Health and Safety Lead ID and Portfolio

At Transgrid, we play a crucial role in delivering safe, reliable, and sustainable energy to millions of Australians. Operating over 13,000 km of high-voltage transmission lines and 128 substations across NSW and the ACT, we connect electricity generators to the distribution network—powering homes, businesses, and communities.

As our Delivery portfolio continues to evolve, strong and trusted health and safety leadership is critical to supporting Infrastructure Delivery and Operations & Maintenance across metropolitan and regional locations.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Delivery Health and Safety Lead – ID and Portfolio to provide visible, people-centred, and trusted HSE leadership across Infrastructure Delivery and Operations & Maintenance.

This role is an anchor for the Delivery HSE function, ensuring safety support is embedded, consistent and aligned to operational realities. You will lead a team of Health and Safety Business Partners, build strong relationships with regional and operational leaders, and ensure the function remains focused on its remit.

This role requires a leader who is comfortable balancing multiple priorities, maintaining strong presence in the field, and providing calm, credible guidance in complex environments.

A Day in the Life

No two days are the same. In this role, you will move between operational, leadership and stakeholder priorities, including:

• Leading and developing a team of Health and Safety Business Partners supporting ID and O&M
• Building strong, trusted relationships with regional, operational and delivery leaders
• Providing visible leadership across sites, depots and operational environments
• Supporting incident investigations, assurance activities and safety improvement initiatives
• Managing competing priorities and ensuring team capacity remains sustainable

This role requires regular in-person engagement and visibility across regions and operational sites.

About You

You are a people-focused HSE leader who leads through trust, visibility and influence. You are comfortable operating in complex operational environments and bring a calm, credible presence that builds confidence with leaders and frontline teams alike.

You will bring:

• Significant health and safety leadership experience in operational, maintenance or infrastructure delivery environments
• Strong working knowledge of WHS legislation, regulatory frameworks and safety management systems
• Proven people leadership capability, with experience managing large or dispersed teams
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with high emotional intelligence

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 & 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 20th of February 2026 – Apply today as applications will be assessed on a rolling basis and this opportunity may close early!