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Principal Rail Service Design Planner

NSW Government

Urban Design & Planning
Location
Sydney, NSW
Type
Full-time

About the role

You excel at connecting the dots as a problem solver, ensuring the seamless delivery of reliable services from beginning to end.

Here's your chance to design and deliver efficient, customer-focused services that also enhance accessibility, sustainability and overall quality of living for more people than you've imagined.

 


In this role, you'll:


be working as part of a team delivering strategic rail service planning, timetable specification development, and network optimisation initiatives.


This role will see you provide high level strategic, research and analytical support to develop timetable specifications and operating strategies that meet future passenger and freight demand, while improving customer experience and enabling integration with other transport modes.


You will have a leadership role in the team, developing innovative network planning and service design solutions in a complex rail environment, identifying efficiencies, resolving capacity and operational constraints, and optimising the use of existing and future infrastructure.


For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

 


About you


Your strategic thinking, analytical capability and problem-solving skills formed across transport planning, infrastructure, or complex network environments will see you excel in developing data-driven service strategies, overcoming capacity and operational challenges, and delivering improved network performance and customer outcomes.


You’re recognised as a trusted advisor, skilled at analysing complex data, designing integrated network solutions and influencing decision-making, experienced in demand analysis, timetable planning, stakeholder engagement and delivering high quality insights within competing priorities and deadlines.

 


Who we are


Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day. 


Join us

 

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

 

Flexible work options may be available. Learn more via Flexible work options and policy  

 

Apply today 

 

Applications close 11:59 PM 17th November 2026.

 

For more information about this role, please contact SALLY.MCDONALD@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

 

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.

 

Learn more about how to apply via Our recruitment process | Transport for NSW 

 

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