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Director (Workplace Health and Safety & Rehabilitation)

Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD
Brisbane, QLD
A$161,770-$169,261 p/a
Human Resources & Recruitment → Occupational Health & Safety
Full-time
On-site

Posted 24 days ago


To succeed as the Director (WHS & Rehabilitation), you will demonstrate strategic insight and operational expertise in the field of health, safety and rehabilitation. Your focus will drive a cultural and operational transformation in departmental WHS practices.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

  • strong assurance and governance
  • compliance with legislative requirements
  • robust tools and resources
  • fit-for-purpose technical platforms
  • reporting outcomes that drive best practice safety decision-making.
  • Lead the strategic vision and operational execution of best practive safety management to ensure the physical, mental and psychologial wellbeing of workers and visitors.
  • Deliver continuous improvement within TMR's enterprise-wide Safety Management System to ensure:
  • Provide stratetgic advice and support to TMR Officers to ensure optimal safety management aligned with due diligence obligations.

Requirements of the role:

  • Strong leadership skills and the ability to drive safety performance, develop a progressive safety culture and execute an enterprise-wide safety strategy.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience in workplace, health, safety psychological safety, and rehabilitation practices - including risk factors and management.
  • Exceptional engagement and communication skills to facilitate effective collaboration, cultivate strong and productive relationships with key stakeholders, and leverage credibility and emotional intelligence to effectively inform and guide executive decision-making.
  • Strong research, strategic problem-solving and data analysis skills to inform and guide evidence-based decision-making.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Job Ad Reference:
QLD/628722/25
Closing Date: Friday, 11 April 2025


About Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD

Nerang, QLD, Australia
Government & Defence
5001-10000 employees

The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is a diverse organisation made up of more than 11,500 employees representing 80 occupational groups across Queensland.

We provide reliable, resilient and responsive transport networks and digital services that are safe and accessible for everyone. No department has a bigger role to play in keeping the Queensland of today moving, or in helping build for the future.

We work, we dream, we innovate and we deliver solutions that connect our communities to schools, hospitals, events, loved ones and more, with customer’s needs in mind.

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