About the Role
Lead the regional maintenance team through effective management at the One Rail Australia (ORA) NSW Maintenance Facility to deliver a safe, reliable, cost-effective execution of maintenance of rollingstock and on-call support for ORA operations in the Hunter Valley supply chain.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and support the development, implementation and management of life cycle maintenance strategies for locomotives, wagons and facilities maintenance.
- Develop systems and processes to support employees to carry out duties as per their Position Descriptions.
- Develop systems and process to ensure all business activities and employees within the regional maintenance team comply with all legislative/statutory obligations, company policies, standards and procedures.
- Develop systems and processes to ensure costs are managed within budget and all components tracked correctly for work undertaken at ORA’s maintenance facility.
- Develop systems and processes to ensure improved asset reliability through implementation of endorsed reliability initiatives to reduce rollingstock failures under ORA’s change management processes.
- Be available as a point of escalation for on-call employees supporting infield maintenance activities.
- Liaise directly with operations and or other customers on rollingstock availability and restrictions.
- Develop systems and processes to support unplanned work on wagons and locomotives at workshop and infield.
- Develop systems and process to support facilities maintenance, DIL fueling, rollingstock washing and provisioning.
- Develop systems and process to ensure isolation / safety lockout procedures are safe and effective.
- Lead, mentor and coach team members to further their understanding of context, purpose and expectations.
- Lead the team to ensure effect execution of planned maintenance activities for locomotive and wagon maintenance, facilities maintenance and capital works within the workshop.
- Develop systems and processes to ensure accurate planning of work, inventory management, reporting and updating of information of the CMMS (AMS).
- Ensure onboarding of supplier and contractors conforms to ORA’s procurement policies, procedures and expectations from Executive Leadership.
About You
We are seeking a motivated, team orientated and safety conscious Regional Maintenance Manager that:
- Drives high performance in an organisation through challenging goals, taking action to address critical issues, provides effective delegation, and taking a commercial approach.
- Gains the trust through an open and honest manner, standing behind their principles and modelling positive behaviour.
- Motivates and engages others with a gravitas that gains the commitment of others.
- Values and fosters others development. Takes the time to understand their team and helps articulate team and individual needs, supporting them to reach their full potential.
- Demonstrates commitment to building strong and effective teams through leveraging capability and support from across the business, connecting people to achieve shared goals.
- Copes well in a changing environment, takes an innovative approach, and supports the implementation of the risk and assurance framework delivering on safety performance requirements.
- Displays sound judgement and rational thinking in operational, asset management and commercial decision making. Can handle complex ideas and is quick to solve problems.
Qualifications
- Tertiary Qualifications in Engineering, Science, Management or Business
- Motor Vehicle Licence (Class C)
Experience
- Management of Asset Maintenance in Rail, Mining, Maritime, Transport or Production environments.
- Development of Systems and Processes that improved safety, efficiency, productivity and performance.
- Demonstrated leadership of cultural development and improvement of multi-disciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated leadership in a safety regulated environment requiring understanding of safety/legal requirements.
- Well-developed business acumen demonstrated in areas of procurement and contractor management.
- Management of a Cost Centre (OPEX and CAPEX) greater than $20M per annum.
- Management of performance against metrics with demonstrated visible reporting and trending.
- Demonstrated leadership and engagement of teams in a unionised work environment.
Employee Benefits
One Rail Australia provides a supportive and inclusive work environment that includes a range of benefits, such as:
- Training opportunities
- Access to retailer discounts and cashback opportunities via our Employee Engagement platform.
- Employee rewards and recognition program.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
The Process
As part of ORA’s recruitment and selection process, short listed applicants will be required to provide a recent national criminal history check, successfully complete and pass a Category 2 pre-employment health assessment and provide a Current C Class or higher Driver’s License.
One Rail Australia Pty Ltd is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has a zero tolerance to drugs and alcohol in the workplace.
Please click here to apply via seek and attach a copy of your cover letter and resume to your application.
For further information please contact Jarrod Baker at jarrod.baker@1rail.com.au
Applications close Friday 02 May 2025