Job Description

You're passionate about a career delivering solutions that impact millions.

In this role you will have:

• Executive leadership of Sydney’s road maintenance delivery
• Stewardship of safety, resilience and whole-of-life performance across critical road assets
• Lead major reform to uplift asset management capability, standards and culture at scale

Reporting to the Deputy Secretary, Road Maintenance and Resilience, you will provide executive leadership for the end-to-end maintenance and operational stewardship of Sydney’s metropolitan road network. You will encompass accountability for a complex hybrid delivery model, including large-scale outsourced maintenance contracts across the Sydney road network, a substantial workforce of approximately 180 people delivering high-risk, safety-critical maintenance at the Sydney Harbour Bridge, tunnel and precinct, and a central function responsible for setting standards, driving consistency, and providing performance oversight and coordination across the network.

You will hold accountability for whole-of-life asset performance, requiring a long-term, system-wide view of asset condition, resilience, lifecycle optimisation and value for money. You will lead the uplift of asset management practice, moving the organisation beyond compliance-based maintenance to a mature, disciplined and future-focused approach to managing one of the state’s most critical networks.

This is a significant change leadership role - driving greater consistency across delivery models. You will be expected to reset expectations, reduce reliance on external consultants, strengthen internal capability, and inspire a cohort to operate as a cohesive, high-performing executive team.

For more information on this position and business unit, please view the and information pack

About you

You are a senior infrastructure leader with deep experience in operations and maintenance, ideally within road or similarly regulated, safety-critical environments. You bring strong asset management fundamentals and a practical understanding of whole-of-life asset stewardship, even where ownership and operational responsibilities are shared.

You have led large teams through reform and cultural uplift - setting clear standards, building leadership capability, and driving consistency across disparate operating models. Your experience includes managing complex contracts, major maintenance programs and performance-based delivery environments, with a clear understanding of the levers required to influence outcomes.

You are comfortable engaging with frontline workers in high-risk environments, while also advising senior executives and Ministers’ offices with confidence and judgement. While Government experience is not essential, you must be able to quickly adapt to public-sector decision-making and operate effectively in a highly visible, politically sensitive context.

This role will suit a proven executive leader with the gravitas to take charge, reset expectations and lead a significant reform agenda - embedding stronger asset management discipline, operational excellence and long-term value for the people of NSW.

To Apply

For a confidential discussion or role related questions, please contact Felicity Stalley or Jack Seymour of The Orchard Talent Group by email transport@orchardtalent.com.au. To apply please submit your application and current CV via email to transport@orchardtalent.com.au

At Transport we’re committed to a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce which reflects the community and the customers we serve. We offer people interesting, challenging and rewarding work across a range of professions, in a respectful environment centred on career progression, development and flexibility.

Applications close: Sunday 1st March 2026

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