Senior Asset Planner, Land Quality & Strategy Lead

Department of Families, Fairness & Housing VIC; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Families, Fairness & Housing VIC in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Asset Planner - Land Quality to lead the full lifecycle asset planning for the public housing portfolio with a focus on land quality. You will guide investment decisions across projects and deliver compliant, high‑quality outcomes.

The role requires coordinating with asset management, external consultants and internal specialists in remediation and environmental planning, and providing authoritative reports and

Qualifications

• Experience leading land quality projects within asset management.
• Ability to prepare authoritative reports and ministerial submissions.
• Strong client and stakeholder engagement across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead contaminated land investigations and risk assessments across multiple sites.
• Provide technical direction, QA and mentoring for junior and mid-level consultants.
• Shape innovative technical strategies and set clear quality benchmarks.
• Build strong client relationships and support bids and broader business growth.
• Collaborate with hydrogeology, remediation and environmental planning as required.
• Undertaking research, analysis and implementation of projects based on defined outcomes and outputs.

Skills

Land quality expertise

Contaminated land investigations

QA and mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory compliance

Tools

GIS

Environmental reporting tools

Job description

Department of Families, Fairness & Housing VIC in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Asset Planner - Land Quality to lead the full lifecycle asset planning for the public housing portfolio with a focus on land quality. You will guide investment decisions across projects and deliver compliant, high‑quality outcomes.

The role requires coordinating with asset management, external consultants and internal specialists in remediation and environmental planning, and providing authoritative reports and