Apprentice Workplace Mentor - Electrical

Transport for NSW; Cumberland; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Sydney Trains is seeking a skilled professional to mentor and assess staff in the signalling electrical discipline. This fixed term full-time role involves developing capabilities and guiding apprentices within a collaborative engineering team, ensuring safety and industry standards are met.

You will contribute to workforce readiness and learning initiatives across the network, and work on modern training resources while supporting leaders to identify capability gaps.

Qualifications

• Signalling electrical expertise and knowledge of rail systems.
• Experience mentoring and coaching within technical teams.
• Ability to influence learning outcomes and workforce capability.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and assess apprentices and staff in signalling electrical discipline.
• Develop and maintain contemporary training resources and assessment tools.
• Collaborate with leaders to identify capability needs and create development opportunities.

Job description

Organisation/Entity:Sydney Trains

Job category:Engineering

Job location: Auburn, NSW, AU, 2144

Job reference number:111214

Employment type:Fixed Term Full-Time

Salary range:$150295.0-$167114.0

You've got the skills to work on small, impactful community initiatives or enable reliable network-wide services.

You've been developing your skills and are ready to work on projects that matter to the people of NSW. You know that quality matters and that delivering results requires a great team.

In this role, you'll:

Working as part of a collaborative and high-performing team, you'll help shape the next generation of technical talent across Sydney Trains. Drawing on your signalling electrical expertise, you'll play a key role in developing employees, apprentices and new starters, ensuring they have the skills, knowledge and confidence to perform their roles safely, effectively and in line with industry and organisational standards.

This role will see you provide hands‑on mentoring, coaching and competency-based assessment within the signalling electrical discipline, support the development of contemporary training resources and assessment tools, and work closely with leaders to identify capability needs and create meaningful development opportunities. You'll influence learning outcomes, contribute to workforce planning initiatives and help foster a culture of learning, growth and continuous improvement across the Engineering and Maintenance Branch.

You will share your signalling electrical expertise, develop technical capability and inspire the next generation of rail professionals in a dynamic operational environment where safety, technical excellence and workforce readiness are critical to success. Your work will directly contribute to building a skilled, future‑ready workforce capable of supporting the safe and reliable delivery of rail services across Sydney.

About you

Your technical expertise, leadership qualities and ability to inspire learning, formed across signalling electrical, rail maintenance and operational environments, will see you excel in developing the next generation of rail professionals, strengthening workforce capability and supporting the delivery of high‑quality training and assessment programs.

You’ll bring a passion for sharing knowledge and fostering growth, leading to improved competency, safety and performance outcomes across the business.

You're recognised as a trusted technical expert and coach, skilled at mentoring apprentices and employees, facilitating workplace learning and driving capability uplift through practical, hands‑on development. Experienced in signalling electrical operations and committed to continuous improvement, you'll thrive in an environment where collaboration, technical excellence and developing others are key to building a skilled and future‑ready workforce.

This is a Monday – Friday position based on site at the Clyde Depot, with travel required across the network.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

At Sydney Trains, our rail services keep Sydney moving by putting our customers at the centre of everything we do. We work with our local communities to deliver safe, timely and efficient rail services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Our trains and network are evolving to meet the needs of our customers now and well into the future. We’re continuing to integrate technological innovations that help us deliver a smarter and more sustainable network.

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

This is an in‑person, on‑site role.

Applications close 11:59 PM Wednesday 21 October 2026

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.

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