With the current Executive Officer, Greg Pullen, looking to retire before the end of 2026, SEATS is looking for a replacement to take up this role during November this year.
SEATS considers that the successful applicant will have accumulated knowledge and experience in the fields of freight transport infrastructure, government policy and project delivery outcomes and an understanding of the roles of local, state and Australian government inter-relationships in delivering productivity gains for the freight transport sector.
The role has a part lime load and can be delivered whilst working from home from within the SEATS regional area.
SEATS (South East Australia Transport Strategy) provides highly co-ordinated and influential advocacy for the development of transport infrastructure in the South East Australian region that supports sustainable economic development and the prosperity of its constituents.
SEATS, formed in the mid-1990s, is an alliance of Local Government and other Government agencies together with industry that is concerned about the state of the freight transport network across south eastern Australia including ACT. The organisation meets quarterly, has a paid secretariat and prioritises projects across all forms of transport that its membership has identified as worthy of Government and operator support.
The SEATS region consists of several regional production areas. The Illawarra-Shoalhaven is industrialised with steel manufacture, production of chemicals and nutraceuticals, food products including stockfeeds, food ingredients and building products. The southern tablelands has strong agricultural production, quarry supplies and timber processing. Out of Victoria’s Gippsland comes horticultural produce requiring key freight and transport connections into Sydney as well as quarry materials for the Melbourne market. Gippsland will experience much development with the restructure of the nations energy supply and renewable energy developments.
The region has significant quantities of inbound and outbound freight, with freight travelling through Port Kembla, Port of Eden and Port Hastings dominating overseas export movement from the region. The movement of freight to and from the region relies on existing road and rail networks. Key freight corridors that enable the movement of freight include the M1 Princes Motorway (Mount Ousley Road), Picton Road, the Princes Highway between Sydney and Melbourne as well as the South Coast rail line and the Moss Vale to Unanderra rail line. The Monaro Highway is an important corridor between metropolitan Sydney and the Gippsland areas within Victoria. In Gippsland both rail and road corridors support regional economic development.
SEATS has prepared a recruitment package and can be viewed at Executive Officer – South East Australian Transport Strategy. Applications close on Tuesday 13th October 2026
