Asset Systems Leader

PageUp People Limited; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Mentoring programs

Health insurance discount

Job summary

Aurizon is seeking an Asset Systems Leader to shape asset management across the above-rail fleet, leading development, optimisation and evolution of asset management systems, data and digital capabilities.

Reporting to the Integration, Strategy & Reliability Engineering Manager, you will drive strategic roadmaps, unlock advanced analytics, deploy digital solutions and partner with stakeholders to embed future-ready systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in asset management, maintenance strategy or reliability engineering.
• Strong understanding of asset information management and data-driven decision making.
• Proven ability to lead strategic change and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic asset systems roadmap for asset management, maintenance and locomotive telemetry.
• Drive integration of asset, maintenance and operational datasets for advanced analytics.
• Identify and deploy emerging technologies and predictive capabilities to improve asset performance.
• Provide strategic leadership on asset information management, system architecture and data governance.
• Partner with operational, engineering and technology stakeholders to embed future-ready systems.
• Lead deployment and uplift of digital asset management capability across reliability, maintenance and operations.

Skills

Asset management

Maintenance strategy

Reliability engineering

Stakeholder engagement

Data-driven decisions

Education

Engineering qualification or related discipline

Job description

Job Number: 98177-613409 Work type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Brisbane Categories: Engineering, Transport Operations & Logistics, Business Professional

Location: Brisbane

At Aurizon, we're looking for an Asset Systems Leader to shape the future of our asset management systems across our above-rail fleet. This role will lead the development, optimisation and continuous evolution of our asset management systems, data and digital capabilities, ensuring we are positioned to leverage emerging technologies, predictive insights and modern maintenance practices to improve reliability, maintenance performance and whole-of-life asset outcomes.

This is a strategic leadership role where you'll influence the future direction of maintenance frameworks, asset information management, reliability initiatives and system innovation, enabling safe, efficient and cost-effective operations across the enterprise.

About the Role

Reporting to the Integration, Strategy & Reliability Engineering Manager, you will:

• Lead the development and execution of the strategic asset systems roadmap for asset management, maintenance, operational performance and locomotive telemetry systems.
• Drive the integration of asset, maintenance and operational datasets to enable advanced analytics and data-driven decision making.
• Identify and deploy emerging technologies, digital solutions and predictive capabilities to improve asset performance and reliability.
• Provide strategic leadership on asset information management, system architecture and data governance.
• Partner with operational, engineering and technology stakeholders to embed future-ready systems and ways of working.
• Lead the enterprise deployment and uplift of digital asset management capability across asset reliability, maintenance and operations.
• Drive the systems initiatives required to support Keystone, our enterprise wide asset management improvement program, and the ongoing evolution of Aurizon's asset management capability.

About You

You are a strategic and influential asset management professional with strong technical capability and a passion for improving maintenance performance through systems, data and process excellence.

You will bring:

• demonstrated experience in asset management, maintenance strategy, reliability engineering or related disciplines.
• Strong understanding of maintenance systems, asset information management and data-driven decision making.
• Proven ability to lead strategic change and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience working within asset intensive industries, resources or similar asset-intensive environments.
• A trade qualification or tertiary qualification in Engineering or a related discipline will be highly regarded.

Why Aurizon?

Join a team focused on improving the reliability and performance of critical rail assets while contributing to long-term business outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide asset management practices and help shape the future direction of maintenance systems across the organisation.

What we offer you:

At Aurizon, we support the development and growth of our employees. With a national portfolio of operations, we offer long-term and exciting career opportunities.

Some of our benefits include:

• Development and growth opportunities.
• Access to mentoring and development programs.
• Discounts on selected health insurance funds, personal travel, gyms, vehicles and retail brands.
• Parental leave program and super booster.

Aurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight operator and a top 100 ASX company.Each year, we deliver more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities right across the country. Aurizon is crucial to the Australian economy, connecting miners, primary producers and industry with international and domestic markets.

Look to Aurizon for a diverse and collaborative culture.

At Aurizon, we are proud of our diverse, collaborative, creative and high-performance culture. We celebrate the contribution of every employee and provide opportunities for career development in a dynamic, caring, and inclusive work environment.

Advertised: 29 Sep 2026 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 11 Oct 2026 E. Australia Standard Time