Assurance, Risk

**Assurance, Risk and Investigations Manager**
- ** Establish Risk and Investigations function in a business with a strong safety culture**:

- ** Take the lead to drive a step change in investigative performance**:

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

- ** Permanent role with flexible location - Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne**

**_Pacific National is committed to diversity in our workforce and encourages women and First Nations people to apply._**

**About the role**

With an unwavering focus on prioritising safety above all else, we are seeking to appoint an Assurance, Risk and Investigations Manager responsible for facilitating, coordinating and communicating the risk and investigative functions across the Pacific National (PN) Business in accordance with PN standards and Regulatory requirements. Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety and Environment, this is a pivotal new role that sits on the HSE leadership team to lead a new function of Assurance, Risk and Investigations. Leading a small team, this role constitutes a real opportunity for an experienced safety professional to enact lasting change and elevate PN's safety performance and culture to the next level.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Provide high level direction and expert advice to assist the business in the on-going development of investigative work practices, risk management, standards and improvement processes to enhance investigative performance, quality and safety culture
- Effectively manage and maintain high level stakeholder working relationships with regulatory agencies, professional bodies, internal and external stakeholders
- Develop and maintain risk management framework and risk register (including control effectiveness reviews) and facilitate consistent risk management processes across the business in alignment with risk management standards
- Establish governance controls to manage compliance to risk management framework and the quality of investigations
- Manage high level, significant, sensitive and non-routine investigations
- Develop high level reports relating to investigations and the outcomes of findings which may impact on business governance, conformance, goals and objectives
- Manage the assurance program across PN operations including reviewing trends, managing and tracking assurance activity including completion of actions plans

**About you**

With a clear mandate to build a robust risk and investigations management framework and to lead the function moving forward, this role is suited to an experienced HSE practitioner who is Lead Investigator and Lead Auditor trained, with a proven track record in risk management.

In addition, the following skills, experience and attributes are required:

- Strong people leadership skills and track record
- Demonstrated experience in and knowledge of safety and risk management principles and practices, risk management and WHS legislation with experience developing and reviewing organisational risk profiles in heavy industry
- Tertiary qualifications in business, health & safety, engineering or equivalent
- Certificate IV Work, Health and Safety or equivalent
- Certificate IV Training and Assessment or equivalent desirable
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills including negotiation, facilitation and influencing
- Demonstrated success in generating creative solutions for stakeholders and a proven ability translating customer needs into new ways of working that deliver benefits

**The benefits**

We value diversity, inclusion, collaboration and the contribution of each of our employees. Working for us will enable you to take ownership of your career and gain access to the following benefits:

- Opportunities for growth and career development
- Access to mentoring programs
- Opportunities to join our I&D employee committees
- Recognise, celebrate and achieve via our Achievers program
- Flexible working arrangements
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer at full pay following 12 months of service
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Provision of Salary Continuance Insurance
- Novated leasing and discounts on selected health insurance funds, travel, gyms, retail brands, vehicles and more.
- We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for women.

**About us**

Pacific National (PN) is the largest 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 operate nationally with approximately 3,500 staff in over 90+ sites across Australia.

Join us as we continue to transform our business and shape the rail freight industry, to achieve our vision of becoming Australia's recognised leader for safe, innovative and sustainable rail freight solutions.

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