcomes.
• Skills in the preparation of, assessment and critical analysis of prescribed development flood engineering tasks including flood information and modelling, hydrologic and hydraulic engineering, drainage and storm water quality treatment modelling and design. Make decisions as required using judgement in the application of a range of factors when making recommendations and decisions on most types of flood development engineering matters.
• The ability to professionally respond to developers and be confident in exploring flexible solutions. Judgement will be required to provide superior customer service while simultaneously gaining trust and respect for taking and defending positions that protect community outcomes and Melbourne Water’s commercial objectives.

Your ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders is required together with a tertiary qualification in Civil or Environmental Engineering.

For more information, please see the attached

How to apply

Click on the "apply" button and complete the online application form.

Closing date: 29 June 2022 at 11:55pm AEST

Please note a Police Check / Health Assessment is required for this position.

Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their COVID-19 vaccination status.