General Manager, Safety & Wellbeing | Alinta Energy

Enterprise safety leadership with national scope Shape strategy, governance and culture at organisation level
• Melbourne-based | Hybrid working | Significant interstate travel

The Organisation

Alinta Energy is one of Australia's largest energy retailers and generators, investors and developers, operating across a complex national portfolio.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the CPO, you will lead an enterprise-wide safety strategy and shape how safety is governed, measured, and led centrally for the business. This is a role with enterprise accountability and direct Board exposure, that leads a centralised function and supports a team of asset and site-based employees.

Key Deliverables

• Set and lead the enterprise safety and wellbeing strategy
• Influence leaders at every level to embed safety as a core business value
• Lead safety data, systems and reporting strategy
• Enhance organisational safety and wellbeing performance

About You

• Senior safety leader from energy, construction, or heavy infrastructure
• Comfortable operating at Board level and on the tools
• Sharp at cutting through complexity and delivering outcomes
• Credible influencer with a track record of measurable impact

Why This Role

• Shape safety culture at enterprise scale in a complex and evolving industry
• High-visibility position with direct executive and Board engagement
• Real scope to lead a modern, forward-looking safety function with strong foundations

Why Alinta Energy

At Alinta Energy, we’re taking real action to deliver reliable and sustainable energy for Australia — and that practical approach runs through everything we do. You’ll get clear direction, genuine flexibility, and the support you need to grow, all while working on projects that make a lasting difference. We’re big enough to create impact, but small enough that your ideas and effort will always be seen.

There are plenty of other great benefits of working for Alinta Energy, including flexible working, energy discounts, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a paid volunteer day each year, fully stocked kitchens, and lots more.

Commitment to Diversity

Alinta Energy offers a truly diverse, safe and supportive work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, Alinta Energy encourages applications from any qualified person, including First Nations Australians, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people of all ages and people living with a disability. We are also proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and we are committed to advancing women’s careers.

If you're a pragmatic GM-level leader ready to make safety strategy stick, contact Marc Lander at [email protected] or apply via thesafestep.com.au