Senior Planning Officer

About the Department

The Water and Wastewater Department works within the Infrastructure Directorate and reports directly to the Director Infrastructure with the directive to deliver on the water and wastewater obligations of Council, whilst providing a high level of customer service to the community.

Council's Water Team delivers the essential services of water and wastewater (sewerage) to the Southern Downs community.  Water services starts at the source including the treatment and pumping of water, maintaining the network and providing water metering services.

Wastewater services start with the property connection and includes maintaining the sewer network, managing pump stations and delivering wastewater treatment services at facilities across the region.

Your Opportunity

In this pivotal role, you will develop and maintain water and wastewater modelling and scenarios, proactive maintenance programs & water & wastewater strategies for each town. You will work collaboratively with statutory authorities, government departments, and industry bodies to develop strategies to facilitate compliance and promote best practice. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in water & wastewater strategic and asset planning, lifecycle management and development of strategies, processes and procedures, alongside strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills.

Term:Full-time

Hours of Work: hours per fortnight

Pay Level:$3,324.54 to $3,455.97 per fortnight (Level 5), plus superannuation and annual leave loading

In accordance with Council's Enterprise Agreement and the relevant Award. Pay rate dependant on relevant skills and experience.

Employment Base: Warwick, Queensland

What You Will Do

For full details of this position, please ensure you download the Position Description below.

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The complete Key Responsibilities of this role can be found in the Position Description.These include (but are not limited to):

• In collaboration with the Manager Water and Capital Delivery Principal Engineer, develop long term infrastructure plans for water and wastewater treatment, distribution, transfer, collection, and disposal.
• Develop, update and maintain proactive maintenance programs for all water and wastewater assets such as dams, treatment plants, pump stations, reservoirs and distribution systems.
• Provide specialist and consultative advice on complex water and wastewater matters.
• Liaise with other government departments, statutory authorities, industry bodies and other organisations to facilitate compliance and promote best practice.

What We Offer

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At Southern Downs Regional Council, we know that that our people are our strength. With this front of mind, we provide a wide range of benefits and a holistic approach to supporting our employees, including:

• Competitive wages, conditions and allowances
• Improved work-life balance opportunities, such as a 9-day work fortnight and consideration of other flexible work options
• Generous leave provisions and annual leave loading
• Access to a wide range of health and wellness initiatives, including comprehensive, professional and free Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families (24/7 access)
• Opportunities for on and off the job personal and professional development

What You Will Need

To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to demonstrate your competence in relation to all of the Selection Criteria as detailed in the Position Description. This includes (but is not limited to):

• Demonstrated experience in water and wastewater strategic and asset planning, lifecycle management and development of strategies, processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience in project and program development, justification, prioritisation, monitoring and reporting to ensure expected outcomes, deliverables and standards are met.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and development of long term capital, renewals and maintenance plans and programs.
• Proven ability to lead, develop and mentor staff and to establish and monitor team outcomes in order to achieve work objectives, and to effectively manage consultants and contractors.
• Well developed organisation and time management skills, with the proven ability to set project priorities, plan and organise own work and that of subordinate employees.

Further Information

For further information about this role and working for Southern Downs Regional Council, please refer to the documents below:

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• Position Description
• Join Southern Downs Regional Council (detailed employment information, including employee benefits)
• Our Values
• Living on the Southern Downs

If you have any additional enquiries in relation to this position, please contact Paul Quinlan, Capital Delivery Principal Engineeron

Apply Now

At SDRC, we believe that diversity enriches our workplace, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes. We welcome applications from qualified people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities, who have applicable working rights in Australia.

To apply for this opportunity, you will be asked to complete an online application form and provide:

• A written response (maximum 2 pages, dot points acceptable) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities would enable you to achieve the Key Responsibilities and meet all of the Selection Criteria of this role (as outlined in the Position Description); and
• Your current CV or Resume.

When you are ready to begin your application, please click on the "Apply" button below to be taken to our online application portal. Please ensure you provide all of the information requested and that your application is lodged by the closing date (as shown above). Should you have any difficulty lodging your application online, please contact our People & Culture team on ph for assistance.

We look forward to receiving your application.