Manager Enterprise Risk Management

You’ll connect Queensland. We’ll connect you to an amazing career.

Queensland Rail stands on the foundation of true connection, encompassing the relationships we foster within our teams and the communities we serve across the state. For nearly 160 years, we've been instrumental in linking people and places, and now we invite you to contribute to our proud legacy and shape a brighter, sustainable future.

Your opportunity

The Enterprise Risk Management Team is a highly regarded group of risk and assurance professionals that provides strategic leadership and expert guidance across Risk, Assurance, Compliance, Business Resilience and Policy Governance. The team plays a critical role in shaping organisational direction and supporting Queensland Rail’s transformation journey, delivering positive outcomes for customers, employees and the broader community.

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Manager Enterprise Risk Management to lead the ongoing development, implementation and enhancement of Queensland Rail’s enterprise-wide Risk, Assurance and Compliance Management frameworks.

Leading a team of skilled professionals, you will partner with business leaders to strengthen risk capability, enhance governance practices and support effective risk management across the organisation. Through your leadership, you will help deliver positive safety, customer, people, commercial and community outcomes.

In this role, you will:

• Lead Queensland Rail’s enterprise risk function, providing strategic advice and leadership to strengthen organisational risk maturity and support informed business decision-making.
• Develop and continuously improve enterprise risk management frameworks, systems and programs, ensuring alignment with legislative requirements, industry standards and business objectives.
• Provide insightful reporting and risk oversight to Executive and Board Committees, delivering clear analysis of strategic and emerging risks, risk appetite, key indicators and organisational risk exposure.
• Drive consistent risk, assurance and compliance practices across the organisation, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities and embedding effective risk management frameworks and processes.
• Enhance risk capability and performance through education, coaching and support for leaders and teams, promoting accountability and best-practice risk management across the business.
• Lead a high-performing team and optimise risk management technology and assurance activities, ensuring effective compliance, robust control environments, continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making.
  
  

For additional information please click the Position Description.

This is a full-time, permanent position based in Brisbane CBD, offering hybrid work options and 12.75% superannuation to support a healthy work-life balance. We offer an attractive salary based on skills and experience.

What we’re looking for.

• Extensive leadership experience in enterprise risk management and assurance within a large, complex organisation, preferably in a corporate or strategic operational context.
• Proven ability to provide strategic risk advice and build trusted relationships and influence senior stakeholders, fostering a strong risk culture, supporting informed decision-making and driving organisational maturity.
• Extensive experience in designing, implementing and continuously improving risk, assurance and compliance policies, systems and tools, ensuring practical, consistent and fit-for-purpose outcomes.
• Strong capability in preparing and presenting high-quality risk, assurance and compliance reporting to Executive and Board Committees, providing clear insights into strategic risks, key indicators and organisational risk exposure.
• Strong knowledge of governance frameworks, legislative and regulatory requirements, with the ability to interpret and apply these effectively to ensure compliance and mitigate organisational risk.

Benefits that count.

All that Queensland Rail achieves each day relies on the hard work and talent of our teams. That’s why we offer a range of attractive benefits designed to help you bring your best, including: 

• Balance your work and personal life with flexible working options
• Enjoy free travel to work and discounted rail travel
• QRI Lifestyle offers members access to over 2,000 exclusive discounts and services
• Prioritise your physical, emotional and financial wellbeing with our range of free services
• You and your family can get fit and have fun with access to over 380 gyms and pools with our Fitness Passport
• Eligible employees can receive up to 100% reimbursement for professional membership fees
• Shape your rewarding career with clear pathways, innovative projects and opportunities for growth and leadership.

And more! Click here to see the full range of benefits available to Queensland Rail employees.

Your journey matters. Make it with us.

At Queensland Rail, your work is more than just a job – it’s a chance to be part of something meaningful. Our people are passionate about what they do and genuinely care about the outcomes they deliver every day. There's a shared sense of purpose – of doing the right thing for the right reasons – that connects us all.

We take pride in the critical service we provide to Queensland communities. Whether you're on the frontline or behind the scenes, you’ll feel the impact of your work and the community connection it creates.

From working on projects that shape the future to supporting the everyday journeys of thousands, your contribution matters. You'll be joining an organisation built on loyalty, collaboration, and support – where people grow, thrive, and bring out the best in each other.

Join us, where connection counts.

If you’re ready to make a real impact and contribute to the future of our organization, we encourage you to submit your resume and cover letter before 11:59 PM (AEST) on Thursday 30th July 2026.

If you reside outside of Queensland, please note that this role requires relocation to Brisbane by your start date, as full-time remote work or fly-in/fly-out arrangements are not supported.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants may be required to undergo pre-employment alcohol and drug testing. The selection process may also include skills assessments, video or phone interviews, psychometric testing, pre-employment health evaluations, and background checks, including criminal history and credit assessments.

Recruitment Agencies: We manage this process internally and do not accept unsolicited applications from agencies.

Supporting a diverse workforce

Queensland Rail acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Elders of the lands and waterways our network traverses.

Our teams are People who Count. We encourage diversity in our teams, including different genders, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religions, neurodiversity, education levels and many more aspects. No two journeys are the same, and it’s because of our differences that as a collective, we achieve great things.

If you would like to discuss reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process, please contact Krystal Gray at krystal.gray@qr.com.au