Who we are

In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.

As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.

Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet, run through a backyard sprinkler, or kayak down the Yarra we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.

If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you're in the right place.

About the Role

Reporting to DSS Strategic Engineering & Planning Area Manager, this is a pivotal role within the Service Futures portfolio. As the Principal Engineer DSS Strategic Engineering & Planning Services you will be responsible for regulating and collaborating with the development industry and private landowners to investigate, design, strategically plan and review the Development Services Schemes to provide for the delivery of new stormwater assets in Greenfield Growth areas. In this role you will:

• Deliver the planning, coordination, and execution of complex precinct scaled / catchment planning projects.
• Manage and overseeing regional-scale DSS civil engineering design assessments and related strategic engineering outputs.
• Provide expert advice on the application of Melbourne Water asset technical specifications, modelling standards, and engineering standards.
• Provide leadership in the application of DSS best value optioneering principles and ensuring DSS concept designs adhere to the DSS Principles.
• Provide strategic engineering support, including technical input into DSS flood and stormwater quality, asset optioneering and design, and clear recommendations to stakeholders.
• Manage specialist hydraulic, hydrologic, stormwater quality, and engineering design assessments, including investigations and functional designs undertaken via Melbourne Water's Technical Panel.

For more information, please review the attached Role Mandate

About you:

• Extensive and demonstrated experience in undertaking professional civil engineering design work including major drainage assets and flood protection works. Prior experience in land development is desirable
• Extensive Project management skills, including the ability to develop and manage project plans, budgets, schedules, and resources.
• Experience in using RORB, HEC-RAS and MUSIC software.
• Extensive Leadership skills
• Extensive Communication skills
• Demonstrated understanding of engineering design risk management principles and developing safe and sustainable engineering solutions
• Relevant Tertiary qualification in civil/land development engineering required.

You must hold a Registration as a Civil Engineer in Victoria, or be eligible to become registered, including appropriate Washington Accord qualification and years of applied experience required.

Why join us:

At Melbourne Water, we care deeply about water and the life it sustains. 

Our team is inspired by passion and purpose, with an unwavering commitment to safety. We are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.   

We don’t just talk about flexible working - we live it. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning flows through everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.  

Our long-standing commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging means that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ individuals, people living with disability, mature age and young jobseekers from all cultures can apply with confidence knowing they are safe, affirmed, and celebrated.  

If you’re curious, action-orientated, outcomes-focused, and passionate about public resources, community, and the environment, we'd love to receive your application and learn if you could be a great fit. 

How to Apply

Click the 'Apply Now' button below and complete our online application form.

Closing date: Wednesday 11th December at 11:55pm AEST