About Southern Ports

Southern Ports operates the gateway ports of Albany, Bunbury, and Esperance, connecting regional WA to global markets. We focus on safe, efficient, and sustainable port operations, delivering value to our customers and communities. With a strong commitment to our people, we’re building a diverse, high-performing workforce to support the future of regional trade.

Benefits of Joining Southern Ports

Joining Southern Ports Authority comes with numerous benefits that cater to a wide range of professional and personal needs, some examples being:

Flexible Working Arrangements: Enjoy a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle and personal commitments.

Annual Health and Well-being Benefits: Take advantage of programs and resources aimed at maintaining your physical and mental health.

Salary Sacrificing Options: Maximise your take-home pay through tailored salary packaging arrangements such as Novated Car Leasing and Superannuation

Opportunity to Travel: Experience different geographical regions in Western Australia, enhancing your professional and personal growth.

Generous Purchase Leave Options: Gain additional leave options to suit your personal needs and preferences.

Salary range:

$165,727 + superannuation + regional allowance if based regionally.

The Role

Southern Ports is recruiting a Senior Manager Risk, Quality and Compliance to join their team in Perth or Bunbury. Reporting to the Company Secretary the Senior Manager Risk, Quality and Compliance will be responsible for developing and coordinating strategies across risk, quality, and compliance, ensuring alignment with Southern Ports’ vision and values. The role brings together systems by understanding hazards from a critical infrastructure perspective and working across multiple functions, quality and accreditations to bring these systems together.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Lead the development, implementation, and on-going management of an all hazards approach to risk management

Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of SPA’s compliance frameworks and policies.

Ensure ongoing accreditation, effective management, and continuous improvement of SPA’s accredited quality management systems, including appropriate reporting.

Manage the coordination of the audit function, reporting to the CEO and the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee.

Required

Relevant tertiary qualification (law, business, finance, engineering or equivalent applicable qualification)

In-depth experience developing, implementing, and managing contemporary Risk, Quality and Compliance frameworks

Significant experience in developing governance and risk processes including lines of defence assurance models

Working knowledge of Critical Infrastructure, cyber or all hazards approach to risk, and experience of government and industry standards in relation to ethics, fraud, bribery, and corruption control.

Preferred

Demonstrated experience of port and maritime operations, related supply-chain dynamics, and infrastructure lifecycle management

To see the PD for this role, please copy and paste the below link into your browser:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hp3cjzvhucg0q8lzfc0a6/Senior-Manager-Risk-Quality-and-Compliance_Position-Description.pdf?rlkey=orl7moi1twzoe3zu3o8xhnu0g&st=aqtqjbns&dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/h8hkz1jxhmcvwhjuaotox/Southern-Ports-Administration-and-Specialist-Services-Agreement.pdf?rlkey=6nkabr3eye20wy60rt5e581lv&st=6quke5xz&dl=0

Requirements

To apply, please submit your application through our advertisement. Ensure you include an up-to-date resume with a one-page cover letter.

To be eligible for this role, applicants must reside in either Perth or Bunbury and provide proof of Australian citizenship or permanent residency.

The successful applicant must:

Have a current Western Australian driver’s licence

Be able to obtain and maintain a Maritime Security Identification Card

Pass a pre-employment medical assessment including drug and alcohol testing

Provide a National Police Certificate that is within a 6-month period.

Southern Ports is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against race, gender, age, religion, sexual preference or disability. We encourage applications from all culturally diverse backgrounds, Indigenous Australians and Non-Indigenous Australians. Southern Ports is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and impartial workplace with equal opportunities for all employees.

Applications close: COB 21st October 2025

We reserve the right to commence the recruitment process during the application period.