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Slihrms

Principal Consultant, Transport Advisory

Brisbane Corporate Office

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Seniority
Lead / management
Country
AU
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
27 Sept 2026

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Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a Principal Consultant specialising in railway operations to join our thriving national Transport Advisory team at our Brisbane office.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our dynamic team, where you'll contribute to the delivery of existing rail operations and strategic projects, as well as the development of new work. With ongoing involvement in major projects and support from AtkinsRéalis' global rail operations expertise, there's never been a better time to become a part of our expanding Transport Advisory team.

Your role

  • Provide advisory services across light rail, metro, passenger, and freight rail across the full project lifecycle – from strategic planning to project delivery, including:
  • Development of operational concepts and maintenance plans.
  • Rail operational and infrastructure planning.
  • Rail corridor and network capacity analysis.
  • Rail network simulation and network performance assessment.
  • Service plan and timetable development.
  • Fleet, maintenance and stabling plans.
  • Operational readiness.
  • Collaborate with project teams and represent AtkinsRéalis to key clients and stakeholders, including transport agencies and railway operators.
  • Oversee consultancy assignments from start to finish, including allocation, estimating, tendering, planning, execution, and close-out.
  • Develop strategies to grow AtkinsRealis’s product & service range offering in Customer Service and Rail Operations expertise, including business development and key client management.
  • Provide leadership and guidance to staff, offering expertise and direction as needed.
  • Manage client relationships effectively.

About you

  • Degree qualified in engineering, transport planning or other relevant disciplines.
  • Experience and competence with railway operations simulation tools (notably RailSys or OpenTrack), test and commissioning, systems integration or modern signalling systems (including ETCS) would be highly advantageous.
  • Ability to manage time and workloads to deliver technical outputs across multiple projects, often to tight timescales.
  • Ability to communicate complex ideas to non-specialists, including writing, drawing and presentation skills.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

  • Flexible and hybrid work solutions
  • Remote work opportunities outside of country
  • Performance driven discretionary bonus program
  • Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

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