Lead / Principal SESA Engineer

Lead / Principal SESA Engineer | Major QLD Rail Project

UGL is home to one of Australia’s largest in-house engineering teams, delivering complex transport and infrastructure projects nationwide. As part of the CIMIC Group, we bring long term stability, technical depth and genuine career pathways.

These permanent full time positions will be based out of Brisbane’s CBD, and your first assignment will be to support a major greenfield rail project in South East Queensland. This next stage of work involves delivering new dual-track rail, tunnels, stations and stabling infrastructure, a large-scale expansion that will help shape the region’s long-term transport network.

Why this role

• Get involved early and help establish the systems and safety engineering approach for a major greenfield rail project.
• Take on a key technical leadership role with the opportunity to influence design setup, structure and delivery.
• Contribute across the project lifecycle, from stakeholder engagement, requirements definition and detailed design through to construction, testing and commissioning.
• Work alongside experienced engineering, design, testing, quality and assurance professionals.
• Join one of Australia’s largest in-house engineering teams with a strong future project pipeline.
• Build a long-term career with the stability and development opportunities of UGL and the broader CIMIC Group.

About the role

As a Lead / Principal SESA Engineer, you will provide specialist systems and/or safety engineering leadership, guidance and direction for a major transport infrastructure project. Opportunities are available with a focus on either systems engineering or safety assurance.
You will help establish and manage the relevant engineering and assurance frameworks, ensuring project plans, processes and assurance activities are effectively implemented.
Working closely with engineering, design, testing, quality assurance, clients, regulators and delivery partners, you will support the project from stakeholder engagement and requirements definition through design, construction, testing, commissioning and system readiness.
You will also coach and mentor other team members, helping build a capable and collaborative systems and safety engineering culture.

Key responsibilities

• Establish, influence and manage the systems engineering and/or safety assurance approach across defined project scopes.
• Lead requirements definition, allocation and management in accordance with project requirements and applicable standards.
• Drive the implementation of key systems and safety engineering plans, including requirements management, configuration management, reliability, availability and maintainability, and system safety.
• Review system assurance submissions, project documentation and assurance evidence provided by contractors and delivery partners.
• Coordinate risk assessment activities to identify, assess and mitigate potential railway operational hazards, and lead the development of progressive safety assurance arguments to support project timelines.
• Engage with clients, regulatory bodies and internal and external stakeholders to demonstrate compliance and system readiness.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching and mentoring to develop systems and safety engineering capability across the project team.

What we offer

• Benefit from 16 weeks of paid primary parental leave.
• Complimentary salary continuance insurance.
• Discounted Medibank health insurance.
• Shape your career with an Individual Development Plan.
• Participate in our Wellness Program with AIA Vitality.
• Access our OneRewards Discount Program.

About you

• A recognised engineering qualification relevant to the position.
• At least 10 years’ experience managing or coordinating systems engineering, safety assurance or compliance processes on complex engineering projects.
• Experience contributing to major projects valued at more than $100 million.
• Demonstrated capability using requirements management tools such as DOORS Next Generation, DOORS Classic or Relatics.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle processes and relevant standards, including ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288.
• Experience with applicable functional safety and railway standards, including IEC 61508 and EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, negotiation and influencing skills, combined with the ability to lead, coach and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

About Us

UGL is a respected provider of end-to-end engineering, construction, operation and maintenance services across rail, transport, communications, oil and gas, power, renewables, resources, water and defence. We partner with some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies, government agencies, private enterprises and public institutions. As a member of the CIMIC Group, we value diversity in our team’s backgrounds, ideas and work styles.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage applications from people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Please note that relevant screening checks will be conducted as part of the recruitment process. These may include a national criminal history check and a pre-employment medical.