At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to shape transport engineering outcomes that impact the community.
- Company: Join the City of Casey, one of Victoria's fastest-growing cities.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid work, RDOs, wellbeing programs, and professional development.
- Other info: Work in a stunning, architecturally designed space with great perks.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in transport safety and efficiency while leading a talented team.
- Qualifications: Experience in transport engineering and proven leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 134000 - 150000 $ per year.
Influence transport & traffic engineering outcomes that make a lasting community impact. Flexibility that works for you with hybrid working and wellbeing initiatives. Permanent full time role with a monthly RDO for working 40 hours a week. Salary Band 8 range from $134,000 to $150,000 plus Super (based on experience).
The City of Casey is one of Victoria’s largest, fastest growing and most diverse cities. The Council plans and delivers quality services and infrastructure for the more than 400,000 residents and over 36,000 businesses who call Casey home.
Our multi-award winning, architecturally designed workplace - located in Bunjil Place in Melbourne's southeast - inspires collaboration and creativity. Bunjil Place reflects and enhances the city’s rich diversity by providing an energetic and cosmopolitan atmosphere through a lively community meeting place.
At the City of Casey, we know that great people deserve a great workplace. That’s why we offer an environment designed to help you thrive both professionally and personally:
- True flexibility with hybrid work, compressed hours, RDOs and the option to purchase additional leave.
- Our Ways of Working (OWOW) - our activity-based model allows you to work in different spaces, locations and with the latest technology.
- Reproductive health leave, up to 5 days of paid leave to support our employees.
- THRIVE Wellbeing Program and 24/7 confidential counselling.
- Family‑friendly leave options, including 16 weeks paid primary caregiver leave.
- Ongoing professional development to help you grow your skills and advance your career.
- Free Workout Wednesdays, discounted gym memberships and an onsite café.
- Private Health discounts for employees.
- Enjoy our stunning, architecturally designed workspace, complete with free coffee, a community library and free parking.
- Be part of a team that truly lives its values: Dream Big, Empower Each Other, Make Our Community Proud.
- Paid Christmas Shut Down Leave.
This is an engineering leadership role leading Council's Transport Operations team within the City Planning and Infrastructure division. It is suited to an experienced traffic or transport engineer who wants to combine technical expertise with people leadership.
The role offers the opportunity to stay involved in complex transport engineering matters while leading a team of professionals engineers, influencing investment decisions and delivering practical solutions that improve road safety, traffic operations, parking management, and the overall transport network.
You will play a key role in shaping safer, more efficient transport & traffic engineering outcomes across one of Victoria's largest growth municipalities while developing and supporting a high-performing engineering team.
What You’ll deliver:
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of traffic and transport engineering professionals.
- Oversee Council's traffic management, road safety and parking investigation functions.
- Apply sound engineering judgement and evidence-based analysis to identify practical solutions to complex transport challenges.
- Lead investigations into traffic, parking and road safety issues.
- Analyse crash data and transport trends to identify risks, opportunities and appropriate network improvements.
- Help inform and prioritise transport-related capital works programs and investment decisions.
- Build productive relationships with the community, developers, government agencies and internal stakeholders.
- Oversee Council's public lighting responsibilities, associated operational budgets and service delivery outcomes.
What You’ll Bring:
- Strong transport & traffic engineering credibility with proven people leadership.
- Extensive experience in transport operations, ideally with strong traffic/transport engineering knowledge.
- A tertiary qualification in engineering, with professional engineering registration required to practice in Victoria.
- Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring and developing technical professionals.
- Sound knowledge of road safety, traffic management and parking matters.
- The ability to investigate complex issues, assess options and apply sound professional judgement.
- Experience developing and monitoring budgets and delivering minor capital works projects.
- Strong written communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Well-developed stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills.
We are committed to providing a diverse, safe, and inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed. We promote gender equity and actively address barriers to employment, ensuring participation without discrimination and supporting workplace adjustments.
Team Leader Transport Operations in Melbourne employer: City of Casey
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