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Senior Engineer – Track and Civil
- Champion engineering excellence across track and civil projects
- Collaborate with industry experts to shape regional rail improvements.
- 3 Year, Fixed Term Contract, Full-Time
V/Line’s purpose is to connect Victorians through safe, reliable, and accessible transport. We believe in giving all Victorians opportunities through travel and transport – connecting them to jobs, education, family and friends, services, tourism and trade.
V/Line is experiencing significant growth and we’re delivering more services, more trains, cheaper fares, and huge projects. With more than 3700 weekly train and coach services, an expansive freight network and unprecedented rail investment, millions of Victorians depend on us to deliver. You could be one of our 2700 committed team members who are up to the challenge.
About the role
The Projects Group is responsible for developing, delivering and assuring project-related changes and improvements across the regional rail network.
The Group coordinates, integrates and delivers major projects and network change in a safe, collaborative and innovative manner, enabling V/Line to shape the improvement and modernisation of V/Line’s regional transport service.
The Senior Engineer – Track and Civil forms part of the V/Line Projects Engineering and Design Review Team, providing project engineering assurance. This is achieved through feedback to delivery teams based on the review of designs against the V/Line Safety Management System (SMS) and operational concepts, to ensure that changes made to the V/Line network are safe and reliable to operate and maintain and accessible to all users.
The position is responsible for allocation of design review tasks amongst the track and civil design review team, monitoring and reporting of progress, and performing design reviews and design assurance activities. It requires collaboration with Third Party design and delivery organisations, the Project Engineering team and the Office of the Chief Engineer.
This role will be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate processes and frameworks, to ensure that projects are well planned, future ready and supported to be safely delivered.
The role will prioritise and allocate tasks within the track and civil design review team and will play a key role in the interface and collaboration with the wider Engineering and Design Review team and to contribute to an integrated transdisciplinary engineering assurance process.
This role requires occasional travel to sites throughout regional Victoria. It’s a great way to get out to the regions and see our beautiful State!"
As well as performing duties specified in this position description an employee may be required to undertake other duties or functions consistent with their classification, capabilities, and skills.
Position Accountabilities:
Collaborate with contractor design review resources to supplement internal V/Line capability where required.
Review Track and Civil designs for compliance to V/Line SMS, Standards and operational concepts.
Assess applications for derogation to V/Line standards in terms of safety, practicality, performance, reliability, economic benefits.
Analyse and respond to requests for information and technical queries relating to project works.
Contribute to the development and / or assessment of applications for Type Approval.
Input to development of future projects through review of reference and concept designs.
Endorsement of Engineering Change Notices (ECN).
Review as-built drawings.
Contribute to Corridor Wide Review Group activities.
Attending railway sites as required.
Contribute to V/Line delivered projects through design and checking where opportunities arise
If your skills or experience don’t exactly match our listed requirements, we still encourage you to apply. We value diverse perspectives and believe in the potential for growth and development.
About you
As the Senior Engineer – Track and Civil, you will perform track and civil design review activities across multiple projects.
Selection Criteria:
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE and PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria (RPEV) in Civil Engineering, or eligibility and commitment to obtain registration within an agreed timeframe (Essential)
- Demonstrated significant experience in engineering, construction management and solutions in complex rail infrastructure projects or large construction projects (Essential)
- V/Line design competencies in track and civil at unsupervised practitioner level or equivalent
- Sound organisational skills with demonstrated ability to work within tight and often conflicting timeframes
- Sound knowledge of V/Line, Victorian Railway operations
- Extensive experience in Design & Delivering Signalling projects (Desirable)
- In depth knowledge of one or more of the following - Track Configuration and Geometric Design, Track Drainage, Civil (Permanent Way), Civil (Station/Depot) Infrastructure, Geotechnical Engineering, CSR (Combined Service Route) (Essential)
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a broad range of matters affecting project planning, design, construction, cost and quality control.
- Ability to champion strong relationships and aligning ALL V/Line Stakeholders and other government agencies to deliver a mutually acceptable engineering solution which conform to V/Lines best assurance practices
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with a well-developed ability to discuss a broad range of challenging issues, engaging stakeholders across all organisational levels including senior management.
- Demonstrated success in collaborating with multiple stakeholders and disciplines to support complex projects and to achieve common goals. (Essential)
- People management capabilities (Desirable).
- Ability to lead, delegate to and advise employee and contractor design reviewers.
- Proficient analytical capabilities with the ability to convey complex and technical issues to a range of audiences
- Interpersonal skills to influence change, facilitate and enhance performance within a cross functional environment.
Why V/Line
In addition to free myki travel, we offer:
- Community impact – Make a genuine difference. Work in a role that connects Victorians, every day.
- Huge potential – We’re transforming, and you can too. Be a change maker, recognised for your contribution and creativity.
- Dynamic environment – V/Line operates in a constantly changing space. Join a fast-paced and exciting organisation.
- Collaborative team – You’ll be part of a broader supportive team. Surround yourself with talented, passionate peers.
- Flexible working – We support flexible working. Work in a way that supports you to thrive in your role.
We are committed to ensuring a comfortable and accessible recruitment experience. If you need any adjustments or have specific accessibility requirements at any stage of the process, please contact our Talent team at
[email protected] or 1800 800 007 for confidential support.
As an equal opportunity employer, V/Line is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace and network that reflects the communities we serve. We accept and value the contributions of all our employees regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age or disability. We were also named a Work 180 endorsed employer for the second year in a row – meaning, we are committed to creating a great workplace for women.
We proudly acknowledge First Peoples of Victoria. We acknowledge their ongoing strength in practicing the world’s oldest living culture. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners’ lands, waters, and skies on which we live and pay respects to their Elders past and present.
At V/Line, safety is our priority. Successful applicants will undergo relevant pre-employment and medical checks to meet our safeworking standards. V/Line is also a proud Child Safe employer.
Applications close: Tuesday 15th September 2026
