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MORE than 7700 people will work on the $5.4bn Cross River Rail project over five years of construction, with 400 local suppliers signed up and more than 160 apprentice and traineeship positions filled out of the 450 to be created.

Here are the vacancies the CrossRiver Rail Delivery Authority and joint venture partner CBGU are currently trying to fill:

VACANCIES WITH CBGUTrade jobs:■ Carpentry Trades/Formworker■ Crane Operator■ Concreter/Concrete Finisher■ Dogman■ Operator■ Rigger■ Scaffolder■ Steel Fixer■ Trades Assistant/Labourer■ Tunneller■ Yardperson/Storesperson

CBGU are also seeking expressions of interest for jobs in:■ Engineering■ Finance■ Project Management■ Contracts & Procurement■ Quality■ Health and Safety■ Supervisory■ Human Resources■ Administration■ Plus apprenticeships and traineeships

JOBS WITH CROSS RIVER RAIL DELIVERY AUTHORITY■ Graduate Environment Officer;■ Database Administrator■ Integrated Database and Dashboard (IDD) Lead■ Contracts Manager■ Program Commercial Manager■ Commercial Manager■ Senior Contracts and Systems Administrator■ Program Project Manager■ Planning Manager■ Graduate Urban Planner■ Senior Commercial Systems Administrator■ Director Development Assessment■ Governance and Reporting Officer

TO FIND JOBS ON THE CROSS RIVER RAIL PROJECT, APPLY OR SUBMIT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST, VISIT CROSSRIVERRAIL.QLD.GOV.AU/CONTACT-US/JOBS-CONTRACTS/

On track to help hospital workers

WORKERS at Brisbane’sfastest-growing health pre-cinct will have a brand newtrain station when the $5.4bnCross River Rail projectopens in 2024.

The new Exhibition sta-tion will be open all yearround servicing the nearbyRBH and Herston Quarterhealth precinct, and signifi-cantly improve access toevents at the RNA Show-grounds and the King Streetentertainment precinct.

The Courier-Mail, in con-junction with the Cross RiverRail Delivery Authority, ispresenting a series looking atthe project and what it willbring to the state.

Exhibition Station pre-cinct will accelerate thearea’s urban renewal creatinga connected health, housing,

and recreation hub,CRRDA tunnels, stationsand development, pro-

ject director JeremyKruger said.

It will alsohelp the 6000health workersat Royal Bris-bane and

Women’s Hos-pital – Queensland’s

largest which providesmore than 1 millionmedical appointmentsand treatments everyyear – as well as thehundreds of thousandsof visitors to the Ekkaand other events atthe RNA every year.

The new and ex-panded station willlink the inner city andBrisbane’s northernsuburbs and is ex-pected to handle9500 passengersevery weekday by

2036. It will have three newconnections linking the KingStreet Precinct to BowenPark, including replacementof the existing RNA CattleUnderpass, and a pedestrianand cyclist link connectingthe station to Bowen BridgeRoad. There will also be newsecure bicycle storage.

More than 7700 peoplewill work on the $5.4bn CrossRiver Rail project over thefive years of construction,with 400 local supplierssigned up and more than 160apprentice and traineeshippositions already filled of the450 to be created.

Among them is graduateengineer Amy Clem. At 26,Ms Clem already has an envi-able resume, having workedon the construction of Bris-

bane Airport’s $1.1bn parallelrunway, which opened toflights earlier this month.

Working for joint venturepartner CPB, she is lookingforward to working acrossthe megaproject and pickingup skills and experience.

“It’s awesome to have fiveyears-plus worth of work inBrisbane,” Ms Clem said.

Major construction workshave started and are due tobe completed in 2024.

The 10.2km rail line willrun from Dutton Park toBowen Hills, including 5.9kmof twin tunnels under theBrisbane River and BrisbaneCBD, creating a second rivercrossing for the rail networkthat means more trains moreoften across the network.

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Graduate engineer Amy Clem is excited about working on Brisbane’s Cross River Rail project.Picture: Josh Woning

It’s awesome to have five years of work in Brisbane

Amy Clem

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Construction is now underway.And while that means the whole of South-East Queensland can look forward to more trains, more often, it also means changes to roads and public transport services.