Principal Advisor (Heavy Vehicles SME)

Eden Ritchie Recruitment; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Ritchie Recruitment is seeking an experienced Principal Advisor (Heavy Vehicles SME) to provide specialist operational expertise for the National Automated Access System (NAAS) in Brisbane. You will help transition from permit-based to automated access pathways, shaping policy, rules, and system configuration within a project team.

You will interpret regulatory requirements, develop business rules, and support testing, with engagement across government, road managers and industry to ensure

Qualifications

• Extensive practical experience in heavy vehicle access, road manager decision-making, transport regulation, permit operations or network management.
• Strong knowledge of heavy vehicle configurations, access assessment principles, route restrictions and operational conditions.
• Ability to interpret complex regulatory and operational requirements into clear business rules and system requirements.
• Sound analytical skills, professional judgement and experience identifying operational risks and dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across government, regulatory, technical and industry environments.
• Highly developed written communication skills, including preparing technical advice, procedures, reports and executive briefings.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document and validate heavy vehicle access requirements, including route conditions, escorts, curfews, restrictions and operational controls.
• Provide specialist advice on system design, configuration, business rules and automated access decision-making.
• Interpret heavy vehicle access policies, permits and regulatory requirements into practical operational and system requirements.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including developing scenarios, validating outcomes and assessing defects.
• Undertake network expansion assessments to identify opportunities for transitioning permit-based access to automated pathways.
• Engage with policy teams, technical specialists, road managers, local governments, regulators and industry stakeholders.
• Develop operational procedures, guidance materials, decision records and knowledge-transfer documentation.
• Prepare technical advice, risk assessments, briefings and recommendations to support operational and executive decision-making.

Skills

Heavy vehicle access

Road manager decision-making

Transport regulation

Permit operations

Network management

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory analysis

Policy advisory

Education

Relevant qualifications in transport, logistics, engineering, planning, public policy or information systems

Job description

Eden Ritchie Recruitment are seeking an experienced Principal Advisor (Heavy Vehicles SME) to provide specialist operational expertise supporting the development and implementation of the National Automated Access System (NAAS).

This role will play a key part in transitioning heavy vehicle access arrangements from traditional permit-based processes to automated access pathways. Working within an established project team, you will contribute to policy development, network expansion, operational business rules, system configuration and access decision-making.

Location: Brisbane CBD
Contract Length: 6 months

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, document and validate heavy vehicle access requirements, including route conditions, escorts, curfews, restrictions and operational controls.
• Provide specialist advice on system design, configuration, business rules and automated access decision-making.
• Interpret heavy vehicle access policies, permits and regulatory requirements into practical operational and system requirements.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including developing scenarios, validating outcomes and assessing defects.
• Undertake network expansion assessments to identify opportunities for transitioning permit-based access to automated pathways.
• Engage with policy teams, technical specialists, road managers, local governments, regulators and industry stakeholders.
• Develop operational procedures, guidance materials, decision records and knowledge-transfer documentation.
• Prepare technical advice, risk assessments, briefings and recommendations to support operational and executive decision-making.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Extensive practical experience in heavy vehicle access, road manager decision-making, transport regulation, permit operations or network management.
• Strong knowledge of heavy vehicle configurations, access assessment principles, route restrictions and operational conditions.
• Ability to interpret complex regulatory and operational requirements and translate them into clear business rules and system requirements.
• Sound analytical skills, professional judgement and experience identifying operational risks and dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate across government, regulatory, technical and industry environments.
• Highly developed written communication skills, including preparing technical advice, procedures, reports and executive briefings.

Highly Desirable:

• Experience supporting system implementation, UAT, automated decision-making, business process transition or network expansion.
• Knowledge of heavy vehicle access arrangements and the regulatory environment involving road managers and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR).
• Relevant qualifications or substantial experience in transport, logistics, engineering, planning, public policy, network management, regulatory administration or information systems.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute your specialist heavy vehicle expertise to a significant national transport initiative, helping modernise access decision-making, improve network efficiency and support the transition to automated heavy vehicle access arrangements.