Associate Director - Advisory & Strategic Planning

We are Network Rail Consulting (NRC)

NRC is the international consultancy arm of Network Rail, the owner of Britain’s railway, one of the largest rail operations in the world.

NRC has been active in the Australian, the Middle East and North American markets since 2013.  We have built a reputation for the successful delivery of consultancy assignments across both government, and private sectors, including passenger and freight owners and operators.  Our ambition is to always achieve consistently excellent levels of client satisfaction.

Our advice covers the full range of the project life cycle, from concept, project development and delivery through to operations and maintenance.

Our work is driven by our values: passion, agility, collaboration, impartiality.

In Australia, Network Rail Consulting has a growing team of rail industry specialists permanently based in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. Whilst our unique selling point is access to Network Rail’s expertise in the UK, we are committed to developing our local workforce through a structured training and development program using Network Rail’s award-winning training capability. This approach ensures that NRC continues to provide our clients with leading edge technical and management advice delivered by a blend of local and British experts.

We offer our people great benefits such as:

• Competitive market rate salaries
• A performance-related pay incentive scheme
• Life Insurance and Total Permanent Disability cover
• Generous annual leave entitlement (25 days per annum)
• Novated car leasing arrangements
• Genuine career development prospects, including the potential to work interstate and overseas
• Further training, learning and development opportunities
• Access to Employee Discount Program via Reward Gateway

NRC supports flexible working practices, and we understand that life balance is an important part of our employees' lives. We offer a wide range of flexible work/life balance options such as hybrid (home/office) working, flexible working hours where appropriate and generous leave entitlements.

About the opportunity:

Building on our continued success and growth, we are currently hiring for an experienced professional to join our team as an Associate Director – Advisory & Strategic Planning based in Sydney.

The successful candidate will play a lead role in the development and delivery of Advisory & Strategic Planning projects within the regional business, through supporting the State Managers in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. The role will complement other established NRC sectors and service lines, working collaboratively with the broader team to win and deliver assignments.

The key focus areas for the Advisory & Strategic Planning service lines include the following:

Advisory:

• Auditing, due diligence and independent technical reviews across a range of projects and/or disciplines.
• Benchmarking studies on client's railways against other owner/operators.
• Policy, Standards and procedures development and advice.
• Transformation and change management programs to improve efficiency and/or reduce cost.
• Procurement advice relating to planned procurements and tendering processes.
• Rail franchising, performance regimes and O&M concession advice.

Strategic Planning

• Business Case development and/or management.
• Project feasibility, planning and development.
• Route utilisation strategies and capacity enhancements.

You will be involved in developing the Advisory & Strategic Planning service line by providing expert technical advice, people leadership and service line capability by identifying the right resources to deliver business targets. You will have the opportunity to act as a project manager on consultancy contracts and manage, or contribute to the completion of consultancy contracts, delivering projects on time and to budget and quality.

Experience & Qualifications:

Essential:

• Qualified to at least a degree level (or equivalent for the service area) within a relevant area.
• Significant and demonstrable expertise and experience with broad experience across a variety of railway project lifecycle development and railway operational aspects.
• Significant proven experience in the Rail industry.
• Ability to relate to other people with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly motivated self-starter.
• Well-developed skills in problem solving and written/verbal communication, collaborative working and time/priority management.
• Strong commercial focus with regards to contract and project management.
• Ability to grow business and build/develop teams in a senior consultancy or professional advisory role.

Desirable:

• Membership of relevant professional body.
• Understanding of Australian market with client relationships in Transport/Rail sector.

Pre-Employment Checks

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which include a national criminal history check and reference checks.

Sound interesting?

Apply today and our Talent Acquisition team will review your application in due course.

NRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of age, race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or veteran status. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation!