Purpose of role:

• Project managing creek naturalisation and waterway improvement projects to improve waterway health and enhance the liveability for the community.

Qualifications & Experience:

Essental:

• Degree in Environmental Science, Natural Resources, Environmental Engineering
• Demonstrated experience in managing creek naturalisation and waterway improvement projects including scoping and undertaking background studies and feasibility assessments.
• Demonstrated in-depth experience and knowledge of catchment and stormwater management practices.
• Demonstrated experience in full lifecycle project management including managing contractors to meet timeframes and within budget.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and administering financial budgets.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively work with internal and external stakeholders to achieve good environmental, social and economic outcomes
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office.
• Current Class “C” driver’s licence.

Desirable:

• Four years’ experience in a similar work environment.
• Demonstrated experience in the application of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) projects including stormwater harvesting and reuse.
• Demonstrated experience in applying for and administering environmental grants.
• Experience in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) including ESRI Arc GIS and QGIS or similar.
• Experience in the use of CM9 and Technology One.

Duties:

• Scope and manage creek naturalisation and waterway improvement projects.
• Manage financial budgets and work with other Council sections undertaking Environmental stormwater management program activities to ensure operational and budget targets are successfully met.
• Work with our First Nations community to ensure Caring for Country principles are embedded in our strategies, plans and actions for catchment and waterway management.
• Deliver a wide variety of projects from on-ground works to feasibility studies, including identifying and scoping projects and preparing business cases for project delivery.
• Write consultant briefs and supervise consultants engaged on providing professional investigation, consultancy services and on-ground works.
• Manage contractors to ensure projects are implemented on time, on budget and to a high quality.
• Provide professional technical advice relating to integrated water management, stormwater, and catchment management planning and creek rehabilitation to internal stakeholders.
• Maintain adequate records on appropriate files of all projects having due regard to Asset Design’s Quality Assurance Management System.

This is a 5 month contract starting at the end of March 2025.
Hours are 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
Weekly paid on the receipt of an authorised electronic timesheet.

If you have the essential qualifications and can demonstrate experience in application of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) projects , please apply now with a Word formatted resume.

Any questions call Michael Knight on 0432 795163.