Business Sector Director - Advisory & Strategic Planning

About us:

Network Rail Consulting (NRC) is the international consultancy arm of Network Rail, the owner of Britain’s railway. We have been active in the Australian, the Middle East and North American markets since 2013 and have successfully delivered more than 150 consultancy contracts for government, public and privately owned organisations, and for passenger and freight owners and operators, achieving 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.

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 will ensure that we continue to provide our clients with leading edge technical and management advise delivered by a blend of local and British experts.

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

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
• 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 working from home, 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 leadership team as a Business Sector Director – Advisory & Strategic Planning based in Sydney.

You will play a key role in leading the Advisory & Strategic Planning Sector in the Australian region, complementing other established NRC sectors and service lines, and working collaboratively with the broader team to win new work and oversee the successful delivery of consultancy contracts.

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 leading the Advisory & Strategic Planning service line by building strong client relationships, 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 across a variety of railway project lifecycle development and railway operational aspects.
• Significant proven experience in the Rail Industry.
• Substantive experience in growing business and building/developing teams in a senior consultancy or professional advisory role.
• Have an Industry profile with networking contacts with industry executive/leadership positions.
• Ability to relate to other people with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Well-developed skills in: problem solving and written/verbal communication, collaborative working and time/priority management.

Desirable:

• Membership of relevant professional body.
• Strong understanding of the Australian Rail and consulting market and network of client relationships.

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?

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter addressing the selection criteria (maximum 2 pages).

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!