Infrastructure Planning Principal

**Infrastructure Planning Principal**
- ** Essential services provider with strong market presence, large asset base and vast network**:

- ** Join a sector that is characterised by future expansion and directly supports the Australian economy**:

- ** North Sydney based, permanent role for business with infrastructure acquisition and construction as a key part of growth strategy**

**_ Pacific National is committed to diversity in our workforce and encourages women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply._**

**About the role**

Pacific National plays an important role in the freight response to Australia's growing population and expanding economy. We deliver for our customers. Our Long Term Planning team manage the solution design for customers supply chain needs and network infrastructure capacity. As a key role in the planning development area within Long Term Planning, the Infrastructure Planning Principal will gain a national view of the entire business and will interface with multiple internal and external stakeholders including Planning, Operations, Commercial, Property, Legal, and IT through to customers and vendors to Pacific National.

As a business on a growth trajectory with rail leading the way forward, if you are a professional with infrastructure planning expertise who has worked on large, long term supply chain infrastructure projects, here is where you want to be This is an impactful role to design and develop logistics and infrastructure solutions for business success, both for customer driven as well as internal Pacific National driven projects.

Key responsibilities include:

- Develop comprehensive Master Planning tools and plans for the 0 to 10 year planning horizon, in relation to supply chain and network infrastructure capacity
- Assess supply chain and network infrastructure capacity forecasts and integrate these into collaborative planning tools and communicable plans
- Undertake capacity matching assessments and report on infrastructure capacity and capability metrics
- Assist in the development of strategic corridor strategy in relation to network and other supply chain infrastructure and interfaces
- Undertake detailed and complex analysis of geographic freight flows, rail corridors, supply chain infrastructure and associated supporting facilities for the purpose of developing Master Plans.

**About you**

You will be adept at problem solving and have a conceptual design approach as well as the following skills, experience and attributes:

- Strong communication skills to enable you to identify opportunities and mount strong arguments for change with stakeholders
- Demonstrated planning background and skills with exposure to business modelling
- Sound understanding of rail haulage/freight/transportation & logistics, experience working in the rail, heavy haulage or transport and logistics industry is advantageous
- Tertiary qualifications in business, mathematics or possibly logistics, with relevant experience from large, complex businesses
- Strong analytical skills with success in generating creative supply chain solutions for customers, translating requirements into successful business plans to improve performance and reduce cost
- Contemporary knowledge of logistics/supply chain technologies, trends and methodologies to improve system tools and business processes is desirable.

**The benefits**

We value diversity, inclusion, collaboration and the contribution of each of our employees. Working for us will enable you to take ownership of your career and gain access to the following benefits:

- Opportunities for growth and career development
- Opportunities to join our I&D employee committees
- Recognise, celebrate and achieve via our Achievers program
- Flexible working arrangements, 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer at full pay following 12 months of service
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Provision of Salary Continuance Insurance
- Novated leasing and discounts on selected health insurance funds, travel, gyms, retail brands, vehicles and more.
- We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer.

**About us**

Pacific National (PN) is the largest provider of diversified rail freight services in Australia. We haul a variety of freight including coal, intermodal containers, steel, and a range of bulk commodities and materials that keep the region’s economy, businesses and households running. We operate nationally with approximately 3,500 staff in over 90+ sites across Australia.

Join us as we continue to transform our business and shape the rail freight industry, to achieve our vision of becoming Australia’s recognised leader for safe, innovative and sustainable rail freight solutions.

We are seeking applicants who share our values: Make it simple, Share more, Kindness, Gratitude, Curiosity, and Own it. These values help us achieve strong connections with everyone we work with, and play an important part in motivating us