Manager Urban Planning

You want to play a part in making NSW a better place to work, live and travel.

You're a forward thinker who sees potential where others don't. You'll have the chance to shape and transform urban spaces, contribute to sustainable development and create vibrant, liveable communities for future generations to enjoy.

In this role, you'll:

Work as part of the Place Making and Precinct Activation team within the Property and Place division, providing subject matter expertise to deliver and influence place making, precinct planning and development outcomes relating to metro station precincts and adjacent areas. 

Working primarily on the Sydney Metro West project, you will be working closely with a range of stakeholders including Sydney Metro Customer, Transport Planning, Operations, Project Delivery, Technical services and external stakeholders.

You will lead activities to help ensure that metro station, interchange and precinct elements meet Sydney Metro's project requirements and customer outcomes and respond to relevant legislative, design excellence and wider government strategic planning objectives.

As Manager, Urban Planning or Manager, Precinct and Place, you'll play a pivotal role in providing subject matter expertise to influence place making and precinct planning outcomes.

This role demands a highly capable urban planner and/or urban designer with extensive experience in strategic planning and playing a lead role in various phases of major project development, design and delivery.

You'll help shape vibrant precincts where communities can live, work, and connect.

You will have extensive subject matter expertise and a proven ability to provide technical advice to influence place making and precinct planning outcomes throughout various project phases.

This will include during procurement and design development phases to ensure new metro stations and precincts are designed to respond to context and deliver optimised customer, place, community and commercial benefits.

These are highly collaborative roles requiring strong relationship-building and coordination across multiple stakeholders, including internal project teams and external stakeholders such as the wider Transport for NSW cluster, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, etc. to ensure a unified approach to delivering outcomes aligned with project objectives and Government priorities.

We're hiring for two fixed-term roles (until 30/06/2026): Manager, Urban Planning and Manager, Precinct and Place.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description on the links above and information pack.

About you

You are tertiary qualified in urban planning and/or urban design or an equivalent relevant discipline.

You have extensive experience in strategic planning and/or urban design, particularly in leading activities for major infrastructure or urban development/master planning projects and have a keen interest in delivering city shaping and place making outcomes.  

Advanced communication and technical skills to effectively influence and deliver timely project outcomes and proactively build collaborative relationships with multiple internal/external stakeholders in a complex multi-project environment.

Please note that the team are currently enjoying a hybrid way of working with an expectation of working 2-3 days in the office.   

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.  

Sydney Metro delivers Australia's biggest public transport project and first driverless railway. We engage with our customers and community, and contribute to vibrant and attractive places through station design, interchanges and precincts.

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you'd like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.

This role is hybrid-friendly, meaning you can mix in-person days at your team's home base location with remote days. 

What are you waiting for…? Connect with us.  Apply now

Applications close: 11:59 pm Sunday 26 October 2026.

For more information about this role, please contact SOUMAYA..NSW.GOV.AU.

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal people or Supporting people with disability for more info or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us. 

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