Project Engineer

Iquantaglobal; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

iQuanta Global in Brisbane seeks an experienced Project Engineer to support delivery of the ETCS Sector 1 North Project. The role involves engineering coordination across design, construction, testing and commissioning, with travel across Brisbane and Sunshine Coast.

Contract: full-time, start Q3 2026, duration 33 months with extensions. You will report to the Project Manager, coordinate with ETCS engineers, Queensland Rail, vendors and delivery partners to ensure baselines and project

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering teams delivering rail infrastructure projects.
• Ability to coordinate engineering activities in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Understanding of rail systems, signalling or ETCS desirable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain engineering registers, logs and artefacts including RFIs, defects, design changes and test data.
• Support design reviews by preparing comments and tracking actions.
• Assist site works by interpreting drawings and raising technical queries.
• Provide progress updates and reporting to project leadership.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables and ensure alignment with baselines.
• Support issue resolution across engineering, vendors and contractors.
• Ensure documentation is complete and aligned with project requirements.

Skills

Engineering coordination

Rail infrastructure

ETCS awareness

Job description

(Delivery Role – ETCS Sector 1 North Project)

Brisbane with travel across Brisbane and Sunshine Coast

Type: Contract – Full Time

Start: Q3 2026

Duration: 33 Months

Extension: +12 Months +12 Months

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Project Engineer to support delivery within the ETCS Sector 1 North Project.

Role Overview

The Project Engineer is responsible for supporting engineering coordination and delivery across design, construction, testing and commissioning phases, ensuring alignment with configuration baselines and project requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain engineering registers, logs and artefacts including RFIs, defects, design changes and test data.

Support design reviews by preparing comments, tracking actions and ensuring close-out of design review comments.

Assist site works by interpreting drawings and raising technical queries where required.

Provide progress updates and reporting to project leadership.

Coordinate engineering deliverables and ensure alignment with approved configuration baselines.

Support issue resolution across engineering, vendors and contractors.

Ensure documentation is complete, accurate and aligned with project requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

You will report to the Project Manager / Package Director (as applicable).

You will interface with ETCS engineers, Project Managers, Queensland Rail, vendors, contractors, key stakeholders and delivery partners.

To ensure consistency across TMR's rail delivery and major projects portfolio, the role will be required to assist, provide advice and collaborate with The Wave project, B2N Project, Queensland Rail, Sequence Alliance, Cross River Rail Delivery Authority and other project teams within TMR from time-to-time.

Shared lessons learned between projects (where appropriate) will be an important element of this role – ensuring a consistent approach to delivery across TMR's program. As a result, flexibility and a highly collaborative and respectful work style are key skills required for this role.

About You

Relevant demonstrated experience working in engineering teams supporting delivery of rail infrastructure projects

Ability to coordinate engineering activities in a multi-stakeholder environment

Understanding of rail systems, signalling or ETCS (desirable)

Critical Behavioural Skills

Works collaboratively in a fast-paced, integrated project team, actively contributing as a key member of the team and demonstrates TMR’s values to the wider team

Drives accountability and outcomes on the Project and makes insightful decisions

Provides well considered and well documented advice to the senior leadership team and peers

Ensures productive and positive working relationships are maintained with key stakeholders

Effectively communicates complex delivery matters to a broad stakeholder group

Leads the project team to perform at a consistently high level, considerate of the project culture and project objectives

Why Join

Work on ETCS Level 2 systems within a complex program

Be part of a high-performing project team