- Full time, ongoing opportunity leading operation SHEQ support across Northern Territory operations, including the Top End Medical Retrieval service (TEMRS)
- Darwin - based role, with regular travel to Alice Springs, remote communities and other RFDs SA?NT oeprational locations.
- Influence safety outcomes by partnering with leaders and frontline teams across aviation, healthcare and remote service environments.

About the Royal Flying Doctor Service South Australia / Northern Territory (RFDS SA/NT)

We are one of Australia’s most trusted and respected health and aeromedical service providers, delivering essential care to people across remote, rural and regional communities throughout South Australia and the Northern Territory.

As part of our ongoing strategic and operational activities within the Northern Territory, we are focused on strengthening our workforce and enhancing capability across the region. Our five-year Strategic Plan prioritises building innovative, responsive and better-connected services that improve health and wellbeing outcomes for all Australians.

You can watch stories about our people, patients and the communities we serve at rfdsnt.com.au

About the Opportunity

The Senior SHEQ Advisor - NT Operations provides practical Safety, Health, Environment and Quality advice, coaching, implementation support and assurance through regular engagement with operations teams.

As the Northern Territory operational SHEQ lead for the Top End Medical Retrieval Service, you will coordinate SHEQ readiness, risk and control integration, consultation, assurance, reporting and continuous improvement from mobilisation through to ongoing service delivery.

Working closely with operational leaders, control owners and the broader SHEQ team, you will provide trusted advice, objective verification and constructive challenge to strengthen operational safety performance and support compliance with contractual, regulatory and organisational requirements.





Operational leaders and designated control owners remain accountable for managing operational risks and maintaining effective controls. This role advises, supports, verifies, reports and escalates without assuming operational risk ownership or specialist aviation, clinical or enterprise SHEQ system accountabilities.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Provide visible SHEQ leadership and practical, risk-based advice across NT operations.
- Partner with operational leaders and control owners to identify and assess critical risks, support effective controls and verify control effectiveness.
- Lead NT implementation and verification of approved critical-risk and critical-control requirements.
- Coordinate SHEQ readiness and assurance activities for TEMRS mobilisation, activation, transition and ongoing service delivery.
- Lead or support significant and complex SHEQ investigations, and verify the implementation and effectiveness of corrective actions.
- Plan and conduct risk-based inspections, audits, operational reviews and control-verification activities.
- Provide SHEQ advice and assurance for operational change, contractors, service providers, facilities and shared operational interfaces.
- Support effective remote and isolated-work controls across NT operations.
- Coach leaders and workers in consultation, operational risk management and practical application of RFDS SA/NT SHEQ requirements.
- Work collaboratively with the broader SHEQ team and specialist functions, sharing operational insights and contributing to consistent systems and continuous improvement across RFDS SA/NT.

About You:

You are an experienced WHS skilled with at least five years’ relevant experience in complex, multi-site, remote, high-risk or safety-critical operations. You can work autonomously, exercise sound professional judgement and manage competing priorities while maintaining clear role and accountability boundaries.

You have strong working knowledge of Northern Territory WHS legislation, regulations, approved codes of practice, consultation requirements and incident-notification obligations. You also bring demonstra

📌 Senior SHEQ Advisor (Darwin)
🏢 Royal Flying Doctor Service SA / NT
📍 Darwin