Head of Risk, Environment & Quality - Rail

Metro Trains Melbourne; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 230,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro Trains Melbourne seeks a General Manager Risk Environment and Quality to lead enterprise risk, environmental sustainability, quality and resilience. You will shape governance, assure strategic outcomes, and support executive decisions in a regulated rail environment. The role is permanent full-time from Docklands, Melbourne.

You will advise executives, drive continuous improvement, and manage a high-performing multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, reliable public transport.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in a complex, regulated organisation.
• Expertise in enterprise risk management, internal control, assurance and business continuity.
• Knowledge of quality, safety, environmental and asset management systems incl. ISO standards.
• Ability to understand operational rail regulatory and contractual environment.
• Strong strategic planning, commercial judgement, stakeholder management and negotiation.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and drive change.

Responsibilities

• Govern enterprise risk, internal control, critical control assurance and continuity frameworks.
• Lead environmental compliance, sustainability and climate-resilience priorities.
• Govern Metro's Integrated Management System and audit program.
• Advise executives and build relationships with regulators and certification bodies.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team focused on accountability and improvement.

Skills

Senior leadership

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Influence and negotiation

Multidisciplinary leadership

Change leadership

Education

Tertiary qualification in risk/environment/safety/engineering/management

Postgraduate qualification or professional cert in risk/environment/quality/sustainability/governance

Job description

Metro Trains Melbourne seeks a General Manager Risk Environment and Quality to lead enterprise risk, environmental sustainability, quality and resilience. You will shape governance, assure strategic outcomes, and support executive decisions in a regulated rail environment. The role is permanent full-time from Docklands, Melbourne.

You will advise executives, drive continuous improvement, and manage a high-performing multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, reliable public transport.