Help build safer, more capable heavy-vehicle teams

Russell Transport is seeking a Heavy Vehicle Driver Trainer and Assessor to support the onboarding, assessment and ongoing development of our transport teams across South-East Queensland.

This permanent role combines practical heavy-vehicle coaching, operator assessments, load-restraint expertise and safety leadership. You will have the prospect to influence training culture across a long-established, family owned transport business.

What is on offer

- Competitive salary plus super
- Company vehicle (fully maintained company vehicle is provided for travel between your residence and work locations to perform daily business duties)
- Nominal hours of work 5:30am to 2:30pm - Monday to Friday
- Flexible hours and autonomy to plan your tasks to meet both onsite/offside work needs
- Permanent full-time stability
- A varied role across transport, warehousing and crane operations
- The opportunity to create lasting cultural change
- Support for ongoing skills and qualification development

About the role You will work closely with operational leaders, new starters, existing operators and buddy mentors to maintain consistent training and compliance standards.

Key responsibilities include

- Assisting and facilitating onboarding training for new employees
- Conduct operator assessments, VOCs and post-incident training
- Provide practical and theory-based load restraint training
- Complete on-site and off-site load restraint audits
- Attend toolbox talks and help deliver work instructions and safety alerts
- Support incident and accident investigations when required
- Review work instructions, SWMS, procedures and risk assessments
- Promote safe-act observations and positive safety behaviours
- Maintain accurate training and compliance records
- Work with leaders and buddy mentors to improve training processes

About you You will be a confident heavy vehicle professional who can coach,



assess and communicate effectively with people at different levels of experience

Essential:

- MC heavy vehicle licence
- Certificate IV in Motor Vehicle Driving Training - Heavy Vehicle (TLI41222) or a recognised equivalent
- Demonstrated experience in heavy vehicle operations and driver training
- Strong understanding of load restraint, WHS and risk management
- Confidence conducting operator assessments and providing constructive feedback
- Clear verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with drivers, supervisors and management
- Computer literacy across Outlook, Word, Powerpoint and Excel

Desirable:

- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116)
- HRW Licence - LF / CV and/or WP
- Experience using handheld technology and digital training or compliance systems
- Experience supporting incident investigations, audits or compliance reviews

Why Russell Transport ? Russell Transport is a medium sized family road transport business based in South-east Queensland. With more than 100 years of history, we operate across transport, warehousing and dry-hire crane services. We value safe work practices, practical leadership, capability development and continuous improvement.

This role is an opportunity to use your heavy vehicle experience in a position where your coaching and compliance work will have a visible impact across the business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people of all ages. We support a strong focus on gender balance and encourage women to apply.

How to apply

If you are ready to help develop safer, more capable heavy vehicle teams, click Apply and submit your application.

Please include a current CV outlining your heavy vehicle experience, training and assessment background, licences and relevant qualifications.

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