Deputy Project Director, Rail Project Integration

Transport for NSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport For NSW is seeking a Deputy Project Director for the Future Fleet Program in Sydney. This fixed-term, full-time role leads the integrated delivery of a major rail modernization initiative, coordinating rolling stock, infrastructure, operations and industry partners to deliver safe, efficient rail services for NSW.

You will report to the Executive Director, Rail Fleet Development, and manage governance, risk, and program interfaces across a large-scale portfolio with a 50% hybrid

Qualifications

• Extensive executive-level experience in mega rail or transport programs.
• Deep expertise in program management, governance, interfaces and stakeholder management.
• Strong understanding of rail systems, network integration and dependencies between fleet, infrastructure and operations.
• Proven capability navigating complex contracts, procurement, approvals and reporting.
• Credible and influential with senior government, industry, operators and delivery partners.
• Decisive, resilient and collaborative leadership of multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide whole-of-program leadership across rolling stock, enabling infrastructure, production facilities and operational readiness.
• Drive governance, program management and integration across the program lifecycle from development to delivery.
• Anticipate risk, resolve critical issues and provide evidence-based data and advice to senior decision-makers.
• Build trusted relationships across government, operators, councils, contractors and partners.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated outcomes and align with NSW Government priorities.

Skills

Executive leadership

Program management

Stakeholder management

Rail systems knowledge

Contract navigation

Decision making

Qualifications or experience

Education

Tertiary qualifications or equivalent

Job description

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Deputy Project Director, Rail Program Integration (Future Fleet Program)

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job category: CEO & General Management

Job location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000

Job reference number: 112510

Employment type: Fixed Term Full-Time

Salary range: An attractive remuneration package

You’re a purposeful leader who understands the why and connects everyday moments to the big picture.

You have the opportunity to shape the integrated delivery of the $12 billion Future Fleet Program, connecting rolling stock, infrastructure, operations and industry partners to deliver the next generation of rail services for NSW.

In this role, you'll:

Join the Future Fleet Program (FFP) , a transformational NSW Government initiative to modernise Sydney’s suburban rail fleet, rebuild rail manufacturing capability in NSW, and establish a long-term pipeline of train replacement extending beyond 2050. The Program will commence with the replacement of Sydney’s ageing Tangara fleet, which currently delivers around a quarter of Sydney’s suburban passenger services and is approaching the end of its operational life. FFP with also establish the foundations for future replacement of other Sydney Trains fleets, including the Millennium, OSCAR and Waratah fleets. A minimum 50 per cent Australian and New Zealand local content requirement will apply to the rolling stock procurement, supporting local industry participation and job creation.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Rail Fleet Development, you will provide whole-of-program leadership across rolling stock, enabling infrastructure, production facilities, operational readiness and network integration, ensuring complex interfaces and interdependencies are actively managed.

Drive governance, program management and integration across the program lifecycle, from development and procurement through to delivery and operational readiness. You will anticipate risk, resolve critical issues and provide clear, evidence-based data, information and advice to senior decision-makers.

Build trusted relationships across government, operators, councils, contractors and third-party partners, navigating competing priorities within a highly regulated, politically sensitive and operationally complex environment.

Lead and empower multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated outcomes, strengthen capability and maintain alignment to the program’s strategic objectives and broader NSW Government priorities.

This is a full-time Fixed Term Opportunity until February 2030, Transport Senior Service Executive TSSE1A level role, an attractive remuneration package. This role operates within our hybrid working model, requiring 50% workplace attendance initially based in Sydney CBD for the first 18 months with flexibility to work from other office locations at times.

• Extensive executive-level experience in developing and/or delivering mega rail, rolling stock or transport infrastructure programs.
• Deep expertise across program management, integration, governance, interface and stakeholder management and operational readiness.
• Strong understanding of rail systems, network integration and the dependencies between fleet, infrastructure and operations.
• Proven capability navigating complex contracts, procurement, approvals, reporting and stakeholder accountabilities.
• Highly credible and influential with senior government, industry, operator, council and delivery partner stakeholders.
• Decisive, resilient and collaborative, with a record of leading multidisciplinary teams through complexity and change.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent professional experience.

Who we are

TfNSW

We are a state government organisation made up of more nearly 30,000 people and we're in the middle of delivering the largest transport infrastructure program in Australia's history. We work across planning, policy and procurement, harnessing data and technology to develop smarter and more adaptive transport solutions.

Transport for NSW keeps our State moving by providing safe, integrated, and efficient transport systems. We put our customers at the centre of everything we do – and we do a lot. We connect people, communities and industry and manage how they use our road, rail and maritime networks and services, and even active modes like walking and cycling. The work we do connects the journeys you take every day.

That means job opportunities in metropolitan and regional areas right across NSW – you have the chance to be part of creating a lasting legacy that will benefit generations to come.

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 .

For more information about this role, please contact [e-mail].

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