About us

Sydney Metro is Australia's biggest public transport project and first fully-automated metro rail network, connecting customers and transforming the way Sydney travels. Our new generation of driverless trains are fast, safe and reliable, and link with Sydney's existing public transport network to provide seamless journeys. Our 46 state of the art, fully accessible metro stations and precincts are designed to meet the evolving needs of our customers and communities.

With the Northwest line already in operation and works well underway on the City & Southwest, West and Western Sydney Airport lines, Sydney will enjoy a fully operational Metro network by 2030.

About the team

The Sydney Metro Enterprise Risk team exists within the Corporate Services Division. The team owns the Sydney Mero risk management framework and overseeing the embedding of this framework across Sydney Metro business and projects. It provides risk management leadership and supports the effective application of risk management. The team provides an ongoing assurance across all functional areas and in project management and facilitates monthly risk reporting to Sydney Metro Senior Management Committee and the Board.

The opportunity

We have an opportunity for a Senior Risk Manager to join our team on a full-time basis. Reporting directly into the Director Risk Governance and Assurance, the primary purpose of the role is to manage and coordinate the risk management function, ensuring that all elements of the risk management framework are up-to-date, fit-for-purpose and effectively implemented. The successful applicant will also be involved in the following:

Maintaining the Sydney Metro risk management framework

Facilitating the management of strategic, enterprise and project risks

Maintaining the Sydney Metro Risk Appetite Statements framework, including associated reporting

Drafting risk reports to Sydney Metro Executive and the Board

Maintaining risk management training and support

Conducting assurance reviews of Line 1 deliverables, including control effectiveness testing

Facilitating risk reviews and workshops within business

Supporting and developing risk management tools (SWORD ARM, PowerBi reporting, etc)

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About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

5 - 10 years' Risk Management experience and ideally in a similar role have worked on large and complex infrastructure or engineering projects. Risk quantification experience is highly regarded.

To be proactive, resilient and enjoy working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.

Exceptional communication skills and the ability to engage, influence and appropriately challenge stakeholders across a broad range of business functions.

To be able to elicit and analyse complex information.

Relevant tertiary qualification(s), engineering or construction management is preferred and risk management certification (i.e. RMIA Certified Risk Management Practitioner, PMI) advantageous.

Salary and benefits

Transport Senior Service (TSSM) permanent full-time role offering an attractive remuneration package.

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How to apply

To apply for this position, please submit a resume and answer all questions within the online application process.

Applications close: 11:59PM, Monday 25th April 2022.

We are the community we serve

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.

We enable our people to work in ways that work for them and their teams. Working virtually and from different locations including regional locations, staggering work hours and job sharing are just some of the ways our people can work flexibly.

Please contact the Talent Specialist below if you require any adjustments to be made to how you interact with us throughout the recruitment process or would like to discuss flexible work options.

For any enquiries, please email Dawn Grundy at DAWN.GRUNDY@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

We're certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace

Our flexible work practices and policies for parental leave, employee and family wellbeing and family care enable us to provide genuine support for our people to thrive at work and at home.

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All Transport for NSW workers are required to have:

appropriate evidence of being fully vaccinated with a TGA approved COVID-19 vaccine; or

an approved medical contraindication.

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