WorkCover Queensland is entering an exciting new chapter, guided by a renewed strategic focus and strong executive leadership shaping our 2030 Strategy. We’re embarking on an enterprise-wide transformation to strengthen our impact and continue making a positive difference in people’s lives.
The Opportunity
WorkCover Queensland is continuing to strengthen its digital capability as part of a broader enterprise transformation agenda. Reporting to the Manager Core Business Applications, the Technical Lead plays a key role in shaping how solutions are designed, delivered and operated across core business applications, digital platforms and integration services. This role exists to ensure technical solutions are practical, scalable and aligned to enterprise architecture, while lifting engineering capability and ensuring high‑quality outcomes for the business and its customers.
What You’ll Do
- Lead solution and detailed technical design across applications, integrations and platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security and governance standards
- Translate architectural direction into practical, buildable designs, working closely with architects, delivery teams, vendors and internal stakeholders
- Lead technical decision-making, including evaluating integration approaches and clearly articulating trade-offs across different solutions
- Define and champion strong engineering practices and standards, particularly when working with vendors and implementation partners
- Provide technical oversight of vendor and partner delivery, ensuring solutions meet WorkCover standards and are sustainable, supportable and fit for purpose
- Ensure solutions meet key non-functional requirements including performance, security, scalability and reliability
- Support delivery outcomes by identifying risks, resolving complex technical issues and ensuring solutions meet business requirements for quality and timeliness
- Mentor and guide engineers, uplifting capability and embedding best practices across the team
- Act as a trusted technical advisor, communicating complex problems and solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
About You
- 7+ years’ experience in senior technical or technical leadership roles within complex enterprise environments, ideally within highly regulated industries such as insurance, financial services or government
- Tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline (postgraduate qualifications desirable)
- Strong experience in solution design and detailed technical design across enterprise applications, platforms and integration services
- Proven experience working with SaaS or vendor platforms as part of transformation programs
- Hands-on experience designing and delivering integration solutions, with deep knowledge of API-led, event-driven and enterprise integration patterns, and the ability to articulate trade-offs across approaches
- Demonstrated experience influencing technical decisions and working across multiple stakeholders, including vendors and internal teams
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical problems and solutions for different levels of stakeholders
- Experience mentoring or guiding engineers and uplifting engineering capability across teams
- Strong understanding of modern engineering practices, including DevOps, automation and secure-by-design principles
Why Join Us
Our vision is to be the best workers’ compensation insurer, making a positive difference to people’s lives and keeping Queenslanders working. At WorkCover, we deliver with heart, own our outcomes, work best together and stay open to what’s possible - and we’re looking for people who share these values
When you join us, you’ll benefit from:
- A purpose‑driven organisation where your work genuinely makes a positive impact on Queenslanders’ lives
- A collaborative and supportive team environment that values empathy, trust and working together
- Hybrid work arrangements that support flexibility and work–life balance
- Personalised learning and development opportunities to support your growth and career progression
- A holistic health and wellbeing program designed to support you both professionally and personally
- Industry‑competitive salaries
- A generous superannuation scheme, including co‑contribution
- Study assistance to support ongoing education and professional development
You can find out more about what it’s like to work with us by visiting Working at WorkCover Qld.
How do I apply?
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Applications close Thursday, 21st May at 5 pm.
We are committed to ensuring WorkCover reflects the diversity of the Queensland community. We welcome applications from First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTQIA+SB community, people of all ages, people who are neurodivergent, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Acceptance of applications submitted after advertising closes is at the discretion of the selection panel.
To ensure you have the best and most inclusive experience, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to help you confidently showcase your skills and potential. You can contact us at recruitment@workcoverqld.com.au or let our recruitment team know during your conversation with them.
Pre-employment checks will be conducted on all prospective employees. This includes a Right to Work in Australia Check, Police Check, Education Check, Reference Check, and where appropriate a Visa Check. The information provided will be treated as confidential in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld). All permanent appointments are subject to a probationary period in accordance with our policy.
