Senior Manager, Safety & Systems
About the Opportunity
Alchemy Recruitment are partnering with a leading organisation to appoint a Senior Manager, Safety & Systems to support the delivery of a major project in NSW. This is a rare opportunity to shape the safety governance and assurance frameworks for a landmark transport infrastructure initiative from the ground up, this is a 12-month contract reporting directly to the General Manager Safety.
Key Responsibilities
As Senior Manager, Safety & Systems, you will provide enterprise-wide leadership of the organisation’s safety, WHS and assurance frameworks, ensuring compliance with national rail and work health safety legislation across a complex transport environment.
- Lead enterprise safety strategy, governance forums and regulatory engagement
- Own and continuously improve the SMS/WHSMS, embedding Safety in Design and systems-engineering-based assurance
- Direct the integrated safety assurance program, including hazard logs, risk registers and change-impact assessments
- Oversee notifiable occurrence management, serious incident investigations and emergency preparedness
- Champion worker health, wellbeing and psychosocial risk management
- Build safety leadership capability and a strong, transparent safety culture across the organisation
- Establish safety performance indicators and risk intelligence reporting for Executive and governance committees
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary safety and assurance team, managing related budgets and specialist contracts
Skills and Experience
You’re an experienced safety and assurance leader with a track record in major infrastructure, transport or complex systems environments, including direct regulatory engagement.
- Strong knowledge of national safety legislation, safety management systems and incident investigation practices
- Demonstrated expertise assessing safety artefacts, assurance evidence and operational readiness documentation for major transport systems
- Experience in systems engineering and Safety in design, hazard analysis, interface management and integration assurance
- High-level communication and influencing skills, able to shape outcomes with Executives, government stakeholders, contractors and technical specialists
- The judgement and resilience to lead safety-critical decision-making in a high-visibility, high-pressure program environment
- A relevant degree or equivalent industry experience is required.
Alchemy Recruitment is a registered and proud preferred industry employer for Women, and we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.
Next Stages:
For a confidential discuss please contact Jen Smith on:
M +61 432 481 591
E Jen@alchemyrecruitment.com.au
Please note: Applicants must have full Australian working rights. Sponsorship is not available for this role.