Risk Principal

**Risk Principal**
- ** Join a new HSE function in a business with a strong safety culture**:

- ** New team driving a step change in risk, assurance and investigative 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, we have a new opportunity for a Risk Principal responsible for carrying out, coordinating, and communicating the risk function across the Pacific National (PN) Business in accordance with PN standards and Regulatory requirements. Reporting to the Assurance, Risk and Investigations Manager, this role will require some travel to PN sites to carry out high level risk management activities, providing guidance and expertise to ensure that operational stakeholders comply with internal frameworks.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Facilitate risk management processes in consultation with business stakeholders to deliver alignment with risk management standards
- Provide expert advice and information to stakeholders and promote risk management awareness and knowledge to assist the business to produce high standard risk registers and risk profile information
- Managing and reviewing the HSE risk framework including policies, procedures and form templates
- Testing and reviewing control effectiveness through the assurance framework
- Review incident trends and other data sets to suggest actions plans to improve risk performance

This role will be part of the Assurance, Risk and Investigation team and will support with other items including:

- Manage high level, significant, sensitive and non-routine investigations and produce high quality investigation reports
- Lead HSE assurance activities across PN to deliver continuous improvement outcomes for the business

**About you**

You will also have experience in investigations and/or auditing 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 risk management, health & safety, investigation or equivalent
- Experience in safety and risk management principles and practices, Risk Management and WHS legislation
- Demonstrated experience and ability to plan, prepare and facilitate workshops providing specialist advice and guidance to Management of all levels.
- Experience developing and reviewing organisational risk profiles (rail industry specific ideally)
- Strong Excel, Word, PowerPoint and report writing skills. Competency and experience with business or Risk insight tools such as CAMMS risk, or similar would be highly regarded

**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 12 weeks for primary carers at full pay after 12 months service
- 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
- Discount