About Seqwater
Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.
As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.
As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.
Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.
If you want to be part of an organisation that’s shaping the future of water management, now is the time to join Seqwater.
We will be working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure projects in the industry, helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.
About Your Opportunity
As the Senior Land Use Planner, you will deliver effective and efficient delivery of planning outputs through development assessment and contributing to State and local planning instrument review and implementation, the integration of land use planning within built asset planning and management, and the provision of technical input internally and professional best practice catchment advice externally to stakeholders on the future use of Seqwater’s property portfolio and adjoining catchment lands, including advice on strategic land use planning and recreation.
Key responsibilities:
- Assess and respond to development applications affecting Seqwater’s four (4) State Interests and other business operations, in line with statutory planning and internal requirements.
- Provide specialist advice on planning regulations and undertake reviews and implementation of State and Local planning instruments.
- Collaborate with internal teams and proactively engage with South East Queensland Councils to ensure effective and well-informed outcomes.
- Prepare internal written reports and briefings, and formal correspondence to external parties, advancing Seqwater’s interests in land use planning and related matters.
- Maintain accurate development application records and contribute to process improvements around development assessment workloads.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Tertiary qualifications in town planning or urban and regional planning.
- Minimum of 7 years recent, continuous experience in planning development assessment for a Queensland Local Council and/or State Government agency.
- An unrestricted C Class Driver’s licence.
- Ability to drive and negotiate favourable planning outcomes with external stakeholders.
- Significant knowledge and experience in development application assessment and strategic planning, including negotiation, judgement, and problem-solving based on planning principles.
- Demonstrated expert knowledge of the Queensland Planning Framework, particularly processes for development assessment and approvals under the Planning Act 2016 and Planning Regulation 2017.
- Ability to commence with immediate productivity in a high workload development assessment setting, under minimal supervision.
- Experience in or willingness to learn assessment of plumbing applications for domestic (decentralised) on-site wastewater management facilities and the design requirements of AS/NZS1547:2012 – On-site Domestic Wastewater Management.
- Ability to proactively identify and address challenges and carry out tasks with accuracy and precision.
The position is a full-time, fixed-term contract for two years, with a salary ranging from $122,730.25 - $133,528.77 per annum plus 12.75% superannuation.
To apply
Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.
Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Sunday 18th January 2026
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com
Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.
