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SalaryAt Melbourne Water we love water and love life. What we do makes a vital contribution to Melbourne’s famous lifestyle. We achieve this by supplying high quality drinking water, providing outstanding sewerage services, integrating drainage systems, building resilience to flooding and by enhancing our waterway and land for greater community use.
At Melbourne Water we are in the ‘Decade that Matters’ and we’ve got some ambitious goals to achieve. It’s a pride we share in helping to make greater Melbourne a fantastic place to live.
The Role
Reporting to either Paul Rees, Manager Westernport and Peninsula, or Ben English, Manager Werribee, these roles will support the initiation of minor capital projects to deliver on waterway revegetation targets under the Healthy Waterways Strategy. This will be achieved through:
- Coordination with Waterways and Land Officers to support the delivery of on ground capital projects that maintain and improve waterways, land and drainage assets
- Undertaking spatial mapping and capture of project objectives
- Capturing capital project requirements across all of Melbourne Water’s systems
- Working with multiple internal and external stakeholders to coordinate the initiation of projects
- Experience in waterway, drainage and land asset management, natural resource management, waterway planning and rehabilitation practices
- Knowledge of statutory planning processes would be beneficial
- Strong systems knowledge and experience essential, ideally in Project Online, Maximo and/or ESRI (GIS)
- Demonstrated ability to work and contribute in a team environment to improve processes, respond to various demands and manage multiple activities simultaneously
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
We take enormous pride in cultivating a culture that holistically benefits our team and the wider Melbourne community. The pillars of our culture are based on Flexibility, Impact, Growth & Development, and People.
- We are committed to flexible working in a variety of manners including hybrid work, varied start/finish times, purchased leave, part time work, and 9 day fortnights. We understand that Melbourne Water and our customers are benefitted by enabling balance in work and life.
- Make an impact as part of a passionate team doing meaningful work to enhance life and livability in Melbourne.
- We relish learning and challenging the status quo for continuous growth. Perpetual and varied opportunities for learning and development are offered in a variety of manners - from formal development programs, digital learning content and lunch & learns; to visiting our sites and getting to see our initiatives and projects first hand.
- People are the foundation for all that we do. Our people are warm, welcoming, and inclusive.
- We welcome applications from everyone, including people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Melbourne Water welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Date published:
09-Jan-2024
Closing date:
21-Jan-2024
