Senior Traffic and Transport Engineer

Job Description

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Band 7 - Salary Range $109,825 to $122,758 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

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Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

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Why join Melton City Council?

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Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

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As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

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Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

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• Professional and personal development opportunities
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• Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
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• A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities
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Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

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The Opportunity

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the Traffic and Transport team to deliver accurate and timely traffic management and road safety advice, information and guidance to the Council, staff and public, relevant to current legislation, guidelines and codes of practice, including the Local Government Act and the Road Traffic Regulations.

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Reporting to the Traffic and Transport Coordinator, you will ensure that traffic, road safety and transport management issues throughout the municipality are addressed in a professional and timely and accurate manner while understanding the balancing needs of technical and legislative requirements with the needs of the community.

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Key Responsibilities

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• Provide responses to Councillors and the Community on important transport issues affecting the community.
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• Undertaking other engineering activities within the City relating to transport matters and to make a positive contribution to operations of the Transport Unit.
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• Deliver an excellent customer experience in relation to matters concerning the City’s transport and traffic management.
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• Mentoring of staff and assist the Traffic and Transport Coordinator in the induction of new staff within the Traffic and Transport unit.
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About you

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To be successful in this role you will have the following:

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• Tertiary Qualification in Civil Engineering or equivalent and substantial experience.
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• Broad municipal engineering experience particularly relating to traffic engineering and project management, road and drainage design, investigations, civil works and preferably experience in strategic transport planning.
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• Ability to liaise, negotiate and communicate and gain co-operation with Council staff, government agencies, consultants, and the community to achieve positive outcomes.
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• Understanding of best practice traffic and transport engineering principles and demonstrated technical ability to implement these principles in practice to achieve high quality outcomes.
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Culture and Values

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Our vision for our community is to be:"A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too.Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

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We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

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• Motivate
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• Empower
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• Lead
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• Trust
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• Open
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• Nurture
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There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:

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• Additional $500 per annum pro rata superannuation for female employees over the age of 45
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• Access to the Local Government Employee Health Plan (GMHBA) with exclusive benefits
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• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)*
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• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
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*Eligible for Full Time positions or for Fixed term positions eligible after 12 months of employment.

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If you require further information about the position, please contact Daniel Anskaitis, Coordinator Traffic and Transport on 9747 5726.

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To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

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All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any public health orders applicable to local government.

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We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

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Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and respondingto child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

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Applications close11:59pm Wedneday5 August 2026

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