Traffic Engineer

Careers at Council; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym membership from $18.65/week

Job summary

Inner West Council in Sydney’s Inner West is seeking an experienced Traffic Engineer to shape safer, more sustainable streets across the area. You will investigate, plan and develop traffic, parking, road safety, and active transport solutions for an urban community, balancing safety with accessibility and community expectations.

You will manage a varied program of investigations and projects, report to the Coordinator Traffic Investigations & Road Safety, and contribute to council meetings

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in civil/traffic engineering or equivalent.
• Ability to develop best-practice traffic and parking solutions.
• Project and consultant management skills.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, plan and develop traffic, parking, road safety and active transport solutions.
• Manage a varied program of traffic and transport investigations and projects.
• Report to the Coordinator Traffic Investigations & Road Safety and participate in meetings.

Skills

Best practice traffic engineering

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Consultant management

Education

Bachelors in Civil Engineering or equivalent

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, innovative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values ofIntegrity,Respect,Innovation,CompassionandCollaborationare at the centre of everything that we do.

We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.

Permanent employees benefit from our great valuegym membership from $18.65/weekgiving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

About the role

Help shape safer, more sustainable and better-connected streets across Sydney’s Inner West.

Inner West Council is seeking an experienced and solutions-focused Traffic Engineer to investigate, plan and develop practical traffic, parking, road safety and active transport solutions for our diverse and highly urbanised community.

This is an opportunity to work on technically interesting projects that have a visible impact on how people move through and experience the Inner West. You will take projects from investigation and concept development through stakeholder engagement and approval, balancing safety, accessibility, amenity, sustainability and community expectations.

Reporting to the Coordinator Traffic Investigations & Road Safety, you will manage a varied program of traffic and transport investigations and projects. The position is permanent full-time, working 35 hours per week, with occasional attendance at Council, committee or public meetings outside normal working hours.

Remuneration

$89,733.28 to $128,100.96 + 12% Superannuation

Access to Civil Liabilities Allowance (subject to eligibility)

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in civil engineering, traffic engineering, or appropriate equivalent, recognised by relevant Australian professional institute.
• Capable of developing ‘best practice’ traffic engineering and parking solutions to contemporary industry standards, codes, technical directions and legislation, in complex urban environments, with the capacity for innovative thinking.
• Project management and consultant management skills.
• Skilled in the use of computer aided drafting and design packages including AutoCAD.
• Current NSW Class C Drivers Licence

Enquiries

Jason Scoufis, Coordinator Traffic Investigations & Road Safety on 02 9392 5***

Closing Date

Sunday 1st November 2026, 11:30PM

Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role). Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.

For more information about work rights in Australia please visit theDepartment of Home Affairswebsite.

Inner West Council is proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to reflecting the diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, young people, and mature age workers.

This commitment to diversity and inclusion is one of the many reasons we were named the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner as the most progressive council in NSW. We’re also proud recipients of the 2023 Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice and the 2025 NSW Local Government Excellence Award for Organisational Diversity and Inclusion.

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