About Seqwater
Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.
As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.
As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.
Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.
You’ll be working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure projects in the industry, helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.
About Your Opportunity
As the Planning Support Officer, you will serve as the first point of contact for clients and stakeholders, supporting the Land Use Planning unit. In this role, you will manage information systems, assist with development assessments, and provide communication and administrative support to ensure the unit runs efficiently.
Key responsibilities:
- Coordinate and maintain information systems and databases for development assessment and strategic planning workloads, in line with compliance requirements.
- Serve as the first point of contact for Land Use Planning communications and task receipt.
- Support planners with daily administrative workloads around development application assessments and strategic planning reviews.
- Provide general administrative assistance for reports, briefing documents and correspondence with internal teams, Local and State government agencies and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to improving and implementing internal procedures, guidelines and tools relating to workload management and records keeping.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Experience in servicing the administrative needs of a planning department (ideally local council) with a high-level understanding of Queensland’s planning processes and application workflows.
- Qualifications in administration, business management or equivalent experience.
- Strong organisational and time management skills with an ability to triage tasks effectively.
- Well-developed communication, inter-personal and negotiation skills with the ability to interact with a wide variety of stakeholders and facilitate collaborative solutions.
- Ability to proactively identify and carry out tasks with accuracy and precision.
- High level knowledge of the Queensland Planning Framework (desirable), particularly the Planning Act 2016.
This role will be offered on a part-time basis (0.8 FTE) for a fixed term period of 2 years. The salary for this position ranges from $79,536.21 - $90,334.74, plus 12.75% superannuation.
Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.
For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/
If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!
To apply
Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.
Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Sunday 18th January 2026
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au
Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.
