Urban Road Planning Manager
Main Roads WA
Posted 8 days ago
About Main Roads Western Australia
At Main Roads, we are committed to delivering a world-class road network and creating positive, lasting impacts for WA communities. We play a critical role in overseeing the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of major roads and highways across the State. This includes managing traffic flow, ensuring road safety, and supporting infrastructure projects to improve transport efficiency.
About the role
We are seeking an enthusiastic Urban Road Planning Manager to lead and enhance long-term road transport solutions within the broader Perth metropolitan area. The responsibilities include:
Managing a professional team working on road planning studies from inception to completion across the Perth and Peel region.
Leading network and traffic modelling, route concept innovation, corridor planning and associated intersection design concepts in relation to future long-term road planning.
Preparing ultimate planning concept designs -and detailed route corridor alignment selection and definition studies.
Building and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships.
Overseeing community consultation processes.
Identifying and facilitating statutory protection of future road reservations.
Contributing to contract and planning study management, including budgeting and resources scheduling.
Your Impact
Help us improve accessibility, mobility, and transport choices by planning our future road network. Develop road planning solutions that promote social equity, economic development, and sustainability. Enhance road safety and environmental quality through informed planning. Provide transport and traffic engineering advice to shape urban road networks and land use development. Collaborate with the Transport Portfolio partners by providing efficient and effective advice on complex and often inter-related transport projects and work closely with the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage on strategic and statutory decision-making.
About You
We are looking for an experienced team leader with:
Comprehensive knowledge of road transport planning and road planning and design.
Skills in modelling analysis, traffic and infrastructure engineering.
Expertise in stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
Understanding of statutory land use planning and environmental processes.
If you’re passionate about infrastructure and want to contribute to impactful projects across Western Australia, we encourage you to apply and join us at Main Roads.
What We Offer
At Main Roads, you can have a challenging, flexible and rewarding career that takes you exactly where you want to go with an organisation who supports a healthy work-life balance to help with what is important to you.
In addition to our competitive salary and 11.5% superannuation, the following initiatives/benefits may be available:
Attractive leave provisions including paid parental leave
Additional 3 days Public Service Leave per annum
Choice of a 40 or 37.5 hour working week
Flexible working hours
Training and development opportunities
Health and wellbeing focus.
Learn more about how Main Roads supports the WA Community below:
About Main Roads WA
Connecting people and places....
The transport portfolio isn't just about roads, boats, plains or trains.
It's about people.
People who need to get to work, home and everywhere in between and businesses that rely on road, rail, air and sea to deliver billions of dollars in goods and services each year.
An integrated and optimised transport network will give the Western Australian Community more choice and improve the quality of our lives and our environment.
Since 2010, WA's three key transport agencies - Main Roads, Department of Transport and Public Transport Authority - have worked together to enhance the coordination of operations and develop unified policies and regulatory functions.
The agencies each have different responsibilities and together they strive to provide world-class outcomes for our customers, all West Australians and visitors to our stage, through integrated transport systems and services.
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