Senior Project Manager - Water and Wastewater System Planning

Posted Monday 27 July 2026 at 2:00 pm | Expires Sunday 16 August 2026 at 1:59 pm Lead strategic infrastructure planning programs that shape Sydney's future water and wastewater services Lead high-value planning programs supporting Sydney Water's infrastructure development program Based from our Parramatta office with hybrid working available Leadership opportunity within System Planning & Land Acquisition (SPLA) Are you an experienced project management leader with a proven track record delivering complex planning projects? This is an exciting opportunity to join Sydney Water as a Senior Project Manager, leading strategic planning programs that help deliver essential water and wastewater services for Greater Sydney. About the role As a Senior Project Manager, you'll lead a portfolio of critical planning programs and projects that enable Sydney Water's capital investment program. Working with a diverse range of stakeholders, you'll be responsible for driving projects from initiation through to completion, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality, safety and governance. You'll also play a key leadership role within the System Planning & Land Acquisition team, coaching and developing project management capability while fostering a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, innovation, and customer outcomes. Key Responsibilities Lead the delivery of complex planning programs and projects, ensuring achievement of scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk objectives. Develop Needs Phase business cases, project management plans, and governance artefacts to support project approvals and delivery. Build strong stakeholder relationships across Sydney Water, government agencies, consultants, contractors, and community groups. Drive stakeholder engagement and communication strategies to support successful project outcomes. Lead, coach, and mentor Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers, uplifting project management capability across the team. Ensure compliance with governance, procurement, contract management, and project management frameworks. Contribute to strategic planning activities that balance customer outcomes, operational performance, risk, and investment priorities. About You You are a highly capable planning project management professional who enjoys leading complex programs, developing people, and collaborating across large organisations to achieve outcomes. In addition to further qualifications in Planning, Project Management or a related discipline, you will also have Approximately 10+ years' experience delivering complex infrastructure planning projects. Experience within the water, wastewater, utilities, infrastructure, or government sectors. Understanding of infrastructure planning, strategic asset management and major capital delivery environments. Demonstrated leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams. Advanced project management expertise across scheduling, risk management, cost management, stakeholder management, and governance. Strong business case development, reporting, and commercial acumen. Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills. Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes in complex stakeholder environments. Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with a focus on practical, outcome-driven solutions. Does this sound like you? Apply now ensuring your Cover Letter highlights how your skills and experience meet the criteria above. Applications close Sunday 16th August at 11.59 AEST We support you throughout the application process and can provide adjustments where required. For more information, please contact Marc Evans, Talent Acquisition Partner at [email protected] Please refer to the job profile for full role accountabilities. Why join us At Sydney Water, your work will make a real difference in people's lives and help shape the future of Greater Sydney. With diverse and meaningful projects, you'll have opportunities to grow your career while contributing to essential services that support millions of customers every day. We actively celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and individuality, creating an environment where everyone can thrive and do their best work. Dive into Our Great Benefits: Competitive Remuneration: We'll ensure your skills and contributions are recognised and rewarded. Hybrid Work Environment : A flexible balance of office collaboration and remote working. Continuous Professional Growth: Access to leadership and development programs to support your career. 24/7 Wellbeing Support: Free and confidential wellbeing services for you and your family through our Employee Assistance Program. Discounted Private Health Insurance: Access affordable health cover options. Family First : Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave and childcare support benefits. Fitness Passport: Access to a wide network of gyms and aquatic centres across NSW. Novated Leasing : Flexible vehicle financing options to support your lifestyle. As part of the application process, Sydney Water will be collecting your personal information to assess your suitability for the role. Your personal information may also be used to establish a Dayforce talent profile. Your personal information will be collected in accordance with Dayforce’s Terms and Privacy Policy and Sydney Water’s Privacy Collection Statement – recruitment. Please note as part of the application process, you will be asked to undergo background checks which include a criminal history check. At Sydney Water, we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities. We have a proud heritage and progressive future providing world class drinking water and services that are vital to our customers’ quality of life and safeguarding Sydney’s future. We see the world is changing, so we are changing too. Our vision is to create better lives through world-class services, and we believe that starts with our people. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. Our diverse skills, mindsets and backgrounds work together on exciting and challenging projects that make a difference and help ensure Sydney remains one of the most iconic and liveable cities in the world. We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and veterans.