ABOUT THE ROLE
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With an area covering 22 municipalities across northern Victoria, including the regional cities of Bendigo, Mildura, Wodonga and various Alpine Resorts, significant tourist destinations such as the Victorian snow fields and Murray River and associated National Parks and significant freight corridors servicing Northern the Loddon Mallee Hume Region has a diverse range of transport needs and challenges.
The Movement & Safety team works in partnership with stakeholders and communities located across Loddon Mallee Hume Region. We explore, develop and deliver solutions to move people and goods efficiently and safely while being sensitive to the needs and importance of enhancing key destinations and places across Victoria. We do this by:
1. Responding to operational and safety matters across the transport network.
2. Collaborating with key internal and external road safety and transport partners tasked with investigating and identifying opportunities to address short, medium and long-term needs for all transport modes. This includes managing issues related to congestion, speed limits, road safety, freight and amenity, pedestrians and cyclists, and contributing to changes that seek to meet the demand of current and emerging transport safety and movement challenges.
3. Using knowledge of the operation of the network and influencing teams and projects to address such issues through design reviews and business case development.
4. Investigating circumstances surrounding fatal collisions and identifying mitigating measures where possible while applying Safe System thinking.
5. Working with our transport partners (including Councils) to explore network problems and develop solutions.
As a Movement and Safety Engineer, your key priorities include:
6. Developing solutions, recommendations and responses to road safety and traffic management issues and influencing transport project outcomes.
7. Providing timely and sound technical advice to the community and a range of internal and external stakeholders
8. Applying engineering and safe system competence to investigate road crashes in accordance with DTP’s policies and procedures in the fatal crash report system.
9. Assessing and implementing speed zoning and signing changes.
10. Assisting other team members in the development/delivery of minor safety treatments and network improvements.
POSITION OUTCOMES
11. Clear and action orientated advice – Provides clear advice on the status of the program, projects and issues affecting delivery. Consider and recommend options to improve program and project delivery.
12. Innovative Road Safety – The incumbent’s expertise and knowledge has contributed to the planning and management of regional road safety and innovative road safety improvement solutions have been identified on the network.
13. External Stakeholder Satisfaction – a key source of knowledge for road safety advice and influence within their portfolio. Gains the respect of stakeholders and is regarded as a subject matter expert in the field.
14. Internal Stakeholder Satisfaction – Developed strong partnerships with key internal stakeholders and focuses on understanding stakeholder issues. A positive working environment has been established with high levels of trust and collaboration.
15. Systematic approach - uses various tools to identify emerging transport network issues to help shape priorities and challenges aligned with organisational goals.
16. Creative and advanced problem-solving - resolves complex road safety issues in line with the safe system approach including promoting innovative ways to address behavioural issues and applying principles-based decision making.
17. Promote and support safe, inclusive and flexible team operations.
KEY SELECTION CRITERIA
18. Professional Knowledge (Applied) - Acquire, comprehend and apply local and advanced knowledge to design, deliver and improve engineering activities, solutions and practices with appropriate network knowledge, communicated and negotiated in a structured requirements practice.
19. Evaluation (Applied) - Apply a systematic coordinated approach to evaluate the outcome and impacts of engineering activities taking a holistic understanding and appraisal of the complex multimodal transport system to efficiently move goods, services and people with safety as core.
20. Partnering and Co-creation (Applied) – Identifies and partners with users/stakeholders/ experts to ensure active collaboration in the design process to understand user needs, obtain ideas, insights and input. Work with stakeholders/users to build prototypes and coordinate testing to validate the strategy, program or product. Ensures decisions are made within agreed timeframes.
21. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (Applied) – Resolves issues through deep understanding or interpretation of existing guidelines. Where guidelines are not available, analyses ideas available and takes action through self, or in consultation with others to resolve problems. If required, determine additional information needed to make informed decisions. Applies critical thinking and problem solving concepts in the right context.
22. Political and Organisational Context (Applied) – Understands issues and pressures to which the organisation has to respond; Understands the reasons behind the organisational climate and culture.
23. Influence and Persuasion (Applied) – Consistently adapts the content, style, message or tone of a presentation to suit the audience and plans how to tackle objections; Applies own ideas by linking them to others’ values, needs and goals.
24. Working collaboratively (Applied) – Build a supportive and cooperative team environment; Engages other teams to share information in order to understand or respond to issues; Support others in challenging situations.
25. Interpersonal Skills (Applied) – Sees things from another’s point of view and confirms understanding; Understand motivations, needs and wants of stakeholders and their impact on service delivery; Tailor communications according to audience and/or audience preference.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
26. Flexibility and Adaptability (Applied) – Accept changed priorities without undue discomfort. Responds quickly to changes. Comfortable working in collaboration with teams outside of own organisation.
27. Outcomes Thinking (Applied) – Works with sense of purpose within the team and enables others to understand the strategic direction of the branch and organisation; Creates a sense of purpose within the team by establishing links between work and impact to the community.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Mandatory
28. Experience relevant to the capabilities of the role, including relevant experience in traffic engineering and/or road safety.
Desirable
29. A relevant tertiary qualification in engineering, project management or a related discipline.
30. Road Safety accreditation course(s) and understanding of Safe System practices.
ROLE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
31. Driver’s License
What we offer
32. Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
33. Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
34. A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
35. Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
36. Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
37. We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture
Culture Value
We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.
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Applications close at 11:59 PM on MOnday the 2nd of September, 2024.
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