Job reference: req1421
Location: Dry Creek
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
Applications close: 20/10/2026 9:00 PM
The Department for Infrastructure and Transport plays a vital role connecting people and places in South Australia by managing roads, marine and public transport networks across the State, and builds and maintains the State-owned infrastructure that enables the delivery of essential and important government services to our community.
Public Transport South Australia (PTSA) is seeking an experienced and capable operational leader to join the team as a Transit Compliance Coordinator. Leading a team of Transit Compliance Officers, you will play a key role in coordinating frontline compliance activities, supporting safe and reliable public transport services, and contributing to a positive customer experience across the Adelaide metropolitan network predominately interchanges and bus network.
Reporting to the Unit Manager, Transit Compliance, you will provide day-to-day supervision, coaching and support to a large operational team, ensuring staff are effectively deployed and equipped to deliver compliance, customer service and network support outcomes. You will coordinate operational activities, support responses to network incidents and disruptions, undertake investigations, monitor team performance and contribute to operational planning, reporting and continuous improvement initiatives.
We are looking for a confident and resilient operational leader with experience supervising field-based, compliance or customer service teams in a complex environment. You will bring strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, sound judgement, experience managing performance and wellbeing, and the ability to balance operational priorities in a dynamic environment. Experience interpreting legislation, conducting investigations and leading teams in customer-facing services will be highly regarded.
Based at Dry Creek, this role requires regular travel across the public transport network and participation in a rotating roster that includes early mornings, evenings, weekends and public holidays. The successful applicant must hold a current South Australian Driver's Licence and be able to obtain and maintain relevant employment screening clearances. The incumbent must be able to safely perform the inherent requirements of the role, including spending substantial periods of time on their feet, walking between locations, boarding and alighting buses, maintaining balance and mobility in a moving vehicle environment, and responding to operational situations in a timely manner. The role requires all successful applicants to meet pre-employment assessments, along with an interview, satisfactory criminal history check, pre-employment medical examination and reference checks.
Join us and help shape a new and expanding transit compliance function that supports a safe, welcoming and customer-focused public transport system for the South Australian community, while supervising a dedicated frontline team committed to service excellence.
OPS5 - $88,149 to $94,236 per annum + superannuation
Email: DIT.RailWorkforceWellbeingandOD@sa.gov.au
Applications can be submitted online by clicking the 'Apply now' button.
Applicants are required to submit a curriculum vitae and a cover letter of no more than two pages addressing the selection criteria in the role statement. In addition, applicants are required to complete the online application form as part of their application for employment.
The Department for Infrastructure and Transport is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture across the department, planning for and promoting diversity and culturally safe workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from diverse community groups and ages including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and other diversity groups. The Department recognises the benefits that such an approach brings for our staff and customers in delivering the future of South Australia.
As a WE'RE EQUAL organisation we are committed to treating everyone equally, proudly promoting our department, and all its spaces as safe places for everybody.
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