Due to significant contract awards within our ANZ Water business, we are expanding our Water Infrastructure Team in Melbourne, VIC and are hiring a Director - Water Source Planner to deliver strategic, high-impact advice on catchment planning, water security and system resilience. This specialist role suits an autonomous consultant who thrives on complex problem-solving and collaborating with peers across our global network.
As Water Source Planner, you will:
- Lead catchment planning and water source strategy assignments that inform long-term investment and resilience decisions for clients.
- Apply hydraulic modelling and planning expertise to assess supply options, reservoir operations and system performance under varied scenarios (e.g., climate change and drought).
- Work independently with support from our global technical community to develop robust, client-ready insights and master planning deliverables.
- Focus on strategic advice and master planning, major project delivery experience is not required.
- Develop water source and catchment strategies, including options assessment, staging, and risk-based decision frameworks.
- Undertake catchment and hydraulic modelling to evaluate system behaviour, constraints and opportunities across reservoirs, headworks and transfer systems.
- Analyse scenarios (demand growth, climate variability, drought, water quality) and advise on resilience uplift, reliability, and level-of-service targets.
- Prepare clear, defensible master plans, concept strategies, and investment roadmaps for client decision-makers.
- Engage with stakeholders to align technical recommendations with policy, regulatory, environmental and community outcomes.
- Collaborate with global specialists to bring best-practice methods, benchmarks and tools to local challenges.