Integrated Water Cycle Engineer - Water Sensitive City Job No:CN4252 Location:Newcastle Employment Status:Full Time No. of Vacancies:1 Closing Date: 21 Apr 2025 AEST Are you passionate about making impactful changes and excited at the opportunity to deliver a world class water sensitive city?
A permanent opportunity has become available for an Integrated Water Cycle Engineer to develop and facilitate the delivery of CN's Water-Sensitive City (WSC) Action Plan as a key deliverable of the Newcastle Environment Strategy (NES) and CN's 10-year road map for a sustainable Newcastle.
As a member of our team, you won't just work for the city; you'll co-create it. Here, your ideas and efforts directly shape the places where you and your community live, work, and play.
You will apply your skills and experience to identify opportunities to drive CN to becoming a water-sensitive city through governance, community engagement, adaptive infrastructure, resource efficiency and mitigation of flood impacts, as well as enhancing open spaces and ecological health through creating public spaces that collect, clean and recycle water.
As the subject matter expert you will also provide specialist advice to internal and external stakeholders regarding the application of best practice urban water management and facilitate the integration of water-sensitive city principles into CN's policies, plans and projects.
This position is an opportunity to provide a positive impact to our city and for our community.
Find out more about your new career by viewing the position descriptionhere .
Benefits 35-hour working week with flexible/hybrid work arrangements/model as well as an optional 9-day fortnight 4 weeks of annual leave, 3 weeks of personal leave plus 2 additional paid public holidays 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment Paid parental leave for primary carers Industry leading employment conditions Corporate Fitness program from as little as $6.45 per week Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities Leading the CN Way leadership program Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups Application Closing Date: Sunday 20 April 2025
Remuneration: $120,061.83 + CLA + 11.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week
Contact: Philippa Hill - Environmental Strategy Manager - 02 4974 2615
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Minimum Requirements Do you have degree qualifications in a relevant discipline, such as civil or environmental engineering, and relevant experience in the design, construction and maintenance of water reuse and water sensitive urban design projects?
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Questions Have you previously been employed with City of Newcastle? *
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I am an Australian citizen I am a Permanent Resident I require visa sponsorship to work by City of Newcastle I hold a current work visa (please provide information of your current visa below) Do you have the right to work in Australia? *
Yes No Have you served in the Australian Defence Force? *
Yes No Are you currently engaged as a contractor (including labour hire) with City of Newcastle or have been in the last 2 years? *
Yes No Is the advertised salary package in line with your expectations? *
Yes No Provide detailed examples of how your work experience would support you to complete Water-Sensitive Cities benchmarking and use this to develop, implement and appraise a Water Sensitive Cities Action Plan for the City of Newcastle. *
Outline your experience in integrating water sensitive city outcomes into capital projects, operations and/or internal processes. In your answer please make reference to how you have applied and interpreted relevant legislation, industry standards, technical guidelines/manuals, policy and/or development controls. *
Provide examples of your success in building and maintaining cooperative relationships with multidisciplinary internal and external stakeholders in the development and integrated delivery of policies/plans/strategies. Outline the stakeholders involved, how you engaged them, and the results. *
Provide examples of how you have considered whole catchment management, including principles of water quality and catchment hydrology to provide advice on the management of stormwater quantity and quality and/or the modelling and assessment for suitability of sites for water harvesting and reuse. *
How have you demonstrated an active commitment to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in your career? *
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We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
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