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How is AtkinsRéalis starting to make waves throughout the Australian market?

Job opportunities are growing at AtkinsRéalis in Australia

The Australian market is an important growth area for AtkinsRéalis.

Over the last 26 years, we have established a strong presence with offices across Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne.

AtkinsRéalis is growing rapidly in Australia with new project wins offering exciting opportunities to learn and develop.

With a strong reputation in the rail sector, we are expanding our service offering. Our regional business servicing the Australia & New Zealand markets is divided into three sectors:

  • Consulting and Advisory
  • Program & Project management
  • Design and Engineering

Furthering our commitment, AtkinsRéalis has embarked on several major projects in key locations, ensuring we provide a better, more sustainable future for communities, our environment, and society.

We're excited about the opportunities opening up in Australia and are looking for engineers, designers, and other professionals at every level to help us deliver critical projects and build on their career.

Harnessing major infrastructure investment

The Australian Government is driving forward with significant infrastructure investments that will develop sustainable communities and enable long-term economic growth.

Australia's rail industry, for example, is vital to the economy. In 2023 the market value stood at USD 38.63 billion, this is only expected to grow further and is forecast to reach USD 70.08 billion by 2032.

At AtkinsRéalis, with extensive expertise in delivering successful infrastructure projects, we're in a good position to harness this growth.

AtkinsRéalis is fully committed to supporting governments, like Australia's, as they press forward with infrastructure investments that develop sustainable communities and long-term economic growth.
-Ian L. Edwards, President and CEO of AtkinsRéalis

Key AtkinsRéalis projects in Australia

Sydney Metro

Sydney Metro is Australia's biggest public transport project, with major works still ongoing.

The Western Sydney Airport Project reached a historic milestone recently with the project's tunnel boring machines (TBMs) completing the 9.8 kilometres of twin-tunneling needed for the line in Western Sydney.

Appointed by Sydney Metro as Integration and Delivery Partner (IDP), AtkinsRéalis Australia together with HKA and Infrastructure Nation will assist further in the development and implementation of the integration functions:

  • Project integration
  • Design integration
  • Systems integration
  • Interface management
  • Integrated assurance
  • Integrated testing and commissioning

Cross River Rail Operations and Maintenance Technical Advisor

Cross River Rail (CRR) is a 10.2km rail line between Dutton Park and Bowen Hills that includes 5.9km of twin tunnel under the Brisbane River and Brisbane CBD.

In recent Cross River Rail news, tunnelling for the project was completed in 2021, with construction completion set for 2025, alongside this, the transformation of Albert Street has begun in which the station will be turned into a new pedestrianised plaza.

The project also includes the construction of four new high-capacity underground stations at Boggo Road, Woolloongabba, Albert Street, and Roma Street. In addition, there will be the redevelopment of two existing overground stations at Dutton Park and Exhibition.

AtkinsRéalis has been providing the following ongoing operations and maintenance support to the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority as the Operations Technical Advisor:

  • Strategic rail operational planning, developing service labels, routing and stopping patterns, informing both infrastructure requirements and the future DTMR rail strategy;
  • Detailed timetable development to validate the operating strategy, validate the ability of infrastructure plans;
  • The development of a Concept of Operations (ConOps) and Concept of Asset Management (ConAM);
  • Input and advice to management of project risks, controls, and scheduling;
  • Assessment of the fulfilment of freight requirements on the network;
  • Review of key stabling locations;
  • Support the development of refinement of the Operational Readiness Program;
  • Defining and managing the development of the Network Operating States (NOS; and
  • Systems Integration and Assurance (SI&A) services

Take your career to the next level at AtkinsRéalis in Australia

Being part of a global organization of over 50,000 employees, we benefit from access to global experts and opportunities in new regions around the world.

If you are looking for your next challenge and you're passionate about improving Australia's communities for generations to come, we may have an opportunity for you.

Be part of the change and apply for an engineering job in Australia today.

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