Senior HSE Business Partner

The Opportunity | Open to Sydney, Newcastle/Hunter, Orange, Tamwort, Yass & Wagga Wagga

We are seeking an experienced Senior HSE Business Partner to join our Health, Safety and Environment team in a key internal opportunity supporting Infrastructure Delivery and Portfolio stakeholders.

This role is ideal for a capable HSE professional ready to step into a broader, more strategic partnering position. As a trusted advisor to the business, you will provide specialist health and safety advice, lead tactical and strategic initiatives, support change adoption, and partner across the organisation to strengthen Transgrid’s safety culture.

You will play an important role in shaping and driving HSE improvements, partnering with leaders and teams to proactively manage risk, implement uplift initiatives, improve systems and processes, and support the successful delivery of key business priorities. This is a varied role that blends business partnering, project management, change support and communication management, while keeping a strong focus on practical safety outcomes.

A Day in the Life

In this role, you will:

• Partner with business leaders to provide specialist HSE advice and coaching
• Lead and support strategic and tactical HSE initiatives from planning through to implementation
• Drive continuous improvement opportunities across HSE systems, processes and programs
• Support incident management, reporting and investigations, including use of CAMMS
• Develop communication plans, safety messaging and change support materials to improve engagement and adoption

Why this role matters

This role helps ensure Transgrid continues to strengthen its HSE maturity, embed an enabling safety culture, and deliver meaningful safety outcomes across the business.

By partnering closely with operational stakeholders, supporting delivery partner management processes, and helping implement key HSE initiatives, this position directly contributes to safer work, stronger risk management, better systems adoption and improved organisational capability.

It is an opportunity to influence at both a strategic and practical level, while helping the business deliver for our people, customers and communities.

About You

You are an experienced HSE professional who brings strong business partnering capability, sound judgement and a practical, solutions-focused approach. You know how to influence, coach and engage stakeholders, and you are comfortable working across both strategic initiatives and day-to-day operational priorities.

You will ideally bring:

• Relevant qualifications at Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety level or equivalent experience
• Strong, relevant industry experience in WHS
• Demonstrated experience in delivering or supporting HSE projects and initiatives
• A solid understanding of WHS legislation, codes of practice, standards and risk management principles
• Experience applying change management principles to business initiatives
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare presentations, reports and communication materials
• Confidence working across systems and processes, including Microsoft Office and HSE reporting platforms
• A current driver’s licence and willingness to travel to other Transgrid locations as required

Benefits & Perks

At Transgrid, we empower our people with a well-rounded benefits package designed to support their personal, professional and social well-being, helping them deliver their best work every day. Employees have access to a range of corporate discounts across retail, utilities, travel, health and wellbeing etc., as well as novated leasing options, workplace flexibility, 20 weeks paid parental leave and more.

Beyond benefits, we believe in real development and progression. Here, you’ll have access to regular and ongoing training, tertiary education support, and career mentoring, enabling you to build a career that evolves with you.

Applications close on the 8th of May 2026