Senior Project Engineer (Rail - Track)

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Senior Project Engineer

This large infrastructure organisation's Major Works Division is responsible for delivering maintenance and renewal of existing infrastructure assets across Infrastructure, Signals and Electrical, and Operational Technology as well as enabling and supporting Transport infrastructure investments in the rail network.
 
The vision for Major Works Division is to become the deliverer of choice for rail infrastructure modernisation project. To achieve this, it is focussed on delivering projects at competitive costs, timeframes, quality, and safety standards. These well sort after Senior Project Engineering roles (3) will offer working flexibility and long contract tenure, even opportunity for   promotion and or a permanent position for the right candidate.
  
Primary Purpose

• Provide planning, engineering, and/or site construction support for projects.
• Provide technical advice to support the successful delivery of projects.
• Mentor and share knowledge to build the technical capability of the Project Engineering & Support team.

Decision Making
The position is fully accountable for the coordination of project teams, client relationships and for developing engineering solutions to project and engineering related challenges.
 
Independent decision making requirements of the position include:
• Engineering requirements and technical input
• Project coordination
 
Challenges
• Handover completed works to stakeholders including obtaining an acceptance of the works as completed and to satisfaction.
• Identify, acquire and manage all resources required for the delivery of the projects including the labour, plant, material and subcontractors to ensure project requirements are met.
• Acting as the engineering subject matter expert on numerous projects, solving complex technical issues.
• Balance work on assigned projects as well as allowing time to advise and mentor Project Engineers.

Selection Criteria

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, (Civil, Track, Electrical, Operational Technology, Control Systems, signalling – delete as appropriate to position) or equivalent related industry experience.
• Substantial experience in project delivery and/or engineering works, preferably in a rail environment.
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders to achieve client satisfaction.
• Substantial experience in providing (relevant discipline) engineering advice and support including functional specification development, design coordination, safety in design, constructability reviews, testing and commissioning and applying engineering quality.
• Demonstrated experience in project management support, such as developing estimates, preparing schedules, managing budgets and cost, planning resources, project controls and status reporting and managing quality.
• Demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of relevant standards such as Australian Engineering and Technical standards.
• Demonstrated success in managing risk and safety performance in compliance with safety legislation, rules and procedures.
• Demonstrated mentoring experience providing technical leadership and guidance to colleagues.

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