Title:  Traffic Engineering Specialist

VIDA Roads​​ 

​​​VPS 6 Traffic Engineering Specialist​​ 

• Hybrid working environment.  

• 3 years fixed term, VPS 6 salary $142,790-$191,084 and + super & benefits.  

•  This role will be located at 180 Lonsdale St.  

About VIDA ROADS 

VIDA Roads is delivering a massive investment in the state’s roads.  We’re delivering major new road projects across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria while improving the roads people rely on every day.  

North East Link will fix the missing link in Melbourne’s freeway network with new 6.5 km tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen. We’re also overhauling the Eastern Freeway and completing the M80 Ring Road at Greensborough. 

Road Programs are also delivering dozens of new roads, bridges, road widening projects and major freeway upgrades.  

Come and be a part of our centre of roads excellence.  

Join us in building better connections for Victoria by: 

• Provide high level traffic engineering advice in the areas of traffic modelling, traffic engineering design and road safety for major high value/ high-risk road infrastructure projects, as well as complex operational traffic modelling for increasingly complex and large networks.  

• Plan and manage traffic modelling activities and deliverables for a variety of project options during the project development stages. Provide advice on modelling types, demand derivation methodologies on projects and provide proactive response to changing expectations on traffic modelling requirements.  

• Undertake independent traffic modelling peer reviews on multiple projects across VIDA Roads program.  

• Utilise advanced expertise in developing the strategic approach and methodology for operational traffic modelling and undertake microsimulation modelling and SIDRA analyses for intersection design options as required by the relevant projects  

• Review and develop proposals for improvements to traffic engineering design and construction standards and specifications. Provide guidance to TA and Project Teams in relation to interpretations of DTP traffic modelling requirements. 

The Traffic Engineering Specialist (Modeller) is responsible for delivering traffic modelling assessments and advising and leading traffic engineering aspects of projects during the project development stage to ensure overall delivery compliance requirements are achieved on multiple large-scale road projects within the VIDA Roads/ Big Build Roads. 

This opportunity is a 3 Year Fixed Term Position. 

For more details about this opportunity, please take a look at the Position Description here.  

What can we offer you? 

We are committed to creating a workplace that inspires and engages you – we want you to be a powerful contributor to this wonderfully diverse and dynamic organisation. Our offering continues to grow but here  
is what we already have in store for you: 

• VIDA Roads welcomes flexible working arrangements.  

• Access to annual health checks, including skins checks and flu shots. 

• Access low-cost gym memberships for yourself and family at over 200 facilities via Fitness Passport. 

• Access to Thrive Gateway, our employee benefits platform is your once stop shop for wellbeing as well as savings and discounts at hundreds of retailers. 

• We're committed to supporting our team members and their families in improving mental health and wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides confidential counselling and advice for our team members and their families for work and personal issues. 

• Annual salary increases and incremental performance-based payments over the course of your employment. 

• Leave loading of 17.5% payment on top of your base salary when you take annual leave and ability to purchase additional leave 

VIDA Road’s commitment to Gender Equality  

• As part of VIDA Road’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are making gender equality a key priority at VIDA Roads. 

• We are actively looking to attract and promote women into non- traditional roles and putting support structures in place to help them succeed, 

• As part of part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, VIDA Roads has launched a Gender Equality Action Plan – a blueprint for improvement and our progress will be tracked annually.  Watch Dian, one of our talented Senior Project Managers share her thoughts on why diversity is important and what involvement she has had in the VIDA Roads Gender Equality Action plan!  

Need more information?  

Irena Krsteska- Deputy Director, Engineering-  irena.krsteska@vida.vic.gov.au