WaterNSW

Finding a new opportunity shouldn’t mean having to find a new organisation. At WaterNSW, we appreciate our employees not just for the skills they bring to the table, but those they aspire to. Our culture is focused on providing opportunities to learn, extend and develop, so that you can discover your potential. But don’t take our word for it – the choices WaterNSW employees make tell their own story: 💧 last financial year, almost 10% of staff participated in leadership development programs, designed to ready employees for the next step towards their career goals 💧 40% of roles advertised last financial year were filled by internal applicants ready to take up a new challenge 💧 8 years is the average length of employment at WaterNSW. We’re the people capturing, storing and delivering our state’s water, when and where it matters. Is it time for you to join us at the source? Explore current roles at waternsw.com.au/careers

Heading to #Bathurst for the Koori Knockout? 🏈 Come and say hello! Visit our friendly staff at our joint stall with Sydney Water at stall number 38, near the front entrance from today until Sunday 6 October. Have a yarn and find out more about: 💧 employment opportunities with WaterNSW 💧 First Nations programs 💧 WaterNSW and our operations or anything else you’d like to ask our team! Check out our current job opportunities at https://bit.ly/48kQkaz #AtTheSource #KooriKnockout

Meet Daniella Maffeo-Zuvela, our Legal Workplace and Governance Manager. Applying her knowledge and leading her team to provide astute legal advice, Daniella loves solving problems right across the business. By supporting WaterNSW staff to understand legal requirements and how to respond to matters, she helps to support a culture that expects the highest levels of accountability. With so many different role types at WaterNSW and staff spread geographically across the state, no two days are the same. “One of my favourite parts of the role is learning about infrastructure along the way! The assets, like our dams, are fascinating,” Daniella says. “Supporting these assets in an increasingly complex regulatory environment keeps me on my toes and challenged in new areas.” Daniella’s team is geographically diverse too, with Daniella in the Hunter Valley, her team based in Sydney and the WaterNSW staff they support based all over the state. The flexibility of location on offer at WaterNSW means geography is no barrier to taking up opportunities either. “I had the opportunity to act in a more senior role as Company Secretary, drawing on my years of experience reporting to accomplished company secretaries. The position really grew my capacity, increasing my practical experience with governance,” Daniella shared. “I’ve also completed our internal leadership development program RISE and learned so much through mentorship from some wonderful female senior leaders in the business, who have been generous with their time over my four years with the company.” When not leading her team, you might find Daniella long-distance running, with her young children enjoying the country air, or indulging in her passion for wine with the odd weekend shift at a Hunter Valley winery where she can talk all things winemaking!

Meet Lorena Oliveira, our Manager Operating Strategy. Lorena leads operational strategies that support the delivery of resilient and sustainable water services now and into the future. While nature is an unpredictable partner, Lorena and her team deliver adaptation strategies, water resources modeling and scientific research to help drive innovation, manage risks and ensure that decisions are evidence-based in our changing environment. Lorena manages a diverse team, and she describes interacting with so many talented people every day as one of her favourite parts of her role. “I consider it a privilege to lead such an incredible array of expert scientists, engineers and leaders in their field!” “Some of my recent highlights have been working on the implementation of the Regional and Greater Sydney Water Strategies and progressing the Town Water Risk Reduction Program, partnering with Local Water Utilities across NSW to improve source water management. My team and I are also focusing on developing WaterNSW’s five-year Science Program and our Water Resources Modelling Strategy – so as you can imagine there is never a dull moment!” For Lorena, playing a role in providing vital water services to communities across the state is hugely rewarding, but it’s the importance of diversity and emphasis on safety and wellbeing that sets WaterNSW apart as a workplace. Lorena described opportunities to have a positive impact on our people's experience at WaterNSW, including taking part in the Inclusion and Diversity Council, as an extremely rewarding way to learn and challenge herself. Beyond WaterNSW, Lorena is actively involved in initiatives from the wider water sector – you might know her as a mentor, a member of the International Water Association Australia committee, Pride in Water network or specialist networks as part of the Water Services Association of Australia and International Water Association. When she’s not working towards a more resilient future for NSW, you’ll find Lorena at the beach, soaking up nature, or restoring mid-century modern furniture. We love having your leadership at WaterNSW, Lorena!

We’ve had a wonderful time at the Australian Water Association's NSW State Conference this week. Attendees have heard from many different speakers on how we can together unlock the potential of the water sector to ensuring a thriving and resilient future for NSW communities. WaterNSW staff have contributed to the conversation, sharing research that includes: 💧The positive outcomes of representative modelling in the Murrumbidgee, and the particular benefit that high resolution satellite imagery can have in understanding how much water can be used while sustaining natural ecosystems. This work was presented by Gurmeet Singh MIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus) (Water Resources Specialist). 💧How we can balance water delivery for irrigation, supplying our towns and communities with water and environmental needs in the Murrumbidgee Valley, presented by Shaun Gleeson (Water Planning and Delivery Specialist). 💧 Exploring Rainfall Variability in the Greater Sydney Catchments: The Influence of El Niño presented by Neda Yousefi and Rafa Mamun (Water Planning and Delivery Officers). 💧 Going beyond the thought bubble – exploring the best option to mitigate cold water releases from large dams, presented by Andrew Richardson (Strategic Adviser System Resilience). 💧How the Menindee Lakes fit in water resource management, presented by Ashley Webb (General Manager Water Planning and Delivery). Our thanks again to the Australian Water Association for this wonderful opportunity for experts right across the sector to share their knowledge and insights and collaborate for the future. WaterNSW conference attendees pictured left to right: Rafa Mamun, Ronan Magaharan, Shaun Gleeson, Ashley Webb, Gurmeet Singh MIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus), Neda Yousefi, Andrew Richardson, Chris Braddock #ResilientNSW #ResilientFuture #AtTheSource #Vital

Science and engineering are at the heart of WaterNSW. This #ScienceWeek, we’d like to introduce you to just some of the many scientists helping to protect the state’s water. Our experts work to capture and store our most vital natural resource and effectively deliver water around the clock for the people and businesses of NSW. Our Science Program is how WaterNSW plans for and delivers on catchment health, with scientists in disciplines like hydrology, environmental chemistry, aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology working together to understand catchment health and water quality. Meet Camilla Edmunds, an Environmental Scientist. Camilla is our Manager Environment, Sustainability and Catchment Protection. Leading a diverse team of environmental scientists, hydrogeologists, ecologists, biologists, and other specialists, Camilla and her team are dedicated to not just minimising environmental harm but actively enhancing it. Their efforts focus on safeguarding natural and built assets, protecting water quality, and reducing our carbon footprint. Alec Davie is a Water Quality Scientist, specialising in freshwater ecology. Alec and his team research how we can improve the quality and quantity of drinking water for Greater Sydney, but share their findings across the state, too. He’s currently investigating what chemicals are released by ash from fires, so that we can better manage the effects of rainfall washing ash into streams and lakes in the catchment. Emily White is a Drinking Water Technical Advisor, focused on the ways we can ensure water is safe to drink. Water can travel long distances before it reaches the tap, with lots of opportunity to become contaminated along the way – Emily is currently sharing her knowledge and expertise on how to combat risks with communities around NSW, improving drinking water safety and security, no matter where you live. Science is represented right across WaterNSW, with scientists making up about 10% of our people. Learn more about science at WaterNSW at https://bit.ly/3WMJZQw #AtTheSource #Vital

We live and work side-by-side with our customers and communities across NSW and recognise the importance of listening and engaging, to meet the needs of our customers and communities now and into the future. Our customers range from small family businesses to farmers, irrigators, local councils, utilities, First Nations groups, industry and environmental water holders like the state and Australian governments. Over the past month, our team of experts and executives have been on the road meeting with our Customer Advisory Groups (CAGs) across the state. CAGs comprise a nominated cross-section of our customers and we have recently met with groups in the Coastal-Hunter region, through to the Gwydir, Namoi-Peel, Border Rivers, Lachlan, Barwon-Darling, Macquarie-Cudgegong regions and most recently, the Murray-Lower Darling and Murrumbidgee. It’s always insightful to hear directly from our customers and discuss topics important to them, which recently included highly valued services and outcomes in our pricing conversations, flood and drought operations, maintenance updates and how we can improve WaterInsights, our interactive web data tool. Got something to tell us? Drop by and see us at a local field day. We’ve had the pleasure of chatting to you at fields days like Tocal in the Hunter Valley, Riverina in Griffith, Primex in Casino and the Mudgee Small Farm Field days so far this year. Next stop, AgQuip Field Days in Gunnedah! We’ll see you there on 20-22 August. To learn more about our engagement work, visit https://bit.ly/3LQmUax

Ever thought about turning the things you enjoy at home into a job you love? We currently have an exciting IT traineeship opportunity available at WaterNSW, as part of the 1000 NSW Public Sector Apprentices and Trainees Program. Traineeships are one of the best ways to get hands-on training and a nationally recognised qualification while getting paid. They’re more than a foot in the door – they’re a great way to get your career started, giving you the skills employers need. Damian King, a current IT trainee working in the Digital support team, describes taking up this role as a great decision. “I’ve been able to build my skills and experience from the ground up, with the support of my team. They make me feel comfortable to ask questions, and I can improve and learn from new experiences, so that I can apply the things I am learning to support WaterNSW staff,” Damian said. Know someone who would love this opportunity? Tag them in the comments! Or if an IT Traineeship sounds like the right fit for you, get in touch at recruitment@waternsw.com.au #ITJobs #Traineeship #JoinUsAtTheSource

Today Clair Cameron, our Executive Manager Corporate Affairs, spoke at the NSW Farmers Conference and shared what customers and communities across NSW have told us they value most over 18 months of engagement and thousands of conversations, helping to inform our pricing proposal. The conference continues tomorrow, and we’re proud to host the livestream. Tune in to understand our state’s agriculture sector and the challenges farmers are facing at https://lnkd.in/g2yZjrS   

We have been undertaking deep, broad and thorough engagement with customers and community over the past 18 months and have reached another milestone: Phase 2 of engagement is complete! 💧 These in depth discussions are helping to inform our pricing proposal to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for the 2025-2030 period. This will ensure we are well placed to respond to what our customers and communities most value and also the challenges when it comes to the management of water services in NSW. That's two phases down, and one to go: ✅ In Phase 1, we identified key topics to engage on. ✅ In Phase 2, we delved further into identifying outcomes. ➡️ Now, in Phase 3, we're confirming and finalising our outcomes. Read the Phase 2 Engagement and Consultation Report and find out more about our pricing proposal engagement at https://bit.ly/3Mubzhv