Senior Manager Transport Planning

Transport for NSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for NSW invites applications for a Senior Manager Transport Planning role at Sydney Metro West in Sydney. You will lead metropolitan scale transport planning, coordinate across agencies and communities, and oversee interchanges and integration with other transport modes to drive improved outcomes.

The role requires leadership, stakeholder engagement, and demonstrated rail/multi-modal transport planning experience, with a focus on evidence-based decision making and policy alignment

Qualifications

• Well developed leadership, project planning and management expertise.
• Strong stakeholder engagement experience with delivery partners and agencies.
• Experience in transport planning for rail and other modes.
• Ability to communicate outcomes balancing customer and transport goals.
• Knowledge of current Sydney transport systems and ability to integrate new services.

Responsibilities

• Shape Sydney’s future through metropolitan scale, integrated transport planning for the Sydney Metro West project.
• Facilitate planning collaboration across government and community stakeholders.
• Manage Sydney Metro interchanges and integration between existing transport modes.
• Oversee changes to service standards, network plans, priority and existing contracts.
• Collaborate to align strategic policy initiatives across the Transport Cluster.
• Lead and manage teams within a matrix structure, including external contractors.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Transport planning

Rail & multi-modal planning

Strategic policy alignment

Education

Tertiary qualifications in planning, engineering or transport infrastructure

Job description

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Senior Manager Transport Planning - Sydney Metro West (Temporary Opportunity until 29/12/2028)

Organisation/Entity: Sydney Metro

Job category: Projects

Job location:

Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000

Job reference number: 112194

Employment type: Permanent Full-Time

Salary range: An attractive remuneration package

You're passionate about a career delivering solutions that impact millions.

Here’s your chance to design and deliver efficient, customer-focused services that also enhance accessibility, sustainability and overall quality of living for more people than you've imagined.

In this role, you'll:

• Shape Sydney’s future through metropolitan scale, integrated transport planning for the Sydney Metro West project.
• Facilitate planning collaboration across a range of government and community stakeholders.
• Manage and delivery Sydney Metro interchanges and integration between existing transport modes, including oversight of required changes to service standards, network plans, priority and existing transport contract arrangements.
• Collaborate across the Transport Cluster to ensure alignment of strategic policy initiatives.
• Foster an evidence based culture to ensure that transport planning is informed by robust analysis including strategic transport, pedestrian and intersection modelling.
• Lead and manage teams within a matrix structure to inspire direction and drive change, including external contractors.

This is a fixed term opportunity up until 29/12/2028.

• Well developed leadership, project planning and management expertise.
• Strong stakeholder engagement experience and skills to be able to effectively liaise with delivery partners, TfNSW, government agencies, local councils and local stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in transport planning for rail and other modes.
• You will have experience making and communicating outcomes to balance customer and transport outcomes and cost effectiveness.
• Well-developed knowledge of the current transport systems and operations across Greater Sydney and an ability to integrate new systems of service delivery into existing services, assets and infrastructure.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in planning, engineering or transport infrastructure related fields.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

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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