Principal Infrastructure Planner

**Job Number**:
500817

**The Details**:

- Permanent Full Time | 9 day fortnight
- $117,990 pa + 12% super (level 7)
- 72.5 hour fortnight
- Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
- Location: Strathpine

Join City of Moreton Bay as a **Principal Infrastructure Planner**and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

As our** Principal Infrastructure Planner**, you’ll deliver high-quality strategic level, long-term infrastructure network planning to achieve strategic and business outcomes across all of council’s infrastructure networks.

You will lead the delivery of complex, precinct
- and strategic-level infrastructure planning initiatives, working collaboratively with internal teams and external consultants. We’ll also look to you to:

- Lead and prepare complex strategic infrastructure plans, strategies and projects for all council major asset classes.
- Ensure alignment with policy and legislative frameworks.
- Provide technical expertise in strategic infrastructure planning and policy matters.
- Support the development of team capability to drive a high performance, continuous improvement and customer focused culture.
- Support project-based community consultation.
- Support the development of team capability to foster a high-performance, continuous improvement and customer-focused culture.
- Build strong relationships across stakeholder groups to promote an efficient and holistic approach across the organisation.

Position Description - Principal Infrastructure Planner.pdf

**About you**

We’re seeking a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise to lead complex infrastructure planning initiatives. This role demands a someone who will thrive in a dynamic environment and can translate intricate planning frameworks into actionable outcomes. You’ll guide multidisciplinary teams, shape policy, and drive impactful infrastructure strategies across government and community landscapes.

**Key attributes we’re looking for**:

- Excellent communication skills with an ability to communicate complex planning concepts and matters in a simple and concise manner (both verbally and in written form) and negotiate sustainable outcomes.
- Substantial knowledge and experience in strategic infrastructure planning and strategy development.
- Substantial strategic, conceptual and analytical skills and experience to provide infrastructure planning and strategy technical oversight and direction.
- Substantial experience in project management and associated risk management practices.
- Substantial experience in the delivery of large scale and complex infrastructure planning projects, including leading and guiding project-based teams and conducting evidence-based research to inform policy options and directions.

You will have a degree in Urban and Regional planning, engineering or equivalent as well as a current “C” Class Driver’s Licence.

**Why City of Moreton Bay?**

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what _can be_ - for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

- **See it.** To build a city of the future, first, you have to _see it_. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
- **Shape it.** You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters - and it’s yours to shape and own.
- **Live it.** Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

- Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day fortnight.
- Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
- Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
- Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
- Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, and Mates in Construction program.
- Our Strathpine office has local parking on site and is close to public transport networks, ma