{"id":3373383,"url":"https://alion.io/job/kbr-principal-ocsict-engineer","title":"Principal OCS/ICT Engineer","company":{"id":4344,"name":"KBR","domain":"kbr.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/kbr","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":80,"open_postings":402,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.988,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":9,"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Melbourne, Australia"],"countries":["AU"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":91000,"max_usd":232000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2629},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false},{"name":"Verification & Validation","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-28T01:56:28Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-28","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T13:12:06Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":3,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":3},"description":"Title:\nPrincipal OCS/ICT EngineerWho we are?\nKBR’s Infrastructure Solutions business employs over 1,500 people across Australia. Our strong project delivery record, industry reputation and trusted partnerships have driven significant growth, creating outstanding career development and project opportunities for our people.\nWe’re known for our collaborative “One Team” culture and our commitment to working closely with clients and construction partners to achieve exceptional results. Our open, inclusive environment ensures people are valued, supported and able to thrive. By joining KBR, you become part of a team that works together, shares common values and is united in delivering great outcomes.\nThe Opportunity\nWe are seeking a Principal ICT / Operational Communications Systems (OCS) Engineer to join our growing Electrical Infrastructure team, delivering some of Australia's most significant rail, defence and transportation projects. This is a career-defining opportunity for an experienced communications systems leader to provide technical direction and strategic oversight across complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure programs.\nAs a recognised subject matter expert, you will lead the planning, design, integration, assurance, and delivery of critical ICT and Operational Communications Systems that support safe, reliable, and future-ready transport networks. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients, provide technical governance across multiple projects, and play a key role in shaping the growth, capability, and market profile of our transport communications practice.\nWorking closely with project directors, discipline leads, and key stakeholders, you will drive project outcomes from concept through to commissioning and operational handover while mentoring engineers, developing technical standards, and contributing to business development, bids, and strategic initiatives.\nKey Responsibilities\nProvide technical leadership and governance for ICT and Operational Communications Systems (OCS) across major rail, metro, road, airport, and transport infrastructure projects.\nLead the development, review, and approval of complex engineering designs, technical specifications, interface requirements, and project deliverables.\nAct as the discipline lead and technical authority for communications systems including CCTV, PA/VA, Passenger Information Systems, Operational Networks, Help Points, Radio Systems, Fibre Infrastructure, Wireless Communications, and emerging digital technologies.\nEstablish project technical strategies, delivery approaches, and system architectures aligned with client requirements and industry best practice.\nLead multidisciplinary coordination activities and manage critical interfaces across signalling, rolling stock, stations, power, control systems, and operational technologies.\nProvide oversight of systems engineering, requirements management, verification and validation, systems assurance, testing, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.\nManage and influence key client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and technical representative throughout project delivery.\nLead technical reviews, design assurance processes, risk assessments, and governance reviews, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and regulatory requirements.\nMentor, coach, and develop engineers and technical professionals, fostering a high-performing and collaborative team culture.\nSupport resource planning, project execution, and technical quality management across multiple concurrent projects.\nContribute to business development activities including proposals, bids, client engagement, framework opportunities, and market growth initiatives.\nDrive innovation and continuous improvement through the adoption of emerging communications, digital engineering, cybersecurity, and smart transport technologies.\nChampion safety, quality, sustainability, and engineering excellence across all project activities.\nAbout You\nYou are an established ICT and Operational Communications Systems leader with a strong track record delivering complex transportation infrastructure projects. You bring deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams through all phases of project delivery.\nYou are recognised for your ability to influence stakeholders, provide trusted technical advice, and navigate complex engineering challenges while maintaining a focus on quality, safety, and client outcomes. Beyond project delivery, you are passionate about developing people, growing technical capability, and shaping the future of transport communications and digital infrastructure.\nWhat You Bring\nSignificant experience leading the delivery of ICT, telecommunications, operational communications, or systems engineering solutions on major infrastructure programs.\nDemonstrated experience acting as a technical lead, discipline lead, or engineering manager on complex transport projects.\nStrong expertise across Operational Communications Systems and associated transport technologies, architectures, and industry standards.\nProven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and manage complex technical interfaces across large-scale projects.\nExtensive knowledge of systems engineering methodologies, requirements management, assurance, verification and validation, testing, commissioning, and operational readiness.\nStrong client engagement, stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills.\nDemonstrated experience managing design delivery, technical quality, project risks, and commercial considerations.\nExperience mentoring engineers and developing technical capability within a consulting or project environment.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nProficiency with engineering documentation, design management systems, and Microsoft Office Suite.\nDegree qualification in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, ICT Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.\nAs a function of the work that we do, it is a key requirement that you are an Australian citizen and either hold or are eligible for, security clearance with the Australian Defence.\nDesirable\nExtensive experience delivering major rail, metro, light rail, airport, or complex transportation infrastructure projects.\nStrong knowledge of Australian rail standards, transport authority requirements, and international ICT and communications standards.\nExperience leading systems assurance, RAMS, cybersecurity, and operational readiness activities.\nChartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status or equivalent professional accreditation.\nExperience leading technical teams within a consulting, engineering advisory, or design consultancy environment.\nDemonstrated involvement in business development, client account management, framework delivery, or strategic growth initiatives.\nExperience developing discipline standards, technical frameworks, methodologies, or engineering governance processes.\nWhy Join Us?\nYou will have the opportunity to contribute to some of Australia's most complex and transformative transportation projects, working alongside industry-leading professionals in a collaborative and innovative environment. This role offers significant technical responsibility, career growth opportunities, and the chance to shape the future of transport infrastructure through the delivery of critical communications and operational technology systems.\nhttps://kbr.foleon.com/is-australia/who-we-are/who-we-are\nThis position gives you the opportunity to continue KBR's success in delivering major Defence, Transport and Infrastructure projects.\nAt KBR, we value you - here’s how.\nWhile our people are busy delivering leading science, technology, and engineering solutions, we’re committed to providing them with a supportive, trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best.\nBenefits include:\n· Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.\n· 20 Days of annual leave per year + the ability to accrue an additional 8 hours every 4 weeks (33 days in total)\n· Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times, WFH, Flex time)\n· Salary packaging and novated leases\n· Paid professional membership fees\n· Life/Health insurance discounts\n· Employee stock purchase plans\n· Paid parental leave\n· Personal career development plans\n· Growth and promotion opportunities\nHelp shape tomorrow by applying today!\nOur people are the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to creating work environments in which every member of our team of teams feels safe, supported, respected, trusted and valued, and where each person is given opportunities to belong, connect and grow.\n#LI-DNP #LI-DNI #S-DNI","description_format":"text","description_chars":8882,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Flexible schedule","Growth opportunities","Health insurance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Military Logistics","Space Services","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-28T01:56:28Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":55,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.614,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":9,"reasons":["conf:5","stale_co","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/kbr-principal-ocsict-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/kbr-principal-ocsict-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T20:43:51Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":32620,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4344},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4344"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fkbr-principal-ocsict-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fkbr-principal-ocsict-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fkbr-principal-ocsict-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/kbr-principal-ocsict-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fkbr-principal-ocsict-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3373383}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"kbr.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3373383},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}