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Catchment Field Officer - Biosecurity (Nepean Depot)

Location: Nepean Depot

Posting Date: 20 Oct 2026

Job Requisition ID: 782

Employment Type: Full Time

Employment Term: Permanent

Posting End Date: 3 November 2026

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Catchment Field Officer - Biosecurity (Full-Time, Permanent)to join our Land Operations team.

Reporting to the Catchment Program Team Leader - Biosecurity, this is a hands-on field-based role where you'll play an important part in protecting some of NSW's most critical water catchments. As a Catchment Field Officer - Biosecurity, you'll deliver a range of land, recreation and biosecurity management activities that help protect water quality, safeguard catchment values and ensure safety remains at the forefront of everything we do. Working as part of a collaborative team, you'll be responsible for implementing and monitoring field-based programs, undertaking maintenance and land management activities, and ensuring accurate reporting and documentation to support operational outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working outdoors, values environmental stewardship, and wants to make a tangible impact on the protection and sustainability of NSW's water catchments. This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state. This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career.

Our Perks and Benefits

At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines,



that’s why we offer a load of benefits:

- Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise Agreement
- Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Fertility leave
- Career development and educational assistance
- Salary starting from $91,901 base + 12% super
- And so much more

Position Purpose

Implement a range of land and recreation management activities to protect water quality, catchment values and to put safety first.

What you'll do

- Implement and report on assigned land management/maintenance activities including bush fire management activities and/or biosecurity activities.
- Communicate operational issues, hazards, non-conformances, WHS and environmental matters to ensure operational and maintenance programs are compliant and implemented effectively.
- Ensure accurate documentation and reporting is available and maintained at all times.
- Participate as a team member in the implementation of regulations and compliance within the legislation available to WaterNSW for catchment and water quality protection, land management and asset.
- Participate in incidents such as bushfires in accordance with the Corporate Incident Management Framework and skill levels.

What we are looking for

- Biosecurity experience and current NSW Drivers License




- Experience implementing land management programs including pest animal and weed control programs
- Experience in the implementation of WHS Systems including site inductions, WHS risk assessments and the ability to implement safety and emergency plans and procedures
- Knowledge of vertebrate pests and weed species including techniques and equipment to undertake weed control or willingness to undertake
- Knowledge of facilities and grounds maintenance in a public recreational setting, andlandscape level bushfire mitigation and suppression operations
- Experience in documenting and recording work completion
- Desirable:Machine experience desirable Positrack/Loader/excavator favourable or willingness to undertake training

Who we are

WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.

We’re the people taking care of the state’s water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering.

How we will support you

At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals. When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women.Visit our WORK

📌 Catchment Field Officer (New South Wales)
🏢 State Water
📍 New South Wales