Senior Drainage Engineer

Senior Drainage Engineer

Reference number: 10815

Closing date: 11:00pm, Thursday 9 October 2025

• Full-time permanent position.
• Salary commencing at $108,846.53 per annum, plus 12% superannuation, commensurate with skills and experience.
• Band 7.

The Opportunity

Moonee Valley City Council is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Drainage Engineer to join our Engineering and Capital Works Delivery Department. In this pivotal role, you will guide the strategic and reactive drainage management functions of Council, ensuring that the network is fit for purpose and mitigates the adverse impacts climate change. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the future of our municipality, working with consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders to shape safe, sustainable, and community-focused stormwater-related outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the drainage engineering team, as part of the Civil Capital Works unit, by providing technical (drainage and flood management) advice.
• Produce project briefs, concept designs, and specifications for capital works projects and prepare estimates and schedules as required, to ensure conformity with Council standards and industry guidelines. 
• Prepare relevant reports, correspondence, preliminary plans, cost estimates and apportionment of costs for each property involved in a special charge scheme. 
• Undertake site inspections/investigations including drainage catchment studies in response to issues concerning storm water drainage, flooding or future development and prepare reports with recommended actions/effective solution(s) including cost estimates, as applicable. 
• Investigate, assess and report on the capacity and demands of existing and new Council owned infrastructure assets including the impacts of new developments and/or stormwater modelling.

Skills & Experience

To succeed in this role, you will be a Registered Professional Engineer with relevant tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering and bring extensive experience in civil engineering design, investigations, and construction, ideally within a local government context. You will have demonstrated capability in providing expert advice to consultants and coordinating infrastructure projects from planning through to design. Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills, excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to meet project deadlines are essential. You will also possess sound knowledge of relevant legislation, standards, and guidelines, as well as proficiency with software such as MS Office, AutoCAD, and GIS tools. A current Victorian drivers licence is required.

Next Steps

Applications must be submitted through our online system and should be in line with the Moonee Valley City Council Application Guide. Applications that do not meet these requirements may not be considered.

For further information, please view the Position Description and or contact David Santhakumaran, Senior Coordinator Civil Capital Works (03) 9243 8798 to seek further insights to the role.

Moonee Valley is a great place to live, work and visit. We are a local government within the north-west metropolitan area of Melbourne, providing a range of services to some 130,000 residents and over 10,000 businesses. 

Our 1,200 employees bring their differing backgrounds, experiences and unique perspectives to our collaborative environment, and are supported to share ideas, initiatives and talent, making a positive impact on our community for now and in the future.

Some of the great benefits of working at Moonee Valley City Council are flexible working conditions, learning and development opportunities, supportive leadership and various staff benefits.

Our Council offices are located in the heart of our vibrant, diverse community with great food, cafes and green spaces nearby. We have excellent public transport at our doorstep as well as cycling access for our employees.

At Moonee Valley City Council, we pride ourselves on having job opportunities which make a real difference in the community and having a workplace which values everyone’s unique skills and attributes.

Our Culture of Inclusion

If you are interested in the role but feel you may not meet the full range of selection criteria, we encourage you to contact us to discuss your experience and application for this position.

We don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our services and our community. With a focus on inclusion, accessibility and flexibility, we'll support you at every stage of your career. We recognise the importance of balance and embrace work agility, understanding that this means different things to each and every one of our employees.

Moonee Valley City Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Child Safe employer and we value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support or access requirement, we encourage you to let us know through your application or email H2@mvcc.vic.gov.au or call 9243 1122.