Director - Irrigation

Role Overview

Strategic Planning and Policy

• Lead the strategic direction for irrigation planning and design across the landscape and public realm portfolio.
• Align irrigation planning with master development objectives, district strategies, water availability, sustainability requirements, and future operational needs.
• Own and maintain irrigation policies, standards, planning frameworks, design criteria, water budgets, hydro-zoning principles, technical guidelines, and compliance processes.
• Provide strategic direction on irrigation demand planning, TSE use, water quality, salinity risk, leaching requirements, drainage interfaces, water allocation, resilience assumptions, and smart irrigation strategy.
• Translate water conservation, sustainability, public realm, and horticultural objectives into design requirements, decision frameworks, assurance checkpoints, and performance expectations.
• Monitor regulations, authority requirements, regional practices, international best practice, emerging technologies, and innovation opportunities relevant to irrigation planning and landscape water management.

Design Governance and Technical Authority

• Lead the development, review, governance, and continuous improvement of irrigation design guidelines and specifications.
• Provide technical assurance for irrigation planning and design across the portfolio.
• Support irrigation requirements through design development, procurement support, stage-gate review, and handover readiness.

Requirements

• Ability to lead irrigation planning and design strategy across a landscape and public realm portfolio.
• Ability to own and maintain irrigation policies, standards, planning frameworks, design criteria, and compliance processes.
• Expertise in irrigation demand planning, water budgets, hydro-zoning, water quality, salinity risk, drainage interfaces, and water allocation.
• Ability to translate sustainability, water conservation, public realm, and horticultural objectives into design requirements and assurance checkpoints.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations, authority requirements, regional practices, international best practice, and emerging irrigation technologies.