Field Fitter: Roaming Maintenance Pro – Home Weekends

Fms Field Mining Services Group; Western Australia; Vor Ort; AUD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Paid Birthday Leave

Rewards & Recognition Program

Discounted health insurance with Medib

Novated Leasing options

Lifestyle discounts with Woolworths, 0

Zusammenfassung

Wabtec Global Freight Services seeks an Asset Health & Remote Technical Specialist to monitor locomotive health and provide expert diagnostics for Rio Tinto operations from Perth, WA. You will coordinate with maintenance, operations and field teams to deliver timely fault resolutions and proactive interventions.

The role blends remote advisory, diagnostic review, and fleet-health coordination to drive reliability, safeguard safety standards, and shorten downtime through clear action plans.

Qualifikationen

• Trade qualification or degree in mechanical, electrical, mechatronic or related engineering.
• Experience in diesel-electric locomotive maintenance, troubleshooting, reliability or technical support.
• Ability to interpret drawings, schematics and maintenance documentation.
• Experience coordinating with operations, maintenance and engineering stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Monitor locomotive asset health and fleet performance via remote diagnostics.
• Analyse faults, alarms and events to identify emerging issues and minimise impacts.
• Provide expert technical advice and troubleshooting support to maintenance and operations teams.
• Conduct root cause analysis of recurring failures and develop improvement recommendations.
• Prioritise and coordinate fault investigations based on fleet risk and safety.
• Review data to identify trends and degradation patterns for proactive intervention.
• Liaise with customers, field personnel and engineering teams to drive issue resolution.
• Develop corrective action plans and monitor progress to closure.
• Support outage and incident response with technical guidance.
• Prepare asset health reports and reliability metrics for stakeholders.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives to enhance locomotive performance.
• Maintain safety, quality and engineering standard compliance.

Kenntnisse

Diesel-electric locomotive maintenance

Diagnostics & fault finding

Root cause analysis

Technical advisory

Stakeholder management

Ausbildung

Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering degree

Jobbeschreibung

Asset Health & Remote Technical Specialist

Job Description

What are we offering you?

• Permanent Role
• Paid Birthday Leave
• Rewards & Recognition Program
• Discounted health insurance with Medibank
• Novated Leasing options
• Lifestyle discounts with Woolworths, Coles, Avis, JB Hifi and 500+ other retailers

Who will you be working with?

Wabtec Global Freight Services provides offering to customer which include technology, people, and processes, designed to maximize reliability and availability of customers' locomotives at optimal operating costs. These tailored solutions meet each customer's operating needs for fleet strategy, and changing business trends, ensuring we help customers achieve their desired business outcomes. These offerings include tailored Maintenance Contracts, Overhauls, Asset Performance Management, Upgrades and modernisations.

Learn more about our business here - Freight Services ( Asset Health & Remote Technical Specialist is a customer-embedded, outcome-focused role within the Rio Tinto Operations Centre. It blends the capabilities of a remote Technical Advisor, Expert on Alert (EOA) specialist and fleet-health coordinator. The role works in partnership with Rio Tinto to continuously review locomotive condition and diagnostic information, identifies emerging risks, provides clear OEM-aligned recommendations, and works with Rio Tinto operations, maintenance and Wabtec field teams to bring actions to closure. The role is designed to improve decision quality and speed. It does not replace Rio Tinto maintenance or operational accountability. Instead, it provides a single focal point who connects digital insight, locomotive domain expertise and frontline execution. Success is seen in fewer repeat failures, faster troubleshooting, stronger work scopes, dependable escalation and visible follow-through on fleet-health risks.

Where is the position located?

This is a Monday to Friday role, based in Perth, WA (near the Perth Airport).

What will your typical day look like?

• Monitor locomotive asset health and fleet performance through remote diagnostic and condition monitoring systems.
• Analyse locomotive faults, alarms and events to identify emerging issues and minimise operational impacts.
• Provide expert technical advice and troubleshooting support to maintenance and operations teams.
• Conduct root cause analysis of recurring failures and develop recommendations to improve reliability and availability.
• Prioritise and coordinate critical fault investigations based on fleet risk, safety and production impacts.
• Review operational and maintenance data to identify trends, degradation patterns and opportunities for proactive intervention.
• Liaise with customers, field service personnel, engineering teams and maintenance providers to drive effective issue resolution.
• Develop and communicate corrective action plans and monitor progress through to closure.
• Support outage and incident response activities by providing technical guidance and recommendations.
• Prepare asset health reports, performance insights and reliability metrics for customers and internal stakeholders.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that improve locomotive performance, reliability and fleet availability.
• Maintain compliance with safety, quality and engineering standards while supporting customer operational objectives.

What do we want to know about you?

Essential

• Trade qualification, Diploma or Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronic or related engineering discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong experience in diesel-electric locomotive maintenance, troubleshooting, reliability or technical support.
• Demonstrated capability in fault finding, diagnostics and root cause analysis.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, schematics, maintenance documentation and diagnostic data.
• Experience working with operational, maintenance and engineering stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable

• Experience with locomotive asset health, condition monitoring or predictive maintenance programs