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 the 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 organization 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. (please see important information below*)

For more information, please review the attached position description: Specialist Service Planner.pdf

Why Join Us

At Melbourne Water, we care deeply about water and the life it sustains. 

Our team is inspired by passion and purpose, with an unwavering commitment to safety. We are on a mission to protect every Melburnian’s way of life, one drop at a time.   

We don’t just talk about flexible working - we live it. Our culture of purpose, safety, results, and learning flows through everything we do. We're dedicated to doing what's right, and this commitment extends to the meaningful work we do in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.  

Our long-standing commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging means that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ individuals, people living with disability, mature age and young jobseekers from all cultures can apply with confidence knowing they are safe, affirmed, and celebrated.  

If you’re curious, action-orientated, outcomes-focused, and passionate about public resources, community, and the environment, we'd love to receive your application and learn if you could be a great fit. 

How To Apply

Click the 'Apply Now' button below and complete our online application form.

Closing date: Monday 9th Feb 2026 at 11:55pm AEST

The Security of Critical Infrastructure (SoCI) Act 2018 requires Melbourne Water, as an operator of critical infrastructure, to prepare a Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program (CIRMP), which has been undertaken and managed by the Security and Emergency Management Team.

Melbourne Water are required to assess roles across Melbourne Water to determine what roles are critical under the Act. All employees working in a role deemed SOCI critical will require additional background checks via AusCheck.  This role is deemed critical, and the preferred applicant will be asked to undertake an AusCheck.

The AusCheck process is outlined clearly in this presentation provided by AusCheck CI Critical Worker: Getting Started Guide | Rise 360 (articulate.com). This guide steps through each of the below steps in detail.