Senior Project Engineer

Senior Project Engineer

About the opportunity

As our Senior Project Engineer you will lead the procurement and delivery of a portfolio of field investigation packages across Inland Rail’s Northern NSW program. This role oversees geotechnical, environmental, heritage, and utility surveys, managing technical, commercial, and logistical aspects to ensure alignment with project timelines, budgets, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Lead the end-to-end procurement process for all field investigation contracts, including scope development, tender evaluation, and contract award.
• Manage delivery of fieldwork packages, ensuring compliance with technical specifications, environmental approvals, safety and quality standards.
• Lead a team of Project Engineers supervising contractors and consultants on site during fieldwork execution, ensuring adherence to project requirements and management plans.
• Monitor, report, and forecast cost, schedule, scope, quality and risk on investigation packages, implementing mitigation strategies as required.
• Manage contract commercials, including assessment of payment claims, disbursements and variations.
• Support stakeholder engagement activities, including negotiation of land access for field investigation works.
• Provide leadership and professional guidance to a team of Project Engineers to deliver their respective investigation packages within your portfolio.
• Contribute to project and Program safety requirements and initiatives and act in a safe manner befitting the safety requirements and culture of Inland Rail.

About You

To be successful in this role you will be a motivated project management professional who thrives in leading a team, bringing people together to solve complex problems. You bring a collaborative mindset, strong leadership skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality outcomes for the project.

You will be able to demonstrate

• Tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary works programs on large scale infrastructure projects, preferably in rail or transport.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes, contract management, and contractor supervision.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to manage competing stakeholder priorities in a complex project environment.
• Knowledge of work health and safety principles and relevant rail safety legislation
• Highly developed problem resolution and interpersonal skills.
• Driver’s Licence – Class C

Desirable Selection Criteria

• CPEng/NER/RPEQ
• Experience in developing detailed Scopes of Work.
• Experience in procurement and tendering process.
• Sound knowledge of State & Federal Government Approval frameworks for significant infrastructure projects.

About Inland Rail

Inland Rail Pty Ltd is delivering a 1,600km freight line that is transforming how goods are moved around Australia. When fully operational, Inland Rail will connect Melbourne to Brisbane via regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. As one of the largest infrastructure projects in Australia, Inland Rail is helping to address the nation’s future freight needs and meet the demands of our growing population.

Delivering Inland Rail will help shift more goods onto rail which means safer, less congested roads and fewer emissions and a more resilient and sustainable national freight network.
More information relating to the project can be found here: Inland Rail

Our Organisation and Culture

The values that drive us and the work we deliver in the program incorporate Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.  We welcome like-minded individuals who value our culture.

At Inland Rail, we celebrate, support, and thrive on attracting people from all horizons and walks of life for the benefit of our employees, our program, and our community. Inland Rail is proud to be an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to submit their details to us.

All employment is decided based on suitability to the role, cultural fit, merit, and business needs.

Apply Now

If this opportunity sounds like the challenge you have been looking for please apply online today.

As part of the application process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment criminal history, reference and medical checks, including drug and alcohol testing. Inland Rail is a drug and alcohol-free working environment.

Please note that applications are reviewed from point of advertising so don’t delay your application.