Planning & Assessment Specialist

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced **Planning & Assessment Specialist (Full-Time, Permanent)** to join our **Strategy & Performance** 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
- Access to remote area benefit packaging - based on work location
- Attractive remuneration starting from $150,332 base + super
- And so much more

**What you’ll do**:

- Provide expert advice for the effective delivery of professional and technical environmental planning advice & guidance in timely responses to development and activities under Parts 4 and 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, including SSD and SSI, and/or where WaterNSW is the determining authority, and other legislation as required, including team work assignment.
- Lead the liaison with WaterNSW’s Operations Portfolio team, in particular Asset Planning and Delivery, to ensure the timely consideration of environmental planning and assessment requirements and delivery of relevant milestones.
- Act as the key environmental representative on incident teams as required. Ensure effective collaboration and interaction across the business and with government, community and other stakeholders in relation to environmental approvals.
- **What we are looking for**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Environmental Planning/ Science/ Assessment / Engineering / Natural Resource Management / Planning or other relevant discipline.
- Relevant demonstrated experience in statutory and environmental planning and impact assessment.
- Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively, building and managing constructive professional relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders Good to Have: Knowledge of the issues, management responses and processes in the areas of water quality and water supply infrastructure protection.
- **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**:
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**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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