Construction Interface Manager

Queensland Rail; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

12.75% super

Major legacy project

Rail industry leader

Collaborative workplace

Work life balance

Free Citytrain travel

EAP

Job summary

Queensland Rail’s Major Projects division is seeking a Construction Interface Manager to lead the integration of internal resources and coordinate across multi-party teams for The Wave Brownfield Alliance. The role focuses on safety, schedule, budget, and quality outcomes in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.

Based 3 days a week in Carseldine and 2 days in Brisbane CBD, this fixed-term position runs until 31 January 2032, offering a structured pathway within a historic rail program and

Qualifications

• Experience in leading large-scale rail projects and complex programmes.
• Strong ability to coordinate multiple internal teams and external partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for complex project documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the integration of internal QR construction resources, ensuring alignment between project requirements and internal delivery capabilities while achieving safety, time, cost, and quality outcomes.
• Provide leadership and strategic direction for the program team, ensuring integration across internal teams, alignment in program strategy, delivery strategy, project management capability, and resource allocations.
• Act as the key internal interface, ensuring effective coordination between internal QR construction teams, outsourced work, delivery partners, and government agencies while maintaining a focus on internal alignment.
• Develop and implement a strategic program plan, and monitor and report on program status and outcomes to meet the diverse range of business, client and stakeholder requirements.
• Lead, embed and assure the project activities, prescribed governance, principles, business rules and practices are followed.
• Develop a resource strategy, and oversee and support the resource and capability requirements.
• Ensure assurance aligned to key business and projects risk is carried out across the delivery of the project.

Skills

Construction project management

Stakeholder coordination

Program management

Risk management

Strategic planning

Job description

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You’ll connect Queensland. We’ll connect you to an amazing career.

Our team of over 7,500 and our customers are central to everything we do, we have a proud history as a safe and reliable railway operator, with a commitment to ensuring that our operating systems reflect the highest standards. Queensland Rail inspires innovative thought, passionate motivation, teamwork, and forward thinking, where our people can achieve their own career aspirations.

Why Queensland Rail?

We will provide you with an exciting and diverse career opportunity to join a company that continues to strive in the delivery of a modern and world-class railway provider, you will be able to lead and apply your innovative thoughts to enhance our rail network. For this role we also offer:

• Highly competitive salary plus 12.75% super
• Opportunity to be part of a major legacy project
• Join a rail industry leader
• Collaborative and engaged workplace and team environment.
• Genuine work life balance
• Free Citytrain travel to and from work and access to other free or discounted SEQ rail travel
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing employees with holistic and contemporary health and wellbeing programs.

About this role:

Entering Queensland Rail’s Major Projects division, you will be working on The Wave Brownfield Alliance as the Construction Interface Manager. You will provide technical leadership within a multi-disciplinary and multi-party environment, ensuring the integration of construction resources and providing direction for the project team.

This role is a fixed term role until 31 January, 2032. This role is based 3 days a week in Carseldine and 2 days in Brisbane CBD.

You can expect some of your responsibilities to include:

• Lead the integration of internal QR construction resources, ensuring alignment between project requirements and internal delivery capabilities while achieving safety, time, cost, and quality outcomes.
• Provide leadership and strategic direction for the program team, ensuring integration across internal teams, alignment in program strategy, delivery strategy, project management capability, and resource allocations.
• Act as the key internal interface, ensuring effective coordination between internal QR construction teams, outsourced work, delivery partners, and government agencies while maintaining a focus on internal alignment.
• Develop and implement a strategic program plan, and monitor and report on program status and outcomes to meet the diverse range of business, client and stakeholder requirements.
• Lead, embed and assure the project activities, prescribed governance, principles, business rules and practices are followed.
• Develop a resource strategy, and oversee and support the resource and capability requirements.
• Ensure assurance aligned to key business and projects risk is carried out across the delivery of the project.

What you can bring to the role:

• High level of skill in analysing and managing complex project and program issues, and identifying value-adding, business focused solutions.
• Extensive knowledge of the delivery of, and operational readiness for, rail projects, with a focus on internal integration of teams, systems, and resources.
• High level of analytical and problem-solving skills to provide solutions that delivers value to Queensland Rail.
• High level of oral and written communication skills with particular focus on writing and/or editing complex business documentation, within a project environment.
• High level of skill in the management and coordination of stakeholders including leadership, motivation, negotiation and delegation skills.
• Substantial level of knowledge and understanding of the principles, strategies and frameworks of project management and operational readiness methodologies.

Progress that Counts

Joining Queensland Rail means being part of an exciting future where you'll welcome millions of international passengers for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our Cross River Rail project will transform travel across the South East Queensland network, doubling passenger journeys to 80 million over the next decade.

To support this growth and enhance customer experiences, we're committed to key initiatives, including The Wave project forthe Sunshine Coast along with Beerburrum to Nambour upgrade, building three new Gold Coastline stations, implementing the $5.75 billion Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail Project, introducing 65 new Next Generation Rolling Stock trains, improving station accessibility at eight main stations, boosting North Coast Line capacity and upgrading Central Station.

Your journey matters. Make it with us.

There has never been a more exciting time within Queensland Rail. We offer boundless opportunities to support your career today and for your future.

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 include psychometric assessments, pre-employment health checks and background screenings, which could involve criminal history and credit checks.

We’re a team of thousands and we’re proud of our individual journeys and stories. And as we grow, we need more diverse backgrounds and perspectives than ever before. We are committed to facilitating a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations, we welcome you to let us know so we can work with you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.

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