Posted 17 days ago
Description
Job Number: 980265 Work type: Permanent Full Time Location: Eastern Treatment Plant Categories: Engineering, Other, Planning, Project Management
Who We Are
In Melbourne, water is essential to our way of life.
As caretakers for Melbourne’s water cycle, we care for water, life and land throughout Melbourne: both its people and its biodiversity.
Each time you drink from the tap, flush a toilet, or kayak down the Yarra we’re there. Primed and ready, quietly delivering some of the world’s cleanest water for over five million residents and wildlife that call Melbourne home, just as we have for over 130 years.
If you value making it count, diving in with curiosity, and doing what’s right, you’re in the right place.
About The Role
Reporting to Manager Service Enablement Eastern Treatment Plant, this full time, permanent role is integral to delivering best project development outcomes at the Eastern Treatment Plant.
As the Specialist Service Planner, you will be responsible for achieving business benefits from the delivery of the Service Enablement One Water program by implementing best practice systems, processes and procurement methodologies; and ensuring all allocated projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on time, to budget and meet the required business quality and functional requirements.
The role focuses on the development of large capital projects for delivery including critically thinking to ensure the project scope and development strategy drives value for Melbourne Water and our customers.
- The realisation of business benefits via the safe and effective delivery of all allocated projects within the Service Enablement One Water Program within agreed parameters of time, quality and cost
- Achieving value for money outcomes by challenging project scope, delivery methodologies and driving best practice in capital delivery systems and processes and identifying synergies across the delivery program
- Business Case documentation and Project Development from project initiation to Ready for Tender, including Functional Requirements, preparing artefacts ready for tender, permits (planning, heritage, cultural) and delivery model (D&C, or D then C)
- Accountable for Project budget, schedule, forecast and risks, and driving Generative safety culture on projects.
- Management of project risks and escalation to steering committee and sponsor as required
- Support the business in treatment plant related risk assessments, research, queries or audits
About You
- Relevant Engineering Tertiary Degree (Process / Chemical engineering)
- Proficiency in process engineering acquired through experience in planning and design of wastewater treatment processes and a sound understanding of the science underpinning wastewater treatment, including chemical, physical and biological processes.
- Competency-based project management certification with a relevant local or international professional organisation such as AIPM, IPMA, GAPPS or equivalent is desirable
- Project and change management experience
- Professional Leadership mind-set and behaviour
- Maturity and judgement necessary to contribute to complex decision making.
- High level communication, relationship management, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Obtain AusCheck Clearance.
Closing date: Wednesday 5 th August 2026 at 11:55pm AEST
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