Senior Advisor, Heavy Vehicles SME — Automated Access Lead

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 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