Flood & Drainage Engineer
Job No:
BYR1008
Location:
Mullumbimby, NSW
About the role
Join our team and play a critical role in shaping the resilience of our community. As a Flood & Drainage Engineer, you will deliver high-level engineering expertise across the design, construction, operation and maintenance of drainage infrastructure.
You’ll play a key support role in floodplain management initiatives—helping to protect our region from flood risk through data-driven planning, infrastructure delivery and community engagement. This is an opportunity to work on meaningful projects that directly contribute to public safety, environmental sustainability and long-term infrastructure planning.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide expert technical advice on drainage design, capacity, construction and maintenance.
- Plan and deliver urban and rural drainage maintenance and capital renewal programs, including preparing business cases and budgets.
- Develop and implement flood studies, floodplain management plans and strategies in line with NSW Floodplain Development Manual.
- Coordinate the operation and maintenance of the Flood Warning Network and Disaster Dashboard.
- Analyse flood behaviour, climate impacts and catchment risks to inform future planning.
- Support drainage and flood-related infrastructure projects from concept through to completion.
- Prepare specifications, tenders and contract documentation, and evaluate submissions.
- Liaise with internal teams, government agencies, contractors, and the community on drainage and flood matters.
- Support emergency management activities before, during and after flood events.
- Promote community awareness and education around flood risk and mitigation.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, safety standards and environmental requirements.
- Respond to customer enquiries, investigate issues and provide practical engineering solutions.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- A degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering and eligibility for membership with Engineers Australia.
- Minimum three years’ experience in a similar Flood and Drainage Engineering role, with demonstrated knowledge and expertise across both flood management and drainage engineering disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience in hydraulics, hydrology, drainage infrastructure design and floodplain management.
- Strong experience in project planning, budgeting, cost control and delivery of engineering projects.
- Sound knowledge of flood hazards, mitigation strategies and relevant legislation (including Local Government and WHS requirements).
- Experience working within, or alongside, local government or similar regulatory environments (desirable).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to provide practical, evidence-based solutions.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders, community groups and technical teams.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver outcomes within deadlines.
- Customer-focused mindset and a commitment to high-quality service delivery.
- Competence in relevant engineering and modelling software (desirable).
- Current Class C Driver Licence and Construction Induction Card.
View the Position Description here: Download the Flood & Drainage Engineer Position Description
We offer:
- A permanent, full-time position (35 hours per week)
- Salary and Conditions will be in accordance with the NSW Local Government (State) Award with appointment at Band 11, in the range of $104,564 to $121,153 (dependent upon skills and experience)
- 3.5% Civil Liability Allowance (CLA), where eligible
- 12% Superannuation
Byron Shire Council has a high performance, collaborative culture. We are a growth-oriented organisation and value individuals who are driven to succeed and exceed expectations. We like to focus on understanding how a potential candidates talents and strengths align with the role they are interested in. Working in Local Government and for Byron Shire Council provides opportunities to grow in the direction that you aspire.
Other benefits include:
- Career development and training opportunities
- Attractive salary packaging scheme
- Employee Assistance Program (4 sessions per year)
- Fitness Passport
- Health and Wellbeing days
- Flexible work hours
- Private Car Lease for the position
We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of our community. We recognise the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply for our vacancies.
We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to explore new ways of working – including part-time, job-share or working from different locations. Everyone can ask about it.
We strongly encourage applications from people with disability and will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment process and in the workplace. If you need an adjustment during the recruitment process, please call or email the contact person listed above, and also advise us of your preferred method of communication.
Location: This position is based at Mullumbimby; however, Council can require you to work from other work sites as required for operational reasons.
Contact: Kevin Craft, Acting Strategic Engineering Coordinator - (02) 6626 7372.
Closing date: 10am (NSW time), 18 June 2026. Late applications will not be permitted.
Pre-Employment Screening Process:
- Reference Checks: Referees will preferably be your current or most recent supervisor and must be able to comment directly on your abilities in a work situation. If you have any objection to this action, your concerns should be raised in your application and be discussed with the Selection Panel.
- Functional Health Assessment: If applicable, the functional health assessment evaluates your physical and functional capacity against the physical demands necessary to safely perform the job for which you have applied. Applicable roles are subject to drug and alcohol testing, please note these tests will potentially require the provision of a urine sample, and a positive test will preclude a candidate from employment with Council at that time.
- Background Screening: Background checks verify the information you have provided in your application, and where applicable, also check for relevant criminal history. Checks may also include, for example, a confirmation of your employment history, qualifications/tickets and working with children clearance.
HOW TO APPLY:
Scout Talent has released an improvement to the candidate application experience through the 'Save Application' Feature. As a candidate you can start an application and progressively update the application until they are ready to submit.
You can start an application on the go, from anywhere and return to finish your application via the automatic follow up email when you have time and the required information at hand.
You must use your own email address and not one used previously by another person that has applied for a position with Council.
Being mindful of diversity and inclusion we have provided 2 options to apply for the position.
Option 1 - Written Application
You may wish to prepare your responses in a Word document and then COPY and PASTE into the fields below.
Step 1: Fill out our online application form below. Once you have completed all the questions, click 'Next'
Step 2: Attach your resume/CV and a cover letter (optional). Once you have attached your document/s click 'Next'.
Step 3: Please review your application and confirm everything is correct. Click 'Confirm' to send your completed application.
You will receive an email to confirm your application has been received.
Option 2 - Audio File Application
Step 1: Scroll down and review the Questions that you are required to answer.
Step 2: Record an audio file of your responses and save the file (the file must be in an MP3 format and less than 50MB). Please note that all questions with a drop box or a check box as well as the reference checks details can not be answered via audio file and must be completed below.
Step 3: Fill out the Personal Details section and the questions that can not be completed by audio file on the application form below. For all of the Questions where you are responding via audio file, type the response “audio file”. Once you have completed all the questions, click 'Next'
Step 4: Attach your resume/CV, a cover letter (optional) and your audio file. Once you have attached your documents click 'Next'.
Step 5: Please review your application and confirm everything is correct. Click 'Confirm' to send your completed application.
You will receive an email to confirm your application has been received.
