About the role
*This is a Fixed Term Position until 30th June 2026*
This role requires the ability and willingness to travel and work across locations within metropolitan and regional Victoria.
The Senior Advisor, HSEQ & Risk is responsible for contributing to the development and implementation a safety strategies, frameworks and programs, procedures to ensure proactive safety culture across SRS. This role requires high-level interpersonal and stakeholder management skills for liaising with internal and external stakeholders across SRS, DTP and external clients and suppliers, and is accountable for:
• Embedding transformation in Occupational Health & Safety across SRS including high-risk construction activities aiming to reduce and prevent workplace injuries and illness.
• Driving the implementation and delivery of safety programs that focus on critical and key risks and ensure targeted proactive risk solutions according to SRS risk profile looking at safety data, industry data, and injury data.
• Partnering with business and people services functions to support targeted evidence-based risk solutions to the right places including the analysis and reporting of relevant data to inform risk solutions and incident management and investigation.
This position reports to the Associate Director, HSEQ & Risk and works collaboratively across the HSEQ & Risk team and operational delivery teams to support compliance with SRS safety obligations.
Key Selection CriteriaThe role requires a professional who demonstrates applied capability in innovation and continuous improvement, critical thinking and problem solving, and strong stakeholder engagement to deliver high-quality, efficient outcomes. The successful candidate will apply sound business and commercial acumen, influence and persuade diverse audiences, and tailor communication to meet stakeholder needs while working collaboratively across teams. They will be outcomes-focused, adaptable to changing priorities, and able to connect day-to-day work to broader organisational and community impacts.
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Position accountabilities
The Department of Transport and Planning is seeking a Senior Advisor, HSEQ and Risk to support safe, compliant and high-performing operations across the region. This role is responsible for strengthening safety culture through collaboration with operational teams and contractors, delivering training, sharing information, promoting best practice and undertaking assurance activities.
The Senior Advisor will drive consistent safety, risk and compliance outcomes by supporting project managers and site supervisors to complete effective risk assessments and build capability. The role includes conducting inspections, audits and reviews of key risks, and providing practical coaching to minimise safety and wellbeing risks. You will also contribute to the development and implementation of legally compliant processes and procedures that support effective risk management.
Strong stakeholder engagement is essential, particularly with contractors, to improve performance, achieve business objectives and reduce operational and financial risk.
Qualifications and experience
Mandatory
- Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety or Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety (or working towards).
- Significant experience managing injuries & illness in construction, mining, oil & gas, aviation or similar.
- Significant experience in contractor management in high risk industries.
- Good working knowledge of Victorian OHS legislation and its application in a large and complex organization.
- This role requires the ability and willingness to travel and work across locations within metropolitan and regional Victoria.
Desirable
- • Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
Culture Value
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith and LGBTIQA+ individuals.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Through shared actions and behaviours aligned with our strategy and direction, we empower our people to thrive and meaningfully contribute to the department’s goals.
What we offer
Working at the Department of Transport and Planning provides people with the opportunity to contribute to creating thriving places and connected communities for all Victorians.
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Careers at the Department of Transport and Planning.
Pre-employment checks and employment conditions
All new appointments to the department will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check, Misconduct Screening, and a Qualification Check where there is a requirement for a mandatory qualification. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.
Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply.
Non-VPS applicants will be subject to a probation period of six months.
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Applications close at
11.59pm on Thursday, 22nd January 2026.
Please include both your resume and a cover letter. All applications must be submitted via the online portal, we’re unable to accept email or manual submissions.
For further information about the role, please contact
Leigh Sporle - Associate Director, HSEQ & Risk via [email protected].
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