Hybrid National Transport Safety Manager

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • National Transport Safety Manager leading safety strategy at Metcash, ensuring compliance and driving safety culture in transport operations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Metcash’s national transport safety strategy, ensuring compliance with HVNL, CoR and industry best practice.
  • Oversee governance and assurance activities, including audits, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
  • Uplift safety capability through training, coaching, and embedding safe systems of work.
  • Drive innovation using telematics, monitoring tools, and technology that strengthens safety performance.
  • Manage critical transport risks and influence fleet, equipment, and MHE safety standards.
  • Build strong internal and industry partnerships, representing Metcash and promoting a proactive safety culture.

Requirements

  • Proven safety leader with strong autonomy, able to manage complex projects, competing priorities, and high risk issues in fast paced environments.
  • Clear and influential communicator, skilled at translating technical safety requirements into practical guidance and negotiating positive outcomes with diverse stakeholders.
  • Deep technical expertise in HVNL, CoR, Dangerous Goods, Mass Management, Load Restraint, Fatigue Management and heavy vehicle operations.
  • Analytically strong, with advanced skills in safety data analysis, incident investigation, and performance reporting.
  • Ability to design and deliver impactful safety programs and develop CoR tools, documentation and training content (Cert IV TAE desirable).
  • Extensive industry experience across transport, logistics or supply chain, including contractor managed models, regulator engagement, and MHE safety.

Benefits

  • Extra Leave: Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave, 2 well-being days, plus 1 volunteer day annually
  • Career Growth: Endless learning and development opportunities
  • Parental Leave: 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid leave for primary carers
  • Inclusive Culture: Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion
  • Neutral Pay Gap: Gender pay gap under 5% (WGEA 2024–2025)
  • Mental Health: Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia
  • Flexibility: Flex Ready and Family Friendly Workplace accredited

Job title

National Transport Safety Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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