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**:

- 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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