Investment Planning Specialist

**Position overview**
- Permanent, Full-Time opportunity
- True hybrid working - work from home and our Mitcham office
- $181,800 TRP inclusive of 12% superannuation

**The Role**
**Take the lead in shaping thoughtful, service focused and lifecycle aware investment plans as a technical planning expert within the Investment Planning Division. In this pivotal role, you’ll support end-to-end planning across the entire sewer network and treatment plant asset lifecycle - ensuring every investment decision and service plan is technically sound, strategically optioned, risk informed, culturally grounded and aligned with our broader values and goals.

As a key technical leader, you’ll not only support planning processes but also nurture team growth and strengthen capability across planners and project groups, helping build a high-performing, future ready investment function.

**About us**

We’re on a mission to create a brighter future, where you can be a change maker at the actual source. We’re one of Australia’s largest water utilities with over 30% of Victoria’s population relying on us for their essential water and sanitation services.

Our award-winning culture fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible environment that enables our people to thrive. Here, you’ll be inspired and challenged to grow alongside us.

We're committed to reconciliation and supporting the self-determined role for Traditional Owners/Custodians in water and land management.

**Your key responsibilities**
- ** Provide Expert Guidance on Sewer and Treatment Planning**: Lead lifecycle planning, manage technical risks, mentor teams and build planning capability for the sewer network and treatment plants.
- ** Develop Robust, Aligned, and Inclusive Plans**:Ensure investment and service plans for sewerage infrastructure for the 20 year horizon are evidence-based, risk-informed and aligned with cultural, organisational, and regulatory priorities, while contributing to price submission funding business cases that justify future investment.
- ** Advance Asset Management for Sewer and Treatment Systems**: Evolve the Asset Management Framework and improve planning tools and processes to support data-driven decisions and optimise sewer and treatment assets.
- ** Drive Innovation and Sustainability in Sewerage Planning**:Embed circular economy, resource recovery and nature-positive principles in planning for the sewer network and treatment plants, while staying ahead of regulatory and industry developments.
- ** Lead Strategic Collaboration Across Functions**:Connect long-term sewerage strategy to on-ground delivery by working across strategy, Country, stewardship, and operations teams, and contributing to robust business cases.

**What we’re looking for**
- Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Science or a related discipline - mandatory
- Strong understanding of wastewater systems including collection networks, sewerage catchments and treatment processes (sewage and recycled water).
- Familiarity with wastewater treatment processes and modelling tools.
- Solid knowledge of regulatory frameworks (e.g. EPA licences, discharge standards, odour control, land use planning regulations).
- Demonstrated experience in planning, asset management and lifecycle optimisation, particularly for sewer infrastructure.
- Proven ability to interpret asset performance data, condition assessment, and risk-based prioritisation to support strategic investment and service planning.
- Skilled in developing integrated servicing/master plans that balance growth, environmental, financial, and asset considerations.
- Ability to deliver practical, forward-thinking engineering solutions under complexity and uncertainty.

**Why Yarra Valley Water?**

We celebrate and encourage new thinking at every level. Creating opportunities for you to grow - both professionally, and personally. When you flourish, we all do.
- $181,800 TRP inclusive of 12% superannuation
- Flexible working arrangements where our people are empowered to design their days with their team. Read our hybrid playbook **HERE.**:

- $650 home office set up allowance for eligible employees
- Free and secure on-site parking with on-site café at our Mitcham office
- 14 weeks paid leave parental leave
- 15 days paid personal leave, which can be used for caring, wellbeing, mental health, menstrual or menopause
- Request to swap certain public holidays for another day of paid leave

To read more about our benefits and culture, read our employee handbook **HERE**.**

**Did you know?**

**How to apply**

Applications should include a supporting Cover Letter and Resume.

**Closing date**: Tuesday 12th August 2025

**This position is available for Yarra Valley Water employees and external applicants.