Job Description

Drive the Future of Rail Infrastructure with Queensland Rail

Are you an experienced Senior Structures Maintenance Engineer looking for a role where you can make a real impact?

Join Queensland Rail’s SEQ Structures Assets Engineering team and play a key role in managing the long-term maintenance and renewal of critical railway structures including bridges, culverts, and tunnels.

This is a balanced office/field role where you’ll combine strategic asset management with hands-on site inspections. You'll work closely with internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement whole-of-life asset management solutions that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency.

This is a Fixed Term Queensland Rail Employment contract covering maternity leave to early March 2027.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Prioritising structural defects and planning short- and long-term rectification works.
• Developing strategic asset maintenance and replacement plans for SEQ rail structures.
• Provide Engineering expertise when attending field inspections with Structures Inspectors and attending site for bridge strike incidents.
• Conduct engineering and technical investigations and prepare reports associated with asset safety, condition and reliability issues.
• Develop budget and scoping for maintenance and upgrade of structures assets.
• Reviewing acceptance documents, attending meetings and providing feedback on external projects.
• Engaging and managing consultants and contractors for maintenance and renewal works.
• Attending Safety in Design, site inspections and project meetings, providing expert structural advice for internal and external projects.
• Contributing to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in asset management.

Benefits that Count

We offer a range of attractive benefits, all designed to help you bring your best.

• Salary package $162,130 - $173,500 (inclusive of 12.75% Superannuation) - commensurate of skills, experience and qualification that you bring.
• Optional overtime (OT) for extra income: Take advantage of optional night and weekend overtime (on average approximately one weekend per month) to increase your earnings, if it suits you.
• Flexible Time Off (TOIL): Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with Time Off in Lieu (TOIL), providing you with additional flexibility.

Whether you’re looking to maximise your income or enjoy greater flexibility, this role offers the best of both worlds.

• Support for your career and continued professional development.
• Options for flexible working.
• Four weeks annual leave plus annual leave loading.
• Personal/Carer leave entitlements will apply to this fixed term contract.
• Access to employee benefit programs.

Who We’re Looking For

You’re a proactive problem-solver with strong technical expertise You thrive in a dynamic environment and can build strong relationships across a range of stakeholders.

Qualifications and licences

• Bachelor Engineering Civil degree (or QR accepted equivalent)
• Unrestricted national drivers licence

You will also bring

• Advanced structural asset management experience across rail, road, or footbridges, tunnels, and culverts.
• Strong knowledge of structural design and construction in a transport infrastructure setting.
• Ability to lead and mentor Graduate/Student Engineers.
• A passion for working with aging assets and delivering practical engineering solutions.
• A proactive professional with strong communication skills and the ability to build and manage effective stakeholder engagement.

Now is a great time to join us on our journey as we transform Southeast Queensland's extensive rail network, connecting communities and gearing up for the 2032 Olympic Games and beyond.

Your journey matters. Make it with us.

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Please apply to Senior Structures Maintenance Engineer (10828) via our website by clicking onto the "Apply" button by 11:59pm (GMT+10:00 Brisbane) Sunday 8th February 2026.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

Queensland Rail acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Elders of the lands and waterways our network traverses.

Our teams are People who Count. We encourage diversity in our teams, including different genders, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religions, neurodiversity, education levels and many more aspects. No two journeys are the same, and it’s because of our differences that as a collective, we achieve great things.

We provide reasonable adjustments to support candidates and employees.

If you do require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact Cynthia via the details below.

Applicants for roles at Queensland Rail may undergo pre-employment alcohol and drug testing if they advance in the recruitment process. The selection process may also include psychometric assessments, pre-employment health checks and background screenings, which could involve criminal history and credit checks, if this applies to the pre-employment requirements for this role.

For roles that have pre-employment qualifications, we will also be required to do formal qualification verification processes to ensure qualifications align to Queensland Rail's pre-employment frameworks.

To learn more about this Queensland Rail career opportunity please contact Cynthia with your enquiry via cynthia.mackenzie@qr.com.au Please do not email your application. We can only accept applications received via our website.