Rail Safety & Environment Specialist – Maintenance Facilities

Metro Trains Melbourne; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro Trains Melbourne is seeking a Safety and Environment Specialist to provide safety, environment and quality support across rolling stock maintenance facilities and sidings. The role helps site and line management control risk, meet legislative requirements and implement improvements.

You are a practical, collaborative safety professional who can translate technical requirements into actionable safety practices, build relationships across teams, and manage competing priorities while

Qualifications

• Mandatory qualification in Health and Safety as stated.
• Experience in SEQ/HSEQ roles.
• Experience in rail/transport infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety, environment, quality, and rail safety advice and support to line and site management, helping control risk and identify improvement opportunities.
• Monitor actions and investigations in INX, lead or coordinate investigations, and follow up corrective actions to completion.
• Conduct regular workplace inspections, daily safety interactions, and internal audits across responsible depots and sidings, recording findings in INX.
• Support risk assessments, plant and equipment safety assessments, safe work instructions, SWMS, SDS registers, and controlled documentation.
• Plan and support site safety meetings, promote safety awareness and accountability, and contribute to environmental performance and continuous improvement.

Skills

Health and Safety expertise

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Risk assessment

Education

Tertiary qualification in Health and Safety or Certificate IV in WHS

Tools

HSEQ databases

Job description

Metro Trains Melbourne is seeking a Safety and Environment Specialist to provide safety, environment and quality support across rolling stock maintenance facilities and sidings. The role helps site and line management control risk, meet legislative requirements and implement improvements.

You are a practical, collaborative safety professional who can translate technical requirements into actionable safety practices, build relationships across teams, and manage competing priorities while