Assurance Risk

7 months ago


Melbourne, Australia Pacific National Full time

**Assurance, Risk and Investigations Principal**
- ** Join us to drive a step change in HSE assurance, risk and investigation performance**:

- ** Strong executive backing to deliver world class HSE outcomes and on-going continuous improvement**:

- ** Permanent role with flexible location - Sydney, Brisbane,** **Adelaide or Perth**

**About us**

Pacific National (PN) is the largest private provider of diversified rail freight services in Australia. We haul a variety of freight including coal, intermodal containers, steel, and a range of bulk commodities and materials that keep the region’s economy, businesses and households running. We are a company built on solid foundations and we are incredibly proud of the essential role we continue to play supporting Australia’s supply chain. At Pacific National, we take great pride in delivering our best every day and have a relentless focus on customer service and place safety above all else.

We operate nationally with approximately 3,500 staff in over 90+ sites across Australia. We respect and care for the communities in which we operate and continue to evolve our community engagement and strengthen relationships through partnerships and investment. We are focused on reducing the carbon emissions of our business, while also enabling the reduction of carbon emissions in the broader supply chain to support the National targets.

**About the role**

With an unwavering focus on prioritising safety above all else, an opportunity has presented itself for a new Assurance, Risk and Investigations Principal to join our team. You will be responsible for carrying out, coordinating and communicating the HSE assurance function across the Pacific National (PN) Business in accordance with PN standards and Regulatory requirements. Reporting to the Assurance, Risk and Investigations Manager, this hands-on role will require periodic travel to sites to carry out audits, providing guidance and expertise to ensure that operational stakeholders comply with internal frameworks. This role will also work closely with two other Assurance Risk and Investigation Principals to carryout HSE investigation and risk management activities.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Oversee and coordinate the HSE assurance framework including the FY25 Assurance Plan
- Take a coaching and mentoring approach to actively assist the business with identifying areas for improvement and promoting positive findings
- Manage and track assurance activities including completion of action plans
- Generate factual, high-quality assurance reports suitable for all levels of the business to action and learn from
- Provide advice and trends to relevant stakeholders from assurance activities to inform risk registers and participate in risk reviews
- Manage high level, significant, sensitive and non-routine investigations and produce high quality investigation reports as required

**About you**

As a coach, mentor and SME to the business in the area of HSE assurance, you will be an experienced auditor with an engaging and confident approach when negotiating, facilitating and influencing stakeholders.

In addition, you will possess the following skills, experience and attributes:

- Tertiary qualifications in business, health & safety, audit or equivalent
- Certificate IV Work, Health and Safety or equivalent
- Experience in safety and risk management principles and practices, Risk Management and WHS legislation
- Experience with Dangerous Goods and Major Hazard Facility assurance activity desirable.

**The benefits**

At Pacific National we value diversity, inclusion, and the contribution of each team member. Our values underpin our commitment to create an inclusive culture where everyone is accepted and valued for who they are, enabling everyone to bring their authentic selves to work.

When you join the Pacific National team, you’ll be encouraged to take ownership of your career and we’ll be there to support you with a range of exciting initiatives including:

- Industry leading programs focussed on your growth and career development
- Paid parental leave up to 14 weeks, with superannuation - after only 6 months service
- Parental benefits for birth, surrogacy, adoption, foster care, and kinship care
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- A focus on your mental health and wellbeing through our PeerConnect program
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program, administered by Benestar, offering confidential counselling services for employees and their eligible family members, paid for by us at no cost to you
- Access to Unmind, a digital platform that gives you access to tools, training and exercises that will support your mental wellbeing
- Discounted fitness and wellbeing benefits with membership to WhereFit, our wellbeing benefits partner
- Novated leasing and discounts on selected health insurance funds, travel, retail brands, vehicles and more

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