Head of Safety & Risk | Digital Infrastructure
Head of Safety & Risk | Digital Infrastructure
Sydney or Brisbane
Experienced safety and risk leader ready for greater ownership and influence?
Take ownership of enterprise risk and national safety across an established digital infrastructure portfolio, with the autonomy to strengthen systems and influence decisions at executive and Board level.
You'll have the scope to make a real difference, from embedding enterprise risk management across the business to shaping WHS systems, improving operational practices and strengthening ISO aligned management processes.
The focus is on someone who brings sound judgement to risk, knows how to make safety work in practice and drives action through to completion.
What's on Offer
National Ownership -
Lead enterprise risk and WHS across a geographically distributed Australian infrastructure portfolio.
Executive & Board Influence -
Provide transparent advice and reporting that help senior leaders understand risks, set priorities and make informed decisions.
Shape Safety & Risk -
Build on existing foundations, identify gaps and improve frameworks, systems and operational practices.
Real Operational Impact -
Strengthen contractor assurance, incident management and safety controls across projects, maintenance and operations.
Autonomy to Lead -
Set priorities, challenge constructively and see improvements through.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead Enterprise Risk Management -
Own the
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, support a clear risk appetite,



maintain the enterprise risk register and work with accountable business owners on mitigation plans.
Lead National WHS -
Operate and improve safety management systems, policies and procedures, applying a strong understanding of WHS legislation.
Deliver Board & Risk Reporting -
Prepare quarterly enterprise risk dashboards and Board and Audit & Risk Committee materials, providing visibility of emerging risks, control effectiveness and outstanding actions.
Strengthen ISO Aligned Systems -
Drive performance across
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and
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.
Drive Incident Follow Through -
Oversee reporting, investigations and corrective actions, ensuring actions are verified before closure and lessons are shared.
Lead Contractor Assurance -
Strengthen onboarding, audits and compliance within the safety remit, coordinating site inspections with state and regional representatives.
Improve Operational Visibility -
Strengthen central tracking of incidents, audits and actions, and support practical incident-response and crisis-management exercises.
What Will Make You Successful
You'll bring demonstrated capability in




enterprise risk management and operational safety
, with the confidence to work across both senior leadership and field operations.
Your experience will include:
Managing enterprise risk frameworks, ideally aligned with
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, including risk registers, mitigation plans and executive or Board reporting.
Senior WHS/HSE leadership across
telecommunications projects, network rollout, infrastructure construction or maintenance
, or comparable utilities, energy or infrastructure environments.
Operating and improving
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, with relevant experience across
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and
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, and an understanding of
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.
Managing contractor safety, incident investigations, audits and corrective actions across multiple sites or a distributed workforce.
Applying sound WHS legislative knowledge and communicating complex safety and risk matters clearly.
You may be a Head of Safety and Risk, a National WHS/HSEQ Manager with enterprise risk responsibility, or a GM with broader risk and compliance experience and strong operational WHS credentials. What matters is what you have owned, improved and delivered.
Why Apply?
This role offers the opportunity to influence how a national business understands risk, makes decisions and keeps people safe.
You'll have the independence to strengthen the function, the access to influence senior leaders and the operational involvement to see your work make a difference.
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📌 Head Of Safety & Risk | Digital Infrastructure (Sydney)
🏢 HRG - Executive Search & Recruitment
📍 Sydney