People & culture officer

We are excited to welcome a People & Culture Officer to our high-performing People & Culture team. Reporting to the People & Culture Business Partner, you'll play a key role in partnering with stakeholders across our Queensland business, providing essential support to the broader People & Culture function and helping drive a seamless employee experience by keeping operations running smoothly and efficiently.

You will be accountable for:

• Support employee onboarding, offboarding, and probation processes.
• Coordinate employee recognition programs, events, and flexible work arrangements.
• Provide HR administration, reporting, and systems support.
• Assist leaders and employees with HR-related enquiries and processes.
• Maintain people data, communications, and organisational records.

This fulltime position will start on a 6 month fixed-term contract, with a view to grow into a longer-term role. You will be based on the Fraser Coast in QLD at our Maryborough and Torbanlea sites.

About You:

• Possess or be enrolled in a Tertiary qualification on Human Resources (desirable)
• 1 year experience in Human Resources is advantageous
• Experience maintaining HR Information Systems and employee records with a high degree of confidentiality and accuracy
• Experience preparing reports and analysing data
• Ability to evaluate information quickly, identifying key issues and formulating conclusions.

Our Culture: We cultivate a diverse and inclusive workplace that facilitates opportunity and respect. Our focus on gender and cultural inclusiveness is active and ongoing, and through various initiatives we aim to help close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous communities.

What We Offer:

• Career progression and development opportunities
• A workplace focused on Zero Harm; safety is at the core of everything we do
• Flexible working arrangements to encourage work/life balance
• Competitive remuneration

For more details about this position contact Sarah Clark - Talent & Sourcing Business Partner, at sarah.clark@Downergroup.com

Please note applications will not be accepted via email, please apply via the link.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We’re committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to help you put your best foot forward.

Downer has more than 100 years’ rail experience providing end-to-end, innovative transport solutions. We are a leading provider of rollingstock asset management services, with expertise in delivering whole-of-life asset management support to our customers. Our capability allows us to offer turnkey solutions for complex projects and spans every project phase, from design and manufacture to through-life-support, condition monitoring and data analytics, fleet maintenance, operations and comprehensive overhaul of assets, and decommissioning.