You will be working for a water authority responsible for waterways, drainage and floodplain management across Greater Melbourne. Its Statutory Flood Development Assessments team provides the flood and drainage engineering expertise behind development applications referred to the authority.
You’ll join the team on contract, reporting to the Area Manager. You’ll contribute to planning, subdivision and building assessments that keep development secure and flood resilient. This is a technical development flood engineering role that needs both statutory urban planning knowledge and development engineering for water.

What you’ll be doing

- Analysing and interpreting hydrologic and hydraulic models to check proposals meet flood resilience and drainage standards
- Reviewing developers’ models to make sure they are built correctly, with sound inputs and assumptions, and are fit for purpose
- Assessing proposals against the DELWP 2019 Guidelines for Development in Flood Affected Areas and the authority’s own policy
- Producing detailed technical memos and making decisions and recommendations under delegation, escalating complex matters as needed
- Supporting cases at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) and the Building Appeals Board (BAB) from a technical perspective
- Keeping accurate records and managing your workload to meet KPIs and statutory timeframes




- Working with councils, state agencies, developers and consultants, and helping resolve complaints

About you

You’ll ideally come from a council, catchment management authority, water authority or engineering consultancy, with hands-on experience in flood or drainage assessment for development. You’ll also bring:

- A degree in Civil or Water Resources Engineering
- Hands-on experience with HEC-RAS or TUFLOW, and the ability to critically review someone else’s model
- Sound knowledge of the framework for flood-affected development in Victoria:
- DELWP 2019 Guidelines for Development in Flood Affected Areas
- Planning and Environment Act 1987, including referral authority obligations
- Victoria Planning Provisions: LSIO, SBO and Floodway Overlays
- Building Act 1993 and Building Regulations 2018, including consent for building on land liable to flooding
- VCAT and Building Appeals Board processes

- Clear technical writing and confidence making decisions under delegation
- Victorian work rights and availability to start at short notice

The role will run for 5-6 months and pay between $68-73+super an hour. Its hybrid with 2 days in their Docklands office (Tuesday/Wednesday),

To apply email *************@Plannedresourcs.com.au or call 0407 111 *** for more information.

📌 Development Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Planned Resources
📍 Melbourne