Manager Assurance

**Req. Id**:9824

**Date**:25 Jun 2025

**Location**:Brisbane, QLD, AU, 4000

**Company**:Queensland Rail

**Y**ou’ll connect Queensland. We’ll connect you to an amazing career.**
- Queensland Rail is built on true connection. And everything we achieve is made possible by you.
- For over 150 years, our teams have played an important role in connecting people and communities across the state. As the Manager Assurance and Investigations, you’ll contribute to our proud legacy and help us build an even brighter, more sustainable future - and that means incredible things for your career. Shape a world where safety, efficiency, and reliability are not just ideals—they're realities forged by your hands and minds. This is your platform; this is where your journey begins

**Why Queensland Rail?**
- Highly competitive salary plus 12.75% super
- Join a rail industry leader
- Collaborative and engaged workplace and team environment.
- Genuine work life balance
- Free Citytrain travel to and from work and access to other free or discounted SEQ rail travel
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing employees with holistic and contemporary health and wellbeing programs.
- We are currently seeking an** experienced Manager Assurance and Investigations**to join our MPERS team in this permanent role. This is an opportunity to use your strong railway and leadership experience to develop and implement the Safety, Assurance and Investigation frameworks planning, programs and activities including interactions with all related regulatory bodies. You will also lead a team of staff, responsible for conducting assurance and investigation activities.

**Some of your responsibilities will include**:

- Participate as a member of the Rail Safety leadership team to provide leadership and strategic advice on good industry practice assurance and compliance issues
- Identify, develop and effectively deploy industry good practice assurance and investigations initiatives
- Provide direction and input into the Major Projects, Engineering and Rail Safety (MPERS) integrated assurance plan
- Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships
- Develop and deploy department key metrics targets and performance objectives and measures

**What we are looking for**:

- High level of skill in managing staff and coordinating multiple priorities while implementing related work programs and procedures
- High level of skill in the management of contemporary investigation and assurance framework, processes and procedures
- Extensive knowledge of assurance and investigation obligations and good industry practice in the rail or transportation sector
- High level of skill in undertaking special assurance and compliance assignments of a sensitive and/or confidential nature in a timely manner

**Progress that Counts**
- Joining Queensland Rail means being part of an exciting future where you'll welcome millions of international passengers for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our Cross River Rail project will transform travel across the South East Queensland network, doubling passenger journeys to 80 million over the next decade.
- To support this growth and enhance customer experiences, we're committed to key initiatives, including building three new Gold Coastline stations, implementing the $2.6 billion Gold Coast Faster Rail Project, introducing 65 new Next Generation Rolling Stock trains, improving station accessibility at eight main stations, boosting North Coast Line capacity and upgrading Central Station.

**Your journey matters. Make it with us.**

There has never been a more exciting time to join Queensland Rail. We offer boundless opportunities to support your career today and for your future.

Applicants for roles at Queensland Rail may undergo pre-employment alcohol and drug testing if they advance in the recruitment process. The selection process may include psychometric assessments, pre-employment health checks and background screenings, which could involve criminal history and credit checks.
- We’re a team of thousands and we’re proud of our individual journeys and stories. And as we grow, we need more diverse backgrounds and perspectives than ever before. We are committed to facilitating a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations, we welcome you to let us know so we can work with you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.