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 – Enquiries, you will deliver effective and efficient to the business, through the provision of technical planning input to internal and external stakeholders on the future use of Seqwater’s property portfolio and adjoining catchment lands, including advice on strategic land use planning and recreation.

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinate the unit’s successful delivery of planning outputs by monitoring and managing enquires received.
• Maintains appropriate collaboration and integration with other internal stakeholders, to provide for the most effective and well-informed long-term outcomes.
• Coordinate and prepare responses to external enquiries affecting Seqwater interests in accordance with statutory requirements.
• Prepare internal land use planning advice for leases, licenses, recreation source protection, water security, corporate communications and other matters as they arise
• Coordinate and manage Seqwater’s development application, internal approvals, enquiries and state interest review registers.
• Prepare written reports, briefings and correspondence and enhance communication practices.

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.
• An unrestricted C Class Driver’s license

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

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.