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About the Role

At Team Global Express, safety is core to our operations. We are seeking an experienced Head of Safety to lead safety strategy and execution, shaping and elevating HSE standards and driving a unified safety culture. This role involves partnering with senior leaders to embed best-in-class systems and ensure safe, compliant, and operationally excellent outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of HSE strategy, translating it into clear operational plans and measurable outcomes
• Drive risk management initiatives to identify, control, and minimise critical risks
• Provide visible safety leadership, championing cultural change and continuous improvement
• Partner with business leaders to build HSE capability and embed best practices
• Lead and develop a team of HSE professionals, creating a high-performance function
• Oversee incident investigations (ICAM), ensuring root cause analysis and sustainable corrective actions
• Deliver insightful reporting and recommendations to senior stakeholders to influence decision-making
• Ensure strong compliance with HSE legislation, standards (ISO45001, ISO14001, etc.), and regulatory requirements
• Maintain and strengthen HSE assurance programs, audits, and governance frameworks
• Support bids, tenders, and stakeholder engagement, including regulators and external partners

Requirements

• 7–10+ years’ experience in senior HSE leadership roles within complex operational environments
• Deep expertise in HSE legislation, risk frameworks, and management systems (ISO standards)
• Proven ability to lead cultural transformation and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong experience in incident investigation methodologies (e.g. ICAM)
• Exceptional communication, reporting, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Demonstrated success in building and developing high-performing teams
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate vision into practical, operational outcomes

Skills

• HSE legislation
• Risk frameworks
• Management systems (ISO standards)
• Cultural transformation
• Stakeholder influence
• Incident investigation (ICAM)
• Communication
• Reporting
• Stakeholder engagement
• Team building
• Strategic thinking

Location

• Australia
• New Zealand

Work Type

• Full-time
• Flexible work
• Work from home

Experience Level

• Senior leadership

Education Level

• Tertiary qualification in Health, Safety, Environment, Risk, or related discipline

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary above industry standards

Benefits

• Upskilling, training, mentoring
• Employee perks and discounts
• Flexible work
• Work from home
• Inclusive parental leave policy
• Peer recognition awards

About the Company

• Team Global Express (TGE) is an Australian-owned transport and logistics business delivering to Australia and New Zealand.
• We are transforming our operations and striving towards changing the logistics industry and becoming an Environmental, Social, and Governance leader by 2030.
• We care about our customers, our people, and our planet.
• We are always innovating and improving our services.
• We are driven by passion and purpose.
• TGE is listed as one of LinkedIn’s Top Companies of 2023 and 2024 in Australia.
• With an unrivalled and expansive network, Team Global Express builds unique, innovative, and tailored transport and logistics solutions to connect people, communities, and businesses across Australia and New Zealand.
• Backed by Allegro Funds, Australia’s most awarded and largest transformation and turnaround private equity firm, we’re looking to the future and working towards new and exciting ways to put our customers’ businesses at the heart of ours.

Equal Opportunity

• We celebrate difference.
• We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that gives everyone the chance to contribute to a bigger and brighter future with us.
• As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome and invite applicants of all ages, cultural backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, people living with disabilities, neurodiverse individuals and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to apply.
• Team Global Express acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Peoples of Australia and the Māori, as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.