The revolving door at the top of Victoria's Metropolitan Fire Brigade continues, with its acting chief executive stepping down following a new enterprise bargaining agreement.
Russell Eddington stepped down from his position on Monday, days after the MFB pushed through a workplace deal with the United Firefighters Union and president Andi Diamond quit the board.
Ms Diamond said she didn't think it right to stay on after Thursday's pay deal was agreed.
It reportedly passed four votes to three following four years of contentious negotiation, with the decisive vote cast by a new board member appointed by the government the week before.
Seven other of the MFB's top brass have quit since 2016.
The MFB said Mr Eddington would return to his role as executive director of corporate services, while former Western Health chief executive Dr Alex Cockram would become acting chief executive from next Monday.
The MFB was still searching for a new chief executive and chief officer.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews earlier said the pay deal would drive cultural change in the organisation.
"There are some significant cultural issues in our fire services and we've taken a big step towards bringing that out into the open," he told ABC radio on Monday.
The government last week denied stacking the fire service board to push through the pay deal.
The MFB has been without a new EBA since 2013, and pay deals for it and the Country Fire Authority have become an ongoing point of contention for the government.
The new agreement now has to go to a staff vote.
Metropolitan Fire Brigade chief executive Jim Higgins and acting chief officer Paul Stacchino both quit in 2017.
Chief officer Peter Rau, chief executive Lucinda Nolan, chief fire officer Joe Buffone and chief officer David Youssef resigned in 2016.
