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Mellissa Bradley

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Planning & Strategy Specialist at SA Water
📍 Uraidla, South Australia, Australia

Mellissa is a Planning and Strategy Specialist at SA Water with over 25 years of experience in civil design, policy, and environmental management. A University of Adelaide engineering graduate, she focuses on creating liveable cities through integrated water management and best-practice water-sensitive urban design.

She has a unique background that combines engineering and planning, and she previously led the Water Sensitive SA program to build industry capacity in sustainable water practices.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Planning & Strategy Specialist
Job Level
Junior
Location
Uraidla, South Australia, Australia
Personality Overview

How Mellissa shows up

Example Seeker
Curious
Value Driven

They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Priorities

Topics Mellissa cares about

Water Sensitive Urban Design
A core theme of her career, she led the Water Sensitive SA program and developed guides on WSUD assets like swales and raingardens.
Urban Water Management
Her work focuses on creating more liveable cities by improving urban water management practices, as seen in her panel discussions and current role at SA Water.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Planning & Strategy Specialist
SA Water
11-2024 - 4-2025
Senior Asset Planner
SA Water
10-2023 - 10-2024
Strategy & Planning Manager, Resilient Water Futures
SA Water
10-2023 - 6-2025
Program Director
Water Sensitive SA
11-2014 - 10-2023
Program Manager
Water Sensitive SA
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Media appearances

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Education
1988 - 1992
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
University of Adelaide
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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