About Seqwater

Seqwater is the Queensland Government Bulk Water Supply Authority, responsible for delivering safe, secure and cost-effective bulk water supply for over 3 million people across Southeast Queensland.

Seqwater is one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city water authority. Our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges.

We commit to delivering a high standard of customer service aligned to our strategic vision. We value working collaboratively with our internal & external customers to improve service delivery. 

About Your Opportunity

As the Senior Planning Officer – Approvals, you will provide professional services and support aimed at ensuring the on time delivery of approvals and advice for the planning and delivery of the capital program. You will work autonomously to provide expert technical planning and approvals advice to Project Managers. You will communicate and negotiate with local, state to ensure Seqwater’s interests and outcomes are achieved.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver planning approvals for capital and opex projects.
• Negotiate with councils and regulators including progression of development applications and approvals (local, state).
• Coordinate and support the project team to deliver supporting documentation to enable delivery of project approvals.
• Provide high level technical and scientific planning advice in relation to approval coordination and strategies.
• Develop and maintain projects risk assessments and development of management systems to manage planning approval risks.
• Be the key planning interface between Seqwater and project consultants and subconsultants on minor works projects.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

Essentials

• Tertiary qualifications in town planning or urban and regional planning.
• Strong demonstrated experience in a similar role.
• Expert level verbal communication and interpersonal skills to effectively liaise,
• influence and negotiate with key stakeholders, external and internal clients, team members, regulatory authorities, and consultation groups.
• Highly developed written communication and computer literacy skills, including project scheduling and budget management.
• Demonstrated in depth understanding of planning and environmental legislation and approvals frameworks.
• Unrestricted Class C Driver’s Licence.

Desirables

• Experience with land and water management and/ or of water supply organisations
• Postgraduate qualification in town planning or urban and regional planning or environmental planning (desirable)

This position has a salary starting at $113,473 to $123,457 dependant on experience 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 5^th May 2024

For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.