Safety and Environment Specialist

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

Melbourne is Australia’s fastest growing city, and public transport is vital to keeping it moving. Since 2009, Metro has proudly operated and maintained a world-class train service and delivered major transport projects that shape the future of our city. Guided by our value of Safely Always, we are one team dedicated to ensuring everyone gets home safely while helping to connect and create a better Melbourne.

• Permanent
• All Rolling Stock Depots, as required
• Support safer, compliant, and continuously improving maintenance facilities and sidings

About the Role:

The Safety and Environment Specialist provides Safety, Environment and Quality support to Metro Trains Melbourne Rolling Stock Maintenance Facilities and Sidings, helping site and line management control risk, meet legislative and company requirements, and implement improvement opportunities.

This role works across Rolling Stock depots as required and is identified as a Rail Safety Worker position. Successfully meeting the applicable medical assessment requirements is mandatory.

About You:

You are a practical and collaborative safety and environment professional who can build trusted relationships across operational teams. You can analyse workplace information, communicate clearly with people at all levels, manage competing priorities, and translate technical requirements into practical actions that support safe and compliant work.

What you will do:

• 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.

Who you are:

Mandatory:

• A tertiary qualification in Health and Safety, or a minimum Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety.
• Proven experience in a SEQ, QSE, HSEQ, or equivalent role.
• Experience in a rail, transportation, infrastructure, or similar environment.
• Experience using HSEQ database systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, and the ability to identify and analyse risk and corrective actions.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills and the ability to manage administrative systems and deadlines.
• Understanding of workplace health and safety, environmental, and rail safety legislation, regulations, standards, and codes of practice.
• Understanding of quality, safety, environment, and rail safety management systems.

Metro’s commitment to an inclusive workforce

At Metro, we move Melbourne and we’re powered by our people. We’re committed to building a workforce that reflects our diverse communities and celebrates the unique perspectives each person brings. Inclusion, respect and opportunity shape how we work and we invite you to join us in creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.

Applications close on Sunday 1st November 2026