Job Description

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

• Play a critical role in safeguarding the health, safety and wellbeing of Qantas’ people and customers through expert leadership in Aviation and Occupational Health.
• Lead the delivery of enterprise wide medical, occupational health and aviation medicine services in one of Australia’s most safety critical environments.
• Permanent, fulltime executive role based at Qantas Head Office – Mascot, Sydney

At Qantas, safety comes before everything else. As we continue to plan for tomorrow, our commitment to innovation, care and operational excellence ensures we remain responsive and resilient in an ever‑evolving aviation landscape. As part of the Qantas Group, you’ll play a meaningful role in protecting the health of our people and customers — while helping the Spirit of Australia thrive.

The Senior Medical Officer – Aviation Occupational Health sits within Safety, Health & Security Services and reports to the Head of Group Medical Services. This role provides specialist medical leadership in the delivery of Occupational Health and Aviation Medicine services in line with the Qantas Group Safety Strategy and agreed service level agreements. The position focuses on enhancing the health, safety and wellbeing of both customers and employees through the delivery of comprehensive medical and health services across biological, physical and mental health domains, working in close partnership with internal and external stakeholders.

The role plays a key leadership position in shaping and managing Qantas Group occupational health services for employees. This includes strategic oversight of health and wellbeing initiatives, mental health programs, pre employment medical assessments, injury management and occupational rehabilitation, alcohol and other drug programs in an aviation context, management of occupational exposures, and employee health surveillance in accordance with regulatory requirements.

As part of the medical leadership team, the role also supports the delivery of aviation medicine services by ensuring aircrew fitness for work in compliance with WHS requirements and CASA regulations (CASR Part 67 and Part 99). In addition, the position contributes to the passenger health program, promoting inflight customer safety and reducing the risk and impact of medical emergencies. The role provides direct medical expertise, including on call medical support and operational advice, ensuring business as usual service delivery aligns with agreed service levels and operational priorities.

What You’ll Bring:

• A medical degree with current registration in good standing
• Postgraduate qualifications in Occupational Medicine (FAFOEM or equivalent, or advanced training towards fellowship)
• Designation as a CASA Aviation Medical Examiner (DAME) or eligibility to obtain
• Medical Review Officer (MRO) certification or eligibility to obtain
• Minimum 5 years post qualification experience, including at least 2 years in occupational medicine within a complex organisation
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise scale occupational health and aviation medicine programs
• Strong knowledge of aviation regulatory frameworks and safety critical environments
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate autonomously in high consequence settings
• Strong clinical judgement, data literacy and evidence based decision making capability
• A collaborative, pragmatic leadership style with a continuous improvement mindset

Why Qantas? 

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully. There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless. 

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel: 

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays. 
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees. 
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships. 
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan. 

Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – apply today! 

Applications Close: Wednesday 8th April, 2026