{"id":2074012,"url":"https://alion.io/job/queensland-rail-design-coordinator","title":"Design Coordinator","company":{"id":1936541,"name":"Queensland Rail","domain":"queenslandrail.com.au","url":"https://alion.io/company/queenslandrail","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Administrative","role_family":"Administrative","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Brisbane, Australia"],"countries":["AU"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":151000,"max":162000,"currency":"AUD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":112668},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-08T08:14:13Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-08","last_verified_at":"2026-10-12T12:17:50Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"You’ll connect Queensland. We’ll connect you to an amazing career.\nOur team of over 7,500 and our customers are central to everything we do, we have a proud history as a safe and reliable railway operator, with a commitment to ensuring that our operating systems reflect the highest standards. Queensland Rail inspires innovative thought, passionate motivation, teamwork, and forward thinking, where our people can achieve their own career aspirations.\nWhy Queensland Rail?\nWe will provide you with an exciting and diverse career opportunity to join a company that continues to strive in the delivery of a modern and world-class railway provider, you will be able to lead and apply your innovative thoughts to enhance our rail network. For this role we also offer:\nHighly competitive salary plus 12.75% super\nOpportunity to be part of a major legacy project\nJoin a rail industry leader\nCollaborative and engaged workplace and team environment\nGenuine work life balance\nFree City train travel to and from work and access to other free or discounted SEQ rail travel\nEmployee Assistance Program (EAP) providing employees with holistic and contemporary health and wellbeing programs\nAbout this role:\nJoin Queensland Rail’s Major Projects division and play a key role in the delivery of The Wave Greenfield Stage 2 Project as a Design Coordinator.\nIn the exciting opportunity, you will utilise your design management and coordination skills to support the successful delivery of major rail infrastructure projects from concept development through to commissioning. Working within a complex, multidisciplinary environment, you will collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to coordinate design activities, manage project interfaces and help drive project outcomes.\nAbout the Opportunity:\nThis fixed-term position is available through to 31 January 2032, offering the opportunity to be a part of a transformational project from planning to delivery.\nWorking within a flexible and collaborative project environment, you will work across a variety of locations including Queensland Rail ‘s Carseldine Office, Transport and Main Roads and Queensland Rail CBD offices, client offices and project sites. The successful candidate will enjoy a dynamic work environment and be comfortable adapting their work location to meet project and stakeholder requirements.\nSalaries are between $151k-162k + super.\nYou can expect some of your responsibilities to include:\nCoordinate the delivery of design-related activities across the full project lifecycle, supporting the successful planning, development, construction, testing, commissioning and handover of major and complex rail infrastructure projects.\nLead the development of detailed documented staging strategies for multidisciplinary works in consultation with associated disciplines and operational stakeholders.\nInterpret applicable standards and procedures, ensuring they apply in the given circumstance and where necessary, develop project specific guidelines and procedures.\nEngage with business Subject Matter Experts and operational stakeholders to obtain specialist technical and operational knowledge that informs rail asset design development and project delivery.\nIdentify, interpret and apply relevant rail standards, specifications and procedures to validate requirements, support design decisions and ensure compliance with business and operational needs.\nFacilitate the effective exchange of design and project information across multidisciplinary teams, clients and stakeholders, ensuring documentation is managed and communicated in a timely, accurate and consistent manner in accordance with project governance and document control requirements.\nWhat you can bring to the role:\nHigh level of project management skills in the co-ordination, organisation, administration and supervision of major and/or complex engineering and operational systems construction projects from concept planning to completion.\nDemonstrated ability to lead and coordinate collaborative project teams, ensuring effective delivery of customer-focused project outcomes.\nSound understanding of rail operations, safe working practices, and the principles and application of modern signalling and train protection systems.\nHigh level of written and oral communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills.\nDemonstrated ability to engage, influence and build effective working relationships with Subject Matter Experts, operational stakeholders, clients and multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful project outcomes.\nStrong analytical and technical skills in researching, interpreting and applying rail standards, specifications and procedures to support compliant, practical and operationally focused design solutions.\nFor further information on the role, click HERE to read the position description\nProgress that Counts\nJoining Queensland Rail means being part of an exciting future where you'll welcome millions of international passengers for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our Cross River Rail project will transform travel across the South East Queensland network, doubling passenger journeys to 80 million over the next decade.\nTo support this growth and enhance customer experiences, we're committed to key initiatives, including The Wave project for the Sunshine Coast along with Beerburrum to Nambour upgrade, building three new Gold Coastline stations, implementing the $5.75 billion Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail Project, introducing 65 new Next Generation Rolling Stock trains, improving station accessibility at eight main stations, boosting North Coast Line capacity and upgrading Central Station.\nYour journey matters. Make it with us.\nThere has never been a more exciting time within Queensland Rail. We offer boundless opportunities to support your career today and for your future.\nApply for our role via our website by clicking the apply button before 11.59pm Thursday, October 22nd, 2026\nApplicants for roles at Queensland Rail may undergo pre-employment alcohol and drug testing if they advance in the recruitment process. The selection process may include psychometric assessments, pre-employment health checks and background screenings, which could involve criminal history and credit checks.\nTo learn more about this career opportunity, please contact James Conlan via email at \nWe’re a team of thousands and we’re proud of our individual journeys and stories. And as we grow, we need more diverse backgrounds and perspectives than ever before. We are committed to facilitating a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations, we welcome you to let us know so we can work with you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6790,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-08T08:14:13Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":82,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.817,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":13,"reasons":["conf:13","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-12T06:55:09Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":112668,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/queensland-rail-design-coordinator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/queensland-rail-design-coordinator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-12T16:25:30Z","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":26232,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-13T00:00:00Z"}},"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":1936541},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1936541"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fqueensland-rail-design-coordinator"},{"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%2Fqueensland-rail-design-coordinator"},{"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%2Fqueensland-rail-design-coordinator"},{"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/queensland-rail-design-coordinator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fqueensland-rail-design-coordinator"}]}