At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead health and safety audits, ensuring compliance and driving improvements.
- Company: Join Sydney Metro, Australia's largest public transport project.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, flexible working arrangements, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic role with a hybrid work model and diverse team culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on community safety and well-being every day.
- Qualifications: Tertiary qualifications in relevant fields and experience in health and safety auditing.
The predicted salary is between 117000 - 143000 $ per year.
Organisation/Entity: Sydney Metro
Job category: Projects
Job location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000
Job reference number: 110320
Employment type: Permanent Full-Time
Salary range: An attractive remuneration package
If you're after impact, there's no other organisation in Australia that delivers work on this scale. You'll have the opportunity to use your expertise in communication, problem-solving, empathy and conflict resolution to help thousands of people every day.
In this role, you'll:
- Lead the development and implementation of Sydney Metro's annual Health & Safety Audit and Assurance Plan.
- Oversee assurance activities relating to work performed by delivery partners, verifying management system compliance, assessing risk management effectiveness, and ensuring Sydney Metro's requirements and compliance obligations are met.
- Provide accurate, timely, and robust reporting to support effective governance and decision-making across Health & Safety programs.
- Analyse audit findings, risk data, and assurance outcomes to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
- Deliver independent verification of risk reports and assurance activities, providing insights, recommendations, and escalation of significant issues to senior management.
This is a 24-month temporary position based at our 680 George Street office in Sydney CBD. The role operates under Sydney Metro's hybrid working model, which forms part of the organisation's Flexible Working Arrangements and associated procedures.
About you:
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline and/or equivalent industry experience.
- Demonstrated experience in leading Audit programs (including H&S Audit programs).
- Thorough understanding of systems and risk-based auditing.
- Proven experience in implementing a consistent, effective and collaborative auditing and risk control program across a mega program involving multiple contracts and stakeholders.
- Experience developing and maintaining strong collaborative working relationships to meet stakeholders' expectations.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced and dynamic environment where delivery on tight deadlines is critical.
Who we are:
Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day. Sydney Metro delivers Australia's biggest public transport project and first driverless railway. We engage with our customers and community, and contribute to vibrant and attractive places through station design, interchanges and precincts.
Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you'd like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.
Flexible work options may be available. Learn more via Flexible work options and policy.
Applications close 11:59 PM Monday 24 August 2026.
For more information about this role, please contact *************@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.
Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply.
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