Job Description

Your career path could surprise even you, there's so much variety.

You have the opportunity to gain a wealth of expertise and a diverse range of skills, providing insight and knowledge without losing sight of your work-life balance or wellbeing.

In this role, you'll:

Work within our Design Delivery Management Team within Engineering & System Integrity branch of Sydney Trains, with a focus on being the critical technical interface and having the responsibility of project managing the successful delivery of the end-to-end project design life cycle of single and multi-discipline engineering projects.

This role will see you working at all different stages of parallel running projects providing design interface management to enable constructable designs for our clients.

You will be accountable for understanding the detail and knowing what makes a good design. This will include managing multiple and competing stakeholders within a complex project environment.

In this role, you will communicate with a variety of internal and external stakeholder groups and bring a thorough understanding of the project(s), with the ability to facilitate a tender evaluation prior to any design brief occurring.

In addition to this, the role will involve, writing a design brief to procure a design consultant and performing and reporting on budget forecasts to make sure the status of the project is in line with the program of work. Also providing due diligence to make sure the project is consistent with what was asked for and in scope and acceptable to standards and quality of work for the client.

Please click here to view a copy of the role description and click here to review NSW information pack.

About you

Your skills will be in technical design consulting on projects in the civil, structural, electrical or design space and ideally with experience in a rail environment.

You’re recognised for your attention to detail and having success in the areas of stakeholder, client and supplier relationship management. This will also include experience in contract management and contract administration.

You also will hold Tertiary qualifications (Degree) in engineering, project management or relevant discipline.

This is an Award RC6 Permanent Full-Time role, based at our Clyde Hub in Auburn, with flexibility through our cutting-edge hybrid working model!.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

At Sydney Trains, our rail services keep Sydney moving by putting our customers at the centre of everything we do. We work with our local communities to deliver safe, timely and efficient rail services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Our trains and network are evolving to meet the needs of our customers now and well into the future. We’re continuing to integrate technological innovations that help us deliver a smarter and more sustainable network.

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers

Flexible work options may be available. Learn more via Flexible work options and policy

Apply today

Applications close 11:59 PM Saturday, 21 February 2026.

For more information about this role, please contact PAUL.HOLLINGTON@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.

Learn more about how to apply via Our recruitment process | Transport for NSW

#LI-Hybrid