Compliance Lead - Rolling Stock

Metro Trains Melbourne; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A major transport provider in Melbourne is seeking a Compliance Lead for the Rolling Stock Team. This role involves overseeing technical maintenance plans and ensuring compliance with asset management standards. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of experience in maintenance environments and extensive knowledge of asset management principles. This position offers an opportunity to lead positive change and contribute to a safer transport network.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in a maintenance environment.
• Understanding of asset management principles in ISO55000.
• Experience in maintaining and enhancing asset systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee management of the Rolling Stock Technical Maintenance Plan (TMP).
• Ensure obligations are known, measured and delivered.
• Lead development and continuous improvement of asset management governance framework.

Skills

Process driven

Organized

Detail oriented

Well-developed interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Education

Tertiary qualifications in IT or Engineering

Job description

Join to apply for the Compliance Lead - Rolling Stock role at Metro Trains Melbourne

Permanent Full-Time based at 700 Collins Street.

Overview

We’re excited to offer an opportunity to join the Network Assets & Assurance division as a Compliance Lead within the Rolling Stock Team. Reporting to the Head of Asset Management, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering compliance frameworks that ensure Rolling Stock meets its asset management obligations. This role offers the chance to lead positive change, drive continuous improvement, and contribute to a safer, more efficient transport network—through governance of TMP changes, risk management, and assurance of compliant delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee the management of the Rolling Stock Technical Maintenance Plan (TMP) to ensure effective preventative and predictive maintenance of Rolling Stock Fleets in accordance with Metro’s Asset Management commitments, while optimizing life cycle costing (LCC) and TMP compliance.
• Ensure all obligations are known, measured and delivered by engaging with stakeholders to raise awareness and understanding, enabling ISO audits to achieve accreditation.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continual improvement of an asset management governance framework, including documenting guidelines and procedures for decision making.
• Ensure the compliance reporting framework results in assets being managed in alignment with enterprise standards and legislative obligations; changes are effectively managed and governed.
• Identify, evaluate, coordinate and publish changes to Technical Maintenance Plans (TMPs) Rolling Stock is accountable for, ensuring TMPs are centrally controlled and updated in a coordinated manner (single source of truth).
• Collaborate with SERQ to manage and perform audits of asset maintenance activities and processes to inform TMP compliance, procedural compliance, and opportunities for improvement.
• Establish and maintain processes to manage relevant risks so that impacts to safety, commercial outcomes and operational performance are mitigated.
• Lead asset management process and procedure maturity improvement and coordinate efforts to achieve ISO55001 accreditation and demonstrate continuous improvement using a scoring framework.

About you

• Process driven, organized and detail oriented.
• Tertiary qualifications in IT or Engineering.
• Extensive experience in a maintenance environment (ideally 8+ years).
• Understanding of asset management principles as expressed in ISO55000 and application to MTM Rolling Stock disciplines.
• Experience in maintaining, updating, and enhancing asset systems.
• Ability to influence stakeholders outside direct control to achieve business and network outcomes.
• Well-developed interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills with the ability to articulate problems to both technical and business audiences.

We understand not every candidate will meet 100% of the criteria. If you’re excited about this opportunity but don’t check every box, we still encourage you to apply—your unique background may be exactly what we need.

Next steps

If this opportunity aligns with your values and career goals, apply before the closing date to help shape the future of Melbourne’s expanding rail network.

Please note internal applications for this role will close on Friday 5 September 2025. For questions, please contact Narelle Blencowe.

Recruitment process

• Phone Interview
• Behavioural Interview
• Pre-employment Checks (police check, category 3 medical & references)
• Job Offer

Metro is committed to a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Candidates who require adjustments are encouraged to declare this in their application so the contact person can discuss needs.