Careers in the Department

The department employs more than 3 000 people and is responsible for around $10.9 billion in assets.

Employees in the department provide expert project management advice; oversee the state's rail, road, air and sea transport systems; as well as plan, design, construct and maintain the state's rail and road transport systems; and provide management services to other government agencies for the construction, maintenance and management of the state's building assets.

To do this work the department employs people from a range of professional, technical and administrative backgrounds on a range of exciting projects. These include:

• accountants
• architects
• asset managers
• civil engineers
• community engagement officers
• construction advisers
• contracts managers
• cost managers
• customer service officers and management
• economists
• electricians
• environmental officers
• facilities managers
• financial and business analysts
• human resource consultants
• ICT management
• landscape architects
• land surveyors
• law graduates
• leasing specialists
• marine surveyors
• materials technicians
• mechanical engineers
• naval architects
• planners
• policy officers
• procurement officers
• project managers
• property managers
• rail engineers
• road designers
• road engineers
• real estate professionals
• site construction managers
• strategic planners
• structural engineers
• technical officers - architectural and engineering
• traffic engineers
• transport analysts
• transport planners
• valuers

If you are interested in joining the department, please take a look at our current vacancies and entry pathways.

You can find out more about the Department by visiting:

• Current and past Annual Reports