Water Resources Specialist

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced **Water Resources Specialist**(Full-Time, 12-Month Term)** 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**:

- Ensure models are fit for purpose, leading the design, build, calibration, and maintenance of a broad range of hydrological, supply network, water quality, land-use, and/or hydraulic modelling systems, to provide technical advice informing strategic and major project planning, risk management & strategy development for internal and external clients (including Sydney Water and NSW DCCEEW)
- Continually investigate, promote, and drive opportunities for improvement, working collaboratively with wider industry, research partners, and internal stakeholders, being abreast of industry developments
- Provide technical advice, review technical reports, and project deliverables, to ensure hydrologic factors, supply network capability, climate change, hydraulic and/or water quality risk are well understood, and advice is of a high standard of quality and clearly communicated
- Support the development of modelling solutions that are aligned with and facilitate the delivery of digital and business strategies, working closely with our internal stakeholders, industry and research partners and internal stakeholders to identify optimum technology solutions
- Provide technical leadership to deliver water resources modelling projects meeting corporate goals and strategic priorities

**What we are looking for**:

- Bachelor's degree or higher in relevant field of science, engineering, or related disciplines (e.g. mathematics, statistics, data science)
- Extensive knowledge & experience in the use of large data sets for modelling, analytics, and advice, with an understanding of collection, storage, and curation of hydrological, hydrometric and water quality data.
- Experience in provision of technical and strategic advice to internal & external stakeholders and to inform business decision-making
- **Good to Have**: Experience in coding using Python, R or equivalent and/or experience with hydrodynamic / hydraulic modelling, catchment water quality modelling

**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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