Senior Urban Designer (Temporary Opportunity up to 20 months)

You’re a creative leader with a curious and open mindset. You’re not afraid to forge new paths, find new ways of doing things and share your learnings.

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:

Be responsible for embedding urban design, design excellence and holistic, place‑based outcomes across Transport programs and projects. You will drive the integration of urban design into policy, planning, development, and delivery, acting as Urban Design Lead on projects of all scales, including precincts, interchanges, corridors, and transit-oriented developments.

You will collaborate across the branch, Transport cluster and with external partners to achieve consistent, high‑quality urban design outcomes, guide and coordinate external design advisors, and contribute to the continuous improvement of standards, toolkits, guidelines, and training. The role champions design innovation and excellence, represents Urban Design in internal and external forums, and supports the delivery of customer‑focused, inclusive, liveable, and well-integrated multi‑modal transport environments aligned with government and community priorities.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

About you

You are an accomplished urban design professional with extensive experience in urban design, architecture, or landscape architecture, including leading requirements preparation and design development for complex, high profile and multi stakeholder infrastructure or public domain projects. You bring expert knowledge of urban design principles, frameworks, and design excellence processes, with a demonstrated ability to apply these effectively across policy, planning, development, and delivery environments.

You are recognised for providing high level strategic and technical advice, confidently managing complex stakeholder expectations, and influencing urban design outcomes at both project and program levels. You have relevant infrastructure and/or public domain experience and hold tertiary qualifications in Urban Design, Architecture or Landscape Architecture.

There are 2 temporary fixed‑term opportunities available until 30 June 2028, based in Sydney CBD (Elizabeth Street). The salary for these positions are a Transport Grade 9 ($163,145-$182,721) per annum plus superannuation. Part time/job share arrangements will be considered.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

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