Track Project Manager

4w1 month ago

UGL Limited

Brisbane, AU · Full-time · A$160,000 – A$200,000

About this role

UGL provides engineering, construction, and maintenance services across industries including oil and gas, power, renewables, resources, water, defence, and telecommunications. The Logan Gold Coast Faster Rail (LGCFR) Project is a major South East Queensland infrastructure program that will transform rail travel between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

As Track Project Manager, you will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of all track construction activities for the LGCFR project. This role ensures compliance with technical standards, financial constraints, and project timelines while managing a team of engineers and coordinating efforts with subcontractors, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams.

You will act as a critical liaison between stakeholders, delivery managers, and the track team, driving quality, safety, and performance outcomes. Day-to-day responsibilities include developing detailed construction schedules, managing cost forecasting and financial reporting, and supporting possession planning and staging with operations and other disciplines.

This role offers the opportunity to provide mentorship and high-level technical guidance to Supervision, Senior Project Engineers, Project Engineers, and Site Engineers, enhancing team capability and performance. You will be part of the ActivUs Alliance delivering a transformative rail project that will significantly upgrade stations, systems, and community connectivity.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
Proven experience in track construction and rail infrastructure projects.
Strong understanding of quality assurance processes, ITPs, and engineering documentation.
Experience in cost forecasting, accruals, earned value management, and financial reporting for construction works.
Knowledge of possession planning, staging, and coordination with multiple disciplines (stations, signals, OHLE, civil, structures, utilities).
Ability to develop and implement risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
Demonstrated leadership and mentorship capabilities to guide engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership and guidance to the Track team, ensuring delivery of track construction activities in alignment with project requirements, technical standards, and timelines.
Oversee overall track programme management, ensuring dependencies, risks, and milestones are effectively identified and managed.
Develop and maintain detailed construction schedules, tracking progress against deadlines and implementing corrective actions where required to avoid delays or risks.
Coordinate cross-disciplinary collaboration with delivery managers, design teams, project stakeholders, and subcontractors to ensure seamless project operation and delivery.
Review quality assurance processes, ensuring all ITPs, engineering and construction documentation, work packs, and quality records are developed in accordance with required timeframes and standards.
Manage accurate and timely cost forecasting, accruals, earned value, and monthly financial reporting for track works, ensuring budgetary alignment across engineering and construction delivery.
Develop and deliver detailed risk assessments and implement strategies to mitigate operational, scheduling, and design challenges.
Conduct regular site visits, including during rail possessions, overseeing critical operations such as rail delivery, turnout construction, ballast placement, and trackwork installation for quality assurance and alignment with scope.