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

This exciting 18-month opportunity, reporting to the Manager Sewerage Planning, is a pivotal role within the Service Futures One Water team. As the Senior Process Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and implementing long term, adaptive plans to enable Melbourne Water to appropriately plan and manage opportunities and risks associated with its sewerage service over the medium to long term.

• Develop strategies, and plans related to the sewerage service, and work across the organisation to drive the implementation of relevant plans. These plans should be adaptable to a range of potential future scenarios.
• Identify and quantify current and potential future sewerage systems opportunities and risks, including (but not limited to) environmental impacts, climate change, population growth and resource recovery (including recycled water).
• Support development of business cases for potential future capital assets, operational activities, and other initiatives that could contribute to managing the sewerage service.
• Provide clear, evidence-based advice to internal and external stakeholders, including senior executive and board level stakeholders, in relation to the sewerage service.
• Manage external service providers, technical consultants and contractors.

For more information, please refer to the Role_Mandate

• Expertise and technical leadership skills in developing and implementing strategies, policies, and plans (including adaptive planning).
• Expertise and technical leadership skills in sewerage services with excellent knowledge of sewerage systems and sewage treatment processes
• Demonstrated capability to confidently, professionally, and persuasively communicate detailed technical information to a range of audiences, in both written and oral formats.
• Demonstrated capability to support and make decisions in ambiguous, complex, and uncertain contexts.
• Relevant Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical)
• Current Victorian driver’s licence.

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: Thursday 30^th January 2025 at 11:55pm AEST