Interface Design Manager delivering complex, multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure projects at Queensland Rail. Coordinating design teams to ensure safe, compliant, and high-quality outcomes.
Responsibilities
Coordinating engineering, architectural and construction planning professionals, including the effective management of external consultants and resources within project-based, multi-disciplinary design teams.
Providing infrastructure design scope definition and planning services across all project phases, ensuring delivery against key performance indicators relating to scope, cost, time, quality, risk and safety.
Overseeing and managing design interfaces between new and existing Queensland Rail assets to ensure fully coordinated, safe and compliant design solutions.
Leading the development and implementation of design activities, including design reviews and approvals, meetings, scope and design changes, budget monitoring, scheduling and performance reporting.
Engaging, overseeing and administering multi-disciplinary consultant agreements, ensuring contractual obligations are met and value for money outcomes are achieved.
Participating in and managing tender and contract activities, including consultant selection and tender evaluation.
Planning and delivering complete, coordinated, multi-disciplinary design packages ready for tender, including all required drawings, documentation and certifications.
Ensuring compliance with relevant safety, risk management, operational and environmental legislation, standards and Queensland Rail governance frameworks.
Building and maintaining strong, trusted stakeholder relationships between project teams, design teams and key internal and external stakeholders to achieve beneficial project outcomes.
Requirements
A minimum of 5 years of design management experience in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management related discipline.
A high level of skill and experience in managing and coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams on complex rail infrastructure or comparable large-scale infrastructure projects.
Proven capability in administering and managing multi-disciplinary consultant and professional services agreements.
Strong experience leading the delivery of commercially focused design management solutions, with specialist expertise in at least one of the following areas: design, asset management, infrastructure maintenance, construction or supervision.
Highly developed relationship management, stakeholder engagement and communication skills, underpinned by emotional intelligence and the ability to influence diverse stakeholders.
Extensive knowledge of collaborative tools such as Aconex, railway transport operations, construction, maintenance and safety standards, or the ability to rapidly acquire this knowledge.
Extensive understanding of design and engineering requirements associated with rail infrastructure works or similar complex environments.
Demonstrated ability to meet statutory, regulatory and policy obligations, particularly in relation to safety, environmental and commercial contract processes.
A commitment to working in alignment with Queensland Rail’s values and behaviours, and to fostering respectful, collaborative and inclusive working relationships.
Benefits
Attractive salary to be discussed with preferred applicant based on skills and experience plus 12.75% superannuation.
Permanent, full‑time position with flexible working arrangements to balance work and life commitments
Enjoy free travel to work and discounted rail travel
The opportunity to work on high-profile, complex projects that shape the future of Queensland’s rail network
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