Principal Domain Lead

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Working at Transurban is different; it's a place where you can see the benefits of your work play out in real life, every day. We create city-sized solutions-building and operating safer, smarter, and more sustainable roads-to solve pressing transport challenges that are slowing cities down.

About the role

We're seeking a Principal Domain Lead to provide technical and people leadership across critical Operational Technology (OT) domains within our Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Operations team.

You'll join an expert group responsible for the monitoring, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the critical 24x7 OT systems, that keep our roads safe, smart, and running smoothly.

As our Principal Domain Lead, you'll contribute to lasting and positive changes that shape the future of our cities and communities. It's meaningful, challenging and exciting work.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Set clear priorities, coach team members, and foster a strong culture of performance, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Oversee system monitoring, issue resolution, and continuous improvement, including high-priority incident management and root cause analysis.
• Review and approve technology change requests and ensure alignment with safety, compliance, and operational risk standards.
• Manage relationships and ensure delivery of preventative and corrective maintenance to operational and regulatory standards.
• Design, test, and govern BC/DR regimes including system backups, redundancy, and recovery readiness.
• Provide expert advice to inform system performance, asset planning, and future infrastructure design.
• Oversee cybersecurity updates and vulnerability remediation across the operational technology environment.
• Build inclusive team practices and ensure fair and bias-free processes in all people-related decisions.

This role will suit someone with a curious mind and transferable skills and experiences, including:

• Tertiary technical qualification or trade certificate.
• Extensive professional experience with ITS systems or a technical role relevant to the technical domains.
• Lead team in a critical 24x7 maintenance environment.
• Proven leadership experience in a medium sized or large corporate
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal communication skills, presentations, report writing and the preparation of concise management reports.
• Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills and the ability to quickly prioritise workload, identify tasks and activities, set goals, and develop plans.

If you meet some of these requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application.

With a career at Transurban, you'll enjoy a range of benefits, including:

• A range of flexible working and leave options, including the option to purchase an additional six weeks of leave each year
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (regardless of gender or career status), with no waiting period, with Superannuation paid during unpaid leave as well
• Learning and development opportunities to support your career interests
• Health and wellbeing support-access to Headspace and our EAP program, wellness facilities, and more
• Share offers and insurance benefits
• Social activities, community give-back programs and paid volunteer days

We offer a range of flexible working and leave options, so you can balance your work and life commitments and interests. Have a conversation with us about how this could work for you.

We embrace diversity with a foundation of safety, wellbeing and inclusion; where everyone belongs. We treat everyone with fairness, consideration and respect, regardless of gender, gender identity, marital or family status, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, cultural or socio-economic background, perspective, and experience - whether they work for us or not. We want to ensure everyone feels comfortable and safe to express ideas, questions and concerns.

We strongly encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people living with disability. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please contact us on [emailprotected] .

Ready to help us keep cities moving? Apply today.

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Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics 1,001-5,000 employees

Working at Transurban is different: it's a place where you can see the benefits of your work play out in real life, every day. We create city-sized solutions – building and operating safer, smarter and more sustainable roads – to solve pressing transport challenges that are slowing cities down.

Working at Transurban is different: it's a place where you can see the benefits of your work play out in real life, every day. We create city-sized solutions – building and operating safer, smarter and more sustainable roads – to solve pressing transport challenges that are slowing cities down.

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