Consultant, Transport Advisory

Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a Consultant specialising in railway operations to join our growing national Transport Advisory team based in Brisbane.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a highly regarded team delivering rail operations and strategic advisory projects across Australia and New Zealand. You will play a key role in supporting and delivering projects across passenger, freight, light rail and metro networks, while further developing your technical expertise and consulting skills.

With ongoing involvement in major transport projects and access to AtkinsRéalis' global rail operations expertise, you'll have the opportunity to work on complex and high-profile assignments while contributing to the continued growth of our Transport Advisory business.

Your role

As a Consultant, you will deliver advisory services across light rail, metro, passenger and freight rail projects throughout the project lifecycle, including:

o development of operational concepts and maintenance strategies

o rail corridor and network capacity analysis

o rail operational and infrastructure planning

o rail network simulation and performance assessment

o service planning and timetable development

o fleet, maintenance and stabling strategies

o operational readiness and transition planning

• Prepare technical analyses, reports, presentations and client deliverables.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams to deliver high-quality outcomes for clients.

• Engage with clients and stakeholders, including transport agencies, rail operators and infrastructure owners.
• Support the planning and delivery of consultancy assignments, including project coordination, scope development and programme management.
• Undertake research, data analysis and modelling to inform operational and strategic recommendations.
• Assist with proposal preparation, business development activities and identifying opportunities to support existing and future clients.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients, stakeholders and project partners.

This role is well suited to a rail professional with several years of experience in rail operations, planning, engineering or advisory services who is looking to further develop their consulting career and work on some of the region's most significant transport projects.

About you

• Experience with railway operations simulation tools (such as RailSys or OpenTrack) would be highly regarded. Exposure to test and commissioning, systems integration, or modern signalling systems (including ETCS) would also be advantageous.
• Interest in developing consulting, stakeholder engagement and business development skills within a supportive team environment.
• Ability to manage priorities and deliver high-quality technical outputs across multiple projects, often within tight timeframes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and develop practical recommendations.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams and build positive relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to learning, professional development and contributing to a positive team culture.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Flexible and hybrid work solutions

• Remote work opportunities outside of country
• Performance driven discretionary bonus program
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

About Us

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.