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Principal Engineer Transport

Egis Group


Job Location:

Sunshine Coast - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 16 October 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 13 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As a Principal Engineer Transport within the Rail business unit your primary purpose is to lead the successful pursuit and delivery of multidiscipline transport projects across Southeast Queensland. This opportunity combines project leadership client management work winning and technical oversight responsibility.

In this role you will also provide delivery-focused leadership across the project lifecycle bringing together the appropriate technical advisory construction and commissioning capabilities to achieve safe compliant and commercially successful outcomes for clients.

The role will act as a Key Account Manager within the locality and as tender lead for priority opportunities with responsibility for developing and executing local work-winning strategies and agreed pursuit plans. Working collaboratively across the broader Egis business the role will present an integrated Egis team to clients and partners to support the sustainable growth of Egis transport presence in Southeast Queensland.


Qualifications :

Ideally you will have 15 years of experience within the transport sector with demonstrated senior leadership capability to lead and manage complex transport infrastructure addition to this you will also have:

  • Tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering accredited by the relevant national industry body at Professional Engineer level.
  • Chartered professional engineer status
  • Current registration as a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ)
  • Demonstrated experience across multiple stages of the project lifecycle including design construction testing and commissioning
  • Demonstrated experience leading bids and managing strategic client relationships in the transport sector
  • Recognised as an industry and market leader with knowledge of the Southeast Queensland transport market clients delivery partners and procurement environment is highly desired
  • Expert technical knowledge in a relevant engineering discipline supported by broad understanding of multidisciplinary transport interfaces
  • Strong understanding of Australian railway standards and guidelines and ability to adhere to industry best practices
  • High-level consulting client relationship and key account management skills
  • Strong commercial acumen ability to influence and strategic thinking ability
  • Effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills to communicate with a broad range of technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels

Additional Information :

We are open to considering this role on a full-time part-time or job-share basis. Please let us know of your flexibility requirements.

Egis is committed to creating an inclusive creative culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. If you are looking for a new challenge want to participate growth of a successful business and join a passionate and entrepreneurial team then dont wait apply now!


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time


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Egis is a leading global architecture, consulting, construction engineering and operating firm. We work side by side with clients to build a more balanced, sustainable and resilient world.

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