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 safe 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 **** 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
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 safe 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 **** 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 **** Guidelines for Development in Flood Affected Areas
Planning and Environment Act ****, including referral authority obligations
Victoria Planning Provisions: LSIO, SBO and Floodway Overlays
Building Act **** and Building Regulations ****, including consent for building on land liable to flooding
VCAT and Building Appeals Board processes
Transparent 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 $*****+super an hour.
Its hybrid with 2 days in their Docklands office (Tuesday/Wednesday),
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📌 Development Engineer (Melbourne)
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