AddressThere's No Us Without U. Care with Us, for Today and Tomorrow
There's no life without water, and at Urban Utilities, we live and breathe that knowledge every single day. As leaders, we inspire and empower our passionate team to drive meaningful change. Join us in shaping the future of Urban Utilities, making a lasting impact, and leading our teams towards a better tomorrow.
Your Opportunity
We have a wonderful new opportunity for a Land Use Planning Specialist to join our Integrated Solutions Group.
Working in the City & Regional Futures team, you will be responsible for providing planning and policy advice that aligns Urban Utilities' Strategic Plans for water and sewerage services and helps to achieve the liveability outcome of our communities. You will play an integral role in helping identify opportunities and strategies to help shape our cities and towns including using the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics as an enabling opportunity.
You will also support thinking and strategy development around housing affordability and availability within our service territory. Urban Utilities has a key role to play in this societal challenge, being champions for change and identifying opportunities for greater land access for our customers and communities.
Key Accountabilities:
- Manage the delivery of elements of the Land Use Planning Futures strategy that informs an aligned and approved approach regarding how Urban Utilities will shape and influence the Urban Planning Life Cycle to support our service strategies.
- Contributing to the strategic development and use of the Water Netserv Plan as a key framework underpinning interaction with the development sector and Local Governments. You will upgrade Netserv to drive infrastructure investment from the development sector.
- Leads the development of the partnership strategy across all aspects of urban planning with Shareholding Councils and provide leadership associated to water services, regional growth planning, water cycle and environment management.
- Develop and implement a collaborative stakeholder engagement strategy and plans to ensure relevant stakeholders and key agencies at a local and state government level including those responsible for the Olympic precincts.
About You:
We are seeking candidates who are passionate about shaping our future, and ideally have the following qualifications, skills and experiences:
- Tertiary education in Economics, Policy, Law, Town Planning, Commerce or Business or equivalent relevant experience.
- Knowledge and understanding of integrated socio-economic, infrastructure and Land Use Planning concepts and processes related to the Water NetServ Plan or local government infrastructure plans and planning schemes.
- Understanding and demonstrated experience in Queensland legislation for planning and Land Use matters.
- You are a big picture thinker and natural collaborator, and enjoy meaningfully engaging with internal and external stakeholder groups to collaborate and align on key servicing strategies and objectives.
At UU, we celebrate diversity. We genuinely believe that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expressions is key and crucial to our success as a business. You might find you meet some, but not all, of the job requirements for this role. We'd still encourage you to apply as we we're looking for the right human being for this role - it's about so much more than ticking all the boxes!
Why Urban Utilities?
At Urban Utilities, the work we do is about so much more than the bottom line. We're a leading provider of world-class drinking water and wastewater services to the vibrant communities of Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Somerset, and Scenic Rim. As we continue to grow, we're committed to planning ahead and shaping a sustainable future around water for generations to come.
At the core of our work lies genuine care: for our team, our customers, communities, and the environment. From the flush of a toilet to major infrastructure projects and residential developments, we're dedicated to being there every step of the way.
Our HQ is in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, but you'll find us all over SEQ - working in cool places like the SAS Laboratory in Darra, field-based depots in Eagle Farm, Acacia Ridge, Bundamba, and wastewater treatment plants dotted across the region.
We know the chance to thrive, and progress comes hand in hand with the support to balance work with life. So, you'll access an increasingly diverse range of benefits and initiatives that'll help you bring the best you. Speaking of which, here's just a sample of the benefits we offer our team:
- Generous Salary Packaging options, including novated leases
- Corporate discounts across Health insurance, technology and more
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave, 15 days personal leave including two proactive wellbeing days, and an additional day of leave each year to connect with friends and family
- Flexibility at UU depends on the type of work you do but could include options such as, 9-day fortnights and flexible days. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you!
- Urban Utilities is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and policies directly at WORK180
Visit our website to learn more about us at www.urbanutilities.com.au
How to apply
Click on the 'Apply" link below to complete your application.
Please note: applicants will be required to undergo a Pre-employment medical & National Police History Check and other background checks as part of the recruitment process for this role.
This is a fixed term contract until March 2025.
For further information please contact our Talent team at careers@urbanutilities.com.au
