Senior Transport Engineer

2. Shellharbour City Council (Active Recruitment); Shellharbour; Hybrid; AUD 105,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Lease back vehicle / vehicle allowance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Shellharbour City Council invites applications for a Senior Transport Engineer to lead transport planning, traffic management and road safety initiatives. The role collaborates with government agencies, developers and the community, delivering projects from planning through to delivery.

It requires senior technical capability, strong stakeholder engagement, and leadership to mentor staff. The position is based at Shellharbour Civic Centre in a hybrid arrangement, with a 35-hour week and a salary

Qualifications

• Relevant Engineering degree (or related field).
• Extensive experience in transport planning and traffic management.
• Demonstrated experience in scoping or designing road and path infrastructure, road safety improvements, and traffic engineering solutions.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including the ability to lead, support and motivate others.
• Experience developing and reviewing quality management systems or other business improvement systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong customer service capability.
• Current NSW Driver’s License (Class C).
• Capacity to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external agencies, and to represent Council as a technical subject matter expert.

Responsibilities

• Lead transport planning, traffic management and road safety initiatives across Shellharbour.
• Provide expert advice on transport, traffic, parking and road safety matters.
• Assess development applications and transport impacts to support planning outcomes.
• Investigate and analyse traffic and transport issues to identify practical solutions.
• Develop transport network improvements, concept designs and traffic management strategies.
• Manage transport planning and traffic engineering projects from planning through to delivery.
• Build strong relationships with government agencies, developers, consultants and the community.
• Lead and mentor team members while supporting continuous improvement and service excellence.

Skills

Extensive transport planning

Traffic management

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Driver's Licence

Education

Engineering degree

Related field

Tools

Quality management systems

Job description

The Senior Transport Engineer role provides strategic transport and traffic engineering leadership to support Council decision-making. You will provide high-quality technical assessment, traffic management advice, and road safety direction on a range of planning and infrastructure improvement matters, including representations to internal committees and external forums.

This is a hybrid role based at Shellharbour Civic Centre, supporting effective collaboration with Council stakeholders, state agencies, developers, consultants, and the community. You will report to the Transport Planning Manager and hold responsibility for supervising staff and delivering transport planning and traffic engineering outcomes that improve network performance and safety.

You will deliver strategic leadership for transport planning, traffic management, and road safety across the City, ensuring Council’s transport planning outcomes are evidence-based, appropriately scoped, and aligned to legislative and industry expectations.

About the role:

• Lead transport planning, traffic management and road safety initiatives across Shellharbour.
• Provide expert advice on transport, traffic, parking and road safety matters.
• Assess development applications and transport impacts to support planning outcomes.
• Investigate and analyse traffic and transport issues to identify practical solutions.
• Develop transport network improvements, concept designs and traffic management strategies.
• Manage transport planning and traffic engineering projects from planning through to delivery.
• Build strong relationships with government agencies, developers, consultants and the community.
• Lead and mentor team members while supporting continuous improvement and service excellence.

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will bring senior-level technical capability in transport planning and traffic management, along with strong stakeholder engagement and leadership skills. You will be comfortable translating complex technical information into clear recommendations that support Council decisions.

The role requires a practical, customer-focused approach, the ability to lead investigations and modeling activities, and a commitment to continuous improvement and robust quality management.

• Relevant Engineering degree (or related field).
• Extensive experience in transport planning and traffic management.
• Demonstrated experience in scoping or designing road and path infrastructure, road safety improvements, and traffic engineering solutions.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including the ability to lead, support and motivate others.
• Experience developing and reviewing quality management systems or other business improvement systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong customer service capability.
• Current NSW Driver’s License (Class C).
• Capacity to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external agencies, and to represent Council as a technical subject matter expert.

We offer:

Shellharbour City Council offers a high performing and sustainable organisation to deliver outcomes for the community through leadership, collaboration and innovation. We have exciting, rewarding career opportunities and flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work/life balance.

• Permanent full time, 35 hours per week with access to flexible work arrangements
• Commencing salary range from $105,497 - $116,478 per annum (based on qualifications and experience)
• Plus CLA may be applicable
• Plus Fully maintained lease back vehicle / vehicle allowance
• Plusbenefits including novated leasing, retail discounts, corporate fitness programs, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support & Learning & Development opportunities
• PlusAnnual Award Increases & Bi-annual bonus payments & weekly pay run
• Plus a range of local government benefits, including LSL after 5 years, one week 'My Leave', health & wellbeing initiatives as well as generous parental leave entitlements.

For further information about the position, click here for the position description.

Contact: Wayne Wilson, Transport Planning Manager on 4221 6164.

About us:

Shellharbour City, located in the Illawarra region, is just 80 minutes south of Sydney and is home to over 86,000 people in a city that spans 154 square kilometres. It's an area of great natural beauty - stretching west from the picturesque coastline to rolling pastures, set against the majestic backdrop of the Illawarra escarpment.

Our dedication to be financially sustainable in an evolving environment, while striving for a great organisational culture and committing to employing staff who embrace our core values, has made Shellharbour City Council an employer of choice.

We have been recognised with numerous state and national awards in recent times, including eight wins for our First Nations Community the Yirran Muru (many pathways) playspace, as well as being presented as winners in the NSW Landscape Architecture Awards, Regional Achievement Awards, and Parks and Leisure Australia Regional Awards of Excellence.

Shellharbour City Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values the unique strengths and talents of all people. Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.

At Shellharbour City Council we promote respect at work as a fundamental right for all and strive to create a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. This commitment extends to the promotion of the rights of all children and young people to be safe from harm when interacting with our services and spaces. Our values, Collaboration, Accountability, Integrity, Respect and Sustainability underpin all we do.