Manager Precinct and Place in Sydney

You want to play a part in making NSW a better place to work, live and travel. You're a forward thinker who sees potential where others don't. You'll have the chance to shape and transform urban spaces, contribute to sustainable development and create vibrant, liveable communities for future generations to enjoy.

In this role, you'll:

• Work as part of the Urban Planning and Place team within the Property and Place division, providing subject matter expertise to deliver and influence land use, place making and precinct development outcomes relating to metro station precincts and adjacent areas.
• Work with a range of stakeholders including Sydney Metro Customer, Operations & Project Sponsorship, Project Delivery, Technical Services, Property, Corridor Protection and various external stakeholders.
• Lead urban and precinct planning activities including preparing planning referrals to help ensure that Sydney Metro’s project outcomes respond to relevant legislative and wider government strategic planning objectives and commitments.

As Manager Precinct and Place, you’ll play a pivotal role in providing subject matter expertise to influence place making, land use and precinct planning outcomes for the Sydney Metro projects and residual sites. This role demands a highly capable and experienced urban planner with extensive experience in strategic planning and playing a lead role in various phases of major project development, design, delivery and custodianship. You’ll help shape vibrant precincts where communities can live, work, and connect.

The role demands extensive subject matter expertise to provide technical advice that influences place making, land use, and precinct development outcomes throughout various phases of the project to ensure metro station precincts deliver optimised customer, place making, community and commercial benefits. This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong relationship-building and coordination across stakeholders, including internal and external stakeholders such as the wider Transport for NSW cluster, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure and local councils to ensure a unified approach to delivering outcomes aligned with project objectives and Government priorities.

About you

• You are tertiary qualified in urban planning or an equivalent relevant discipline.
• You have extensive experience in strategic planning, particularly in leading and providing expertise on major infrastructure or urban development/precinct planning projects and a keen interest in delivering city shaping and place making outcomes.
• Advanced communication and technical skills to effectively influence and deliver timely project outcomes and proactively build collaborative relationships with multiple internal/external stakeholders in a complex multi-project environment.

Please note that the team are currently enjoying a hybrid way of working with an expectation of working 10 days in the office in a calendar month and depending on project needs.

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.

Flexible work options may be available. Learn more via Flexible work options and policy. Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.