Design Project Manager – (Rail)

KBR, Inc.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry leading salaries

20 Days annual leave + 8 hours every 4

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging and novated leases

Professional membership fees

Employee stock purchase plans

Career development plans

Growth and promotion opportunities

Great office environment

Health benefits programs

Job summary

KBR, Inc. is seeking a Design Project Manager (Rail) to lead delivery of major rail and transport infrastructure projects across NSW.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams, own project outcomes, and ensure performance across scope, schedule, quality and risk. Reporting to the Discipline Manager, you will nurture client relationships, support business development, and foster a proactive, safety-focused team culture throughout project lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project management and/or design management within the rail sector.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex infrastructure projects through design phases.
• Strong commercial acumen, including management of budgets, fees, schedules and risk.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and consultant interfaces.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and client relationship management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of rail and transport infrastructure projects from planning through to completion.
• Take ownership of project outcomes, including program, budget, risk, quality and commercial performance.
• Establish and manage project execution plans in line with KBR's project delivery frameworks.
• Provide governance, assurance and strategic guidance across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Manage project interfaces and stakeholder relationships to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
• Support project and design managers in identifying, mitigating and escalating delivery risks.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with KBR's quality management systems and project controls.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams across civil, structural, building services, environmental and specialist disciplines.
• Manage internal teams and external subconsultants to achieve project objectives.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing and safety-focused team culture.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and support to project personnel.

Skills

Rail project management

Design management

Budget & schedule control

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership of multidisciplinary teams

Client relationship management

Engineering background

Education

Engineering degree or related discipline

Professional registration/Chartered status

Tools

Project management frameworks

Job description

The Opportunity

As our Design Project Manager (Rail), you will play a key leadership role in the successful delivery of major rail and transport infrastructure projects across NSW.

Reporting to the Discipline Manager, Project & Design Management, you will lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex rail projects, taking accountability for project performance across scope, schedule, commercial outcomes, quality, risk and client satisfaction.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced project or design manager who thrives in a client-facing environment and enjoys leading integrated teams to deliver impactful transport infrastructure outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Lead the delivery of rail and transport infrastructure projects from planning through to completion.
• Take ownership of project outcomes, including program, budget, risk, quality and commercial performance.
• Establish and manage project execution plans in line with KBR's project delivery frameworks.
• Provide governance, assurance and strategic guidance across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Manage project interfaces and stakeholder relationships to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
• Support project and design managers in identifying, mitigating and escalating delivery risks.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with KBR's quality management systems and project controls.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams across civil, structural, building services, environmental and specialist disciplines.
• Manage internal teams and external subconsultants to achieve project objectives.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing and safety-focused team culture.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and support to project personnel.

Client & Business Development

• Develop and maintain strong client relationships across the NSW rail and transport sector.
• Act as a trusted advisor, ensuring client expectations are effectively managed and exceeded.
• Identify opportunities for repeat work and long-term client partnerships.
• Support business development activities and contribute to strategic growth initiatives.
• Contribute to pursuit strategies, methodology development and proposal preparation.
• Support positioning and winning of new opportunities across local and national markets.
• Assist with project pursuits of varying size and complexity.
• Collaborate across business units to support integrated client solutions.

Who You Are

You are a proven project delivery leader with extensive experience delivering multidisciplinary rail and transport infrastructure projects.

You will ideally bring:

• Significant experience in project management and/or design management within the rail sector.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex infrastructure projects through design phases.
• Strong commercial acumen, including management of budgets, fees, schedules and risk.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and consultant interfaces.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and client relationship management capabilities.
• Well-developed communication, leadership and influencing skills.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Professional registration and/or Chartered status will be highly regarded.

At KBR, we value you – here's how.

While our people are busy delivering leading science, technology, and engineering solutions, we’re committed to providing them with a supportive, trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best.

Benefits include:

• Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.
• 20 Days of annual leave per year + the ability to accrue an additional 8 hours every 4 weeks (33 days in total)
• Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times, WFH, Flex time)
• Salary packaging and novated leases
• Paid professional membership fees
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Personal career development plans
• Growth and promotion opportunities
• Great office environment with fantastic facilities
• Access to health benefits programs

Our people are the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to creating work environments in which every member of our team of teams feels safe, supported, respected, trusted and valued, and where each person is given opportunities to belong, connect and grow.