Environmental Planning

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Planning & Assessment Adviser **(Full-Time, Permanent)**to join our Environmental Planning, Assessments & Approvals team.

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.

This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career.

**Our perks and Benefits**:
At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be
as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.
- Flexible working
- Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise agreement
- Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Fertility leave
- Yearly corporate wear allowance
- Professional development and educational assistance
- Salary Range starting from $131,851 Base + Super
- And so much more

**What you’ll do**:

- Ensure professional and technical environmental planning advice and guidance is provided in timely assessment and responses to development and activities under Parts 4 and 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, including State Significant Development (SSD) and State Significant Infrastructure (SSI), and/or where WaterNSW is the determining authority, and other legislation as required.
- Ensure WaterNSW’s environmental assessment tools and procedures are current and being applied consistently.
- Ensure professional and technical advice is provided on environmental issues and recommend innovative solutions to ensure effective catchment and water supply infrastructure protection.

**What we are looking for**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Planning/ Science/ Assessment/ Engineering/ Natural Resource Management/ Planning or other relevant discipline.
- Knowledge of the issues, management responses and processes in the areas of water quality and water supply infrastructure protection.
- Relevant demonstrated experience in statutory and environmental planning and assessment.
- High level of technical skills and experience in report writing and project management.
- Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively, building, and managing constructive professional relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Current Australian Driver’s Licence.

**How we will support you**:
At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility - and the way we work - with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.

When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities

**More about our team/ culture**:
No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.

**Who is WaterNSW?**

WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution - for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.

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