Principal:
Brett Doak

Began his railway career as a Junior Station Assistant and progressed through a range of customer service, safety, operational, management and senior executive management positions with the State Rail Authority of New South Wales, Rail Access Corporation and Rail Infrastructure Corporation before establishing his own consulting company, Terrace Rail Pty Limited, in 2004.

Qualifications:

• Advanced Diploma of Workplace Health and Safety.
• Diploma of Railway Operations Management.
• Incident Cause Analysis Method (ICAM) Lead Investigator.
• Exemplar Global Principal Auditor.
• international Engineering Safety Management (iESM) Practitioner and Trainer.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
• State Rail Authority of NSW Senior Management Development Program.
• Advanced Management Certificate.
• Business Management Certificate.

Professional Affiliations:

• Australasian Railway Association.
• Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board.
• Chartered Institution of Railway Operators
• The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
• International Railway Safety Council.
• Permanent Way Institution – New South Wales.
• Associate of the Australian Institute of Management Consultants.
• Justice of the Peace in New South Wales.

Expertise:

Accomplished and high-performing senior Railway Safety, Railway Operations and Workplace Health and Safety specialist, with 30+ years extensive senior management experience in the Australasian railway industry.

Exemplary relationship development, leadership, stakeholder management and negotiation skills, complemented by a proven track record of success at championing required change to achieve corporate goals and strategic objectives.

Adept at engaging, influencing and guiding staff at all levels to embrace continuous improvement, change and a culture of zero harm.  This includes advising, supporting and providing subject matter expertise and consultation to senior stakeholders regarding operations and compliance with relevant legislation, regulations and standards.

Career Highlights:

AUSTRALIAN RAIL TRACK CORPORATION (ARTC)
Rail Systems Network Rules and Procedures Writer
Provided subject matter expert input to ARTC’s National Network Rules and Procedures Alignment Project and National Safeworking Framework to create and implement nationally applied network rules and procedures across the entire ARTC network.

SWIFT INTERMODAL PTY LTD
Independent Railway Safety Advisor
Managed the development of SWIFT Intermodal Rail Pty Ltd’s railway safety accreditation application for Rail Infrastructure Manager in New South Wales, including the development of a Safety Management System compliant with Rail Safety National Law and associated Legislation.

UGL REGIONAL LINX – COUNTRY REGIONAL NETWORK
Network Operations Commissioning Manager
Managed the approach, activities, resources, and timing of the operational readiness tasks of the UGL Regional Linx Network Operations Business Unit to transition to the new Network Control management arrangements associated with the Network Control Systems Mobilisation (NSCM) Project, including a new Network Control Centre (NCC) at Orange and a Disaster Recovery Facility (DRF) at Bathurst.

EMANATE LEGAL
Independent Railway Safety Advisor
Provided independent railway safety advice, guidance and support to Landholders impacted by the construction of the Carmichael Railway in central north-western Queensland, including the safety and rail safeworking requirements and arrangements for the use of occupational level crossings during the construction and future ongoing operation of the Carmichael Railway.

SYDNEY METRO SOUTHWEST STATIONS and CORRIDOR PROJECT
Independent Railway Safety Advisor
Prepared a Concept of Operations report utilised by Transport for New South Wales and Australian Rail track Corporation to assist their understanding and ultimate determination if single line working (using fully signalled movements) can be implemented on the existing Australian Rail Track Corporation managed railway lines of the shared rail corridor between Marrickville and Campsie to facilitate the construction and delivery of the Sydney Metro and Southwest Project.

QUEENSLAND RAIL
Independent Railway Safety Advisor
Defined Queensland Rail’s Rail Safety Accreditation management arrangements for the delivery of the ETCS Inner City Project, including how Queensland Rail will transition from their existing Rail Safety Accreditation arrangements in Queensland under the then Transport (Rail Safety) Act 2010, to Rail Safety National Law when it was to be enacted in Queensland on 1 July 2017.

QUEENSLAND RAIL
Independent Railway Safety Advisor
Undertook an independent, high-level, qualitative peer review of business readiness activities associated with the introduction of Queensland Rail’s Next Generation Rolling Stock, focussing on Day 1 of first revenue service from an overall perspective, and then undertook a deep dive exercise into the activities associated with the integration and delivery of their Business Operating Model related to rolling stock deployment and stabling.

SWIETELSKY RAIL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Independent Railway Safety Advisor
Managed the development of Swietelsky Rail Pty Ltd’s railway safety accreditation application for Rolling Stock Operator in New South Wales, including the development of a Safety Management System compliant with Rail Safety National Law and associated legislation.

GVK HANCOCK COAL INFRASTRUCTURE PTY LTD
Railway Safety and Accreditation Manager
Developed GVK Hancock Coal Infrastructure Pty Ltd’s Safety Management System and application for accreditation as a Rail Infrastructure Manager for the construction of the Alpha Coal railway in Queensland, ensuring compliance with the then Queensland Transport (Rail Safety) Act 2010 and associated legislation.

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and TRANSPORT CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY of NEW SOUTH WALES
Railway Safety and Accreditation Manager
Maintained railway safety accreditation as a Rail Infrastructure Manager for the Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation and Transport Construction Authority of NSW.

DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE – VICTORIA
Project Manager – Victorian Network Rules Development and National Code of Practice Alignment Project
Project Managed the development of the pioneer suite of national work on track safeworking rules and procedures for application by Rail Infrastructure Managers across Australia. The project later became known as the Australian Network Rules Project, the forerunner of the now Australian Network Rules and Procedures, which are currently managed by the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board.

STATE RAIL AUTHORITY of NEW SOUTH WALES
Executive Manager, Safeworking
Led the development, implementation, and evaluation of safeworking systems, network rules and procedures, and standards, for the State Rail Authority of New South Wales.