Blacktown City Council

Senior Floodplain Management Officer

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 435,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community, and more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $22.6 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 30,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

About the opportunity

We are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Senior Floodplain Management Officer to be part of the Asset Design team on a permanent, full-time basis to provide stewardship for Council’s floodplains. 

You will be required to work with specialist consultants to prepare flood studies and floodplain risk management studies and provide professional and technical advice on matters relating to floodplains, stormwater infrastructure and overland flow paths to our internal and external customers. Additionally, the position will be responsible for managing and organising flooding information. 

If this role interests you, we would love to hear from you! 

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Degree in Engineering (Civil or Environmental), or a related field
• Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing or reviewing flood studies, floodplain risk management studies and plans within budget, time and quality standards
• Demonstrated experience in project management
• Excellent written communication skills including the ability to prepare correspondence, reports and submissions describing flooding information in plain English
• Demonstrate experience in managing and working with multiple internal and external stakeholders and managing multiple projects with conflicting priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience in the use of GIS, hydraulic and hydrological applications such as QGIS, WaterRIDE, TUFLOW, WBNM and DRAINS
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service
• Current class C drivers licence.

Desirable:

• Chartered Engineer membership of Engineers Australia or ability to obtain
• Experience in Local Government.

Remuneration and benefits

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.

• Entry level for this position starts at $2,092.02 per week
• 35-hour working week 
• Opportunity to participate in Council's flextime arrangement
• Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 11.5% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Position description 

Click here to view or download the position description.

  Apply now using our fast and easy-to-use online application process:

1. Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach. 
2. Have a personal email address ready to use and complete your application without 'logging out' of the system.
3. Review the questions and decide on your responses before commencing your application.

   Best of luck.

Closing date:           Friday 28 March 2025, 11.59 pm    

Contact officer:       Naomi Harris on 9839 6315 or naomi.harris@blacktown.nsw.gov.au 

Internal ref:              BCC2018