Senior Traffic Engineer (Technical)
- Assess traffic aspects of Development Applications and manage referrals.
- Prepare Traffic Impact Assessments and conduct major traffic studies.
- Provide design input on traffic facilities and manage funding claims.
- Government / Local Government
- Engineering
- Sydney
- Contract
Osborne Richardson are proud to partner with councils right across Australia, and we've got a cracking traffic engineering contract with Blacktown City Council in Western Sydney. Sitting in the City Transport team within City Assets, you'll be the technical go-to on traffic matters across one of Sydney's fastest-growing LGAs.
It's a hands-on senior technical role with no direct reports, so you can bring your A game to the work itself: DA traffic referrals, traffic studies, Local Traffic Committee reports and traffic facility design input.
What you'll be doing
- Assessing the traffic aspects of Development Applications and turning around Development Services referrals on time
- Preparing and reviewing Traffic Impact Assessments and undertaking major traffic studies
- Investigating traffic requests and complaints, with site visits and technical assessments
- Preparing reports and estimates for the Local Traffic Committee and Council
- Providing design input on traffic facilities and keeping the traffic facilities Works Improvement Program on track
- Running intersection and network modelling, and organising traffic surveys and crash data
- Preparing grant submissions for traffic facilities and managing TfNSW funding claims
- Briefing consultants and liaising with TfNSW, Police and other agencies
What you'll bring
- A degree in Civil Engineering acceptable to Engineers Australia, or an equivalent qualification in a related field
- A minimum of 5 years' related traffic engineering experience
- Development Application traffic assessment experience
- Traffic Impact Assessment and traffic study experience
- Strong traffic investigation and technical assessment skills, including intersection and network modelling
- Solid traffic engineering and transport planning knowledge, ideally with local government and Local Traffic Committee exposure
- A current Class C driver's licence
What's on offer: up to $80.61 per hour plus super, a contract from 16 November 2026 to 26 July 2027 with extension likely, 37.5 hours per week, based at the Blacktown Civic Centre.
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