Movement And Safety Engineer

Company description:

About Us

The Department of Transport and Planning oversees key planning, transport and land use policy decisions and management across the State. A life-cycle approach to planning, building, connecting and sustaining communities means our people can come together to; improve services, deliver sustainable projects, focus on customer engagement, streamline regulatory approval pathways, facilitate community consultation and better realise local economic opportunities for more liveable communities across Victoria.

About Gippsland and Regional Transport

The Department of Transport takes pride in its place in the Gippsland community - we're driving transport investment that offers greater choice, connections and confidence ensuring the whole transport network works as one to deliver better services and outcomes.

Gippsland offers a variety of natural attractions like nowhere else in Victoria. Unspoilt beaches, pristine rainforests, snowfields, hiking and riding trails provide backdrops for wineries and food producers, festivals for residents and tourists to indulge in all year long.

We're proudly delivering major transport upgrades across the Gippsland region, including vital safety and maintenance improvements. As part of our team, you'll get stuck into interesting and important work, and you'll love seeing your impact.

If you join our team, you'll have the opportunity to take the next steps in your career. We say 'yes' to flexible work arrangements, we will provide coaching and mentoring opportunities and support ways of working that help you balance work and life. We want you to grow, develop and learn with us. We will provide you with access to a range of internal and external learning and development opportunities to support your performance in your role and further your career aspirations. We also support relevant study via negotiated financial assistance and leave provisions for approved courses.

We're focused on outcomes that deliver more choice, connections and confidence in our travel, ensuring the whole transport network works as one to deliver better services and outcomes.

Job description:

About the Role

The Movement & Safety team works in partnership with stakeholders and communities across six municipalities in the Gippsland Region of Victoria. The team explores, develops and delivers solutions to move people and goods efficiently and safely while being sensitive to the needs and importance of enhancing key destinations.

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Position Outcomes / Accountabilities

• Clear and action orientated advice - Provides clear advice on the status of the program, projects and issues affecting delivery. Consider and recommend options to improve program and project delivery.
• Innovative Road Safety - The incumbent's expertise and knowledge has contributed to the planning and management of regional road safety and innovative road safety improvement solutions have been identified on the network.
• External Stakeholder Satisfaction - a key source of knowledge for road safety advice and influence within their portfolio. Gains the respect of stakeholders and is regarded as a subject matter expert in the field.
• Internal Stakeholder Satisfaction - Developed strong partnerships with key internal stakeholders and focuses on understanding stakeholder issues. A positive working environment has been established with high levels of trust and collaboration.
• Systematic approach - uses various tools to identify emerging transport network issues to help shape priorities and challenges aligned with organisational goals.
• Creative and advanced problem-solving - resolves complex road safety issues in line with the safe system approach including promoting innovative ways to address behavioural issues and applying principles-based decision making.
• Promote and support safe, inclusive and flexible team operations.

About you

You'll join the Gippsland team ideally with experience in Traffic Engineering and Road Safety. You'll be a strategic leader with strong communication and engagement skills, who also considers any politically sensitive matters when delivering on your priorities. Your strong analytical and technical skills will allow you to provide sound advice. You'll also be creative and innovative, able to solve complex problems.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory

• Bachelor's degree and/or experience in a relevant Engineering discipline.
• Experience relevant to the capabilities of the role.

Desirable

• A relevant tertiary qualification in engineering, project management or a related discipline.
• Road Safety accreditation course(s) and understanding of Safe System practices

What we offer

• Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
• Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
• A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
• Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
• We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture

Culture Value

We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.

How to Apply

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Applications close at 11:59 PM on Tuesday, 18th of June 2024.

Please include a resume and cover letter. All applications must be submitted through the online portal. We're unable to consider email or manual applications.

For more information, contact Richard O'Brien | Manager Movement And Safety via **************@transport.vic.gov.au.

Preferred applicants will need to complete a police check and other pre-employment checks. Your information will be treated confidentially.

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