About Inner West Council
Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, innovative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.
The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration are at the centre of everything that we do.
We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.
Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $16.60/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.
About the role
The Roads Manager holds a strategic leadership role in the end-to-end delivery of road and stormwater infrastructure projects, from initial investigations through to construction completion. With oversight spanning planning, design, specification, stakeholder engagement, and project execution—including both contract and project management—the Roads Manager ensures infrastructure initiatives are delivered sustainably and in alignment with the long-term aspirations outlined in the Community Strategic Plan.
This role commands three integral teams: the Civil Design Team, Civil Project Management Team, and Infrastructure Renewal Team, orchestrating their collective efforts to deliver high-impact public works. Through coordinated leadership and technical direction, the Roads Manager drives performance across project lifecycles, ensuring consistency, quality, and community-focused outcomes.
A key focus of the role is to decouple design and construction phases from financial year constraints, enabling infrastructure programs to be forward-planned and seamlessly executed across budget cycles. This strategic shift promotes greater efficiency, reduces delivery risks, and enhances long-term infrastructure stewardship.
Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.
Remuneration
A market competitive Total Remuneration Package (TRP) that recognises:
- Market relativity
- Additional hours worked required to meet position requirements and performance expectations
- Option to access IWC motor vehicle lease back scheme.
- Alternatively, there is a novated leasing or salary
packaging a vehicle through a provider.
The TRP includes the following components:
- base salary, superannuation (SCG) contribution, civil liabilities allowance and may include:
- market premium
- cost of non-cash benefits
- cost of fringe benefits tax (FBT)
Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications
Essential requirements
- Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent recognised by Engineers Australia
- Significant experience in leading and managing road and stormwater related project delivery
- Significant experience in leading and managing road and stormwater design and providing construction advice
- Practical experience in the investigation, evaluation, design and specification of capital works infrastructure to relevant industry standards, codes and legislation
- Demonstrated financial management, procurement, contract and budgetary experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders
- Understanding of or experience with the Australian Business Excellence framework or experience in development and execution of improvement initiatives or continuous improvement.
- Experience leading and managing a customer-focused team
- Knowledge of and commitment to equity and diversity principles, work health and safety, ethical practice and acting with probity at all times
- Current NSW Class C Driver’s Licence
Desirable requirements
- Accreditation as a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) or equivalent
- Experience in Prince 2 project management methodology or similar methodologies
Enquiries
Manod Wickramasinghe, Acting Director of Engineering on (02) 9392 5638
Closing Date
Sunday 10th August 2025, 11:30PM
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How to Apply
We recommend you read the Position Description for the role to make sure your application addresses the requirements of the position. Council is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applicants. Please advise us within the application if you need support, reasonable adjustments to participate successfully in the recruitment process.
All new workers must be and remain fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning their work or hold a valid medical contraindication.
Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks
Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role). Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.
For more information about work rights in Australia please visit the Department of Home Affairs website.
Inner West Council is proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to reflecting the diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, young people, and mature age workers.
This commitment to diversity and inclusion is one of the many reasons we were named the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner as the most progressive council in NSW. We’re also proud recipients of the 2023 Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice and the 2025 NSW Local Government Excellence Award for Organisational Diversity and Inclusion.
Reasonable Adjustment Assistance
IWC are intent on respecting the rights and improving opportunities for people with disability. Should you require adjustments or support for your application and throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please Click here for more information on reasonable adjustments