Principal Human Factors and Strategy
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Location: Brisbane
Remuneration/Benefit: Negotiable
Lead the future of safety thinking at Aurizon
Were seeking a Human Factors and organisational performance expert to join our Safety Strategy Risk and Improvement team. This is not your typical safety role were not looking for a traditional safety professional. Were after someone who brings deep human-centred design expertise analytical thinking and a systems mindset ideally from industries such as rail mining aviation or heavy industry where 24/7 operations and shift work are the norm.
This is a unique opportunity to shape our enterprise-wide safety strategy influence organisational learning and uplift safety capability through advanced human factors integration and data-led insights.
About the role
In this people leadership role you will:
- Lead the design implementation and continuous improvement of Aurizons enterprise safety strategy translating strategy into action.
- Partner with operational leaders to embed safety initiatives and build aligned business unit plans that reflect frontline realities.
- Provide enterprise-wide human factors (HF) expertise influencing system design procedures and environments to optimise human performance and reduce risk.
- Champion Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) principles to foster systems thinking psychological safety and organisational learning.
- Lead a high-performing team responsible for analytics strategy development and HF integration.
- Monitor and report on enterprise safety performance using insights to drive proactive improvements.
- Develop practical tools and guidance to embed HF into engineering operational design and change programs.
About you
Were looking for a proven leader in Human Factors with experience working in complex safety-critical shift-based environments (e.g. rail mining aviation or defence).
You will bring:
- A tertiary qualification in Human Factors Ergonomics Psychology or a related discipline (mandatory).
- Strong industry experience applying human factors across system design performance improvement and risk mitigation.
- Experience leading or contributing to enterprise-level strategy culture programs or change initiatives.
- Ability to translate complex safety behavioural and systems data into practical and actionable insights.
- Experience influencing and presenting to senior leaders and diverse stakeholder groups.
- Demonstrated understanding of rail safety national law and WHS legislation (or equivalent).
- Membership (or eligibility) with HFESA or similar professional body (preferred).
- Proven people leadership skills including coaching mentoring and team development.
What we offer you:
At Aurizon we support the development and growth of our employees. With a national portfolio of operations we offer long-term and exciting career opportunities.
Some of our benefits include:
- Development and growth opportunities.
- Access to mentoring and development programs.
- Discounts on selected health insurance funds personal travel gyms vehicles and retail brands.
- Parental leave program and super booster.
About Aurizon.
Look to Aurizon for a diverse and collaborative culture.
At Aurizon we are proud of our diverse collaborative creative and high-performance culture. We celebrate the contribution of every employee and provide opportunities for career development in a dynamic caring and inclusive work environment.
To learn about us and our company values please visit Experience:
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