FLEET RELIABILITY MANAGER

Brisbane City Council; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Gym and wellness centre

Leading superannuation fund

Generous leave provisions

Job summary

Brisbane City Council is seeking a Fleet Reliability Manager to oversee systems-level engineering and reliability across Public Transport Services assets. You will drive RCM, data-driven maintenance decisions, and KPI reporting to optimise fleet availability and lifecycle performance.

Essential qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and extensive experience in reliability methods, with strong stakeholder engagement and leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant industry experience.
• Experience delivering Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) across large networks.
• Experience with reliability analysis and fleet performance KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems level engineering and reliability maintenance across PTS assets.
• Develop reliability strategies to improve uptime and lifecycle performance.
• Analyse data to predict maintenance needs and reduce failures.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive improvements.

Skills

Reliability engineering

RCM

FMEA

RCA

Data-driven analytics

Stakeholder communication

ISO 55001

ISO 9001 quality systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Telematics

Fleet maintenance systems

Job description

Personnel Area: Public Transport Services

Branch: Engineering and Asset Management

Salary Range: Band 8: AUD: $150,432.00 - $162,791.00 + Superannuation (Remuneration stated is for the full-time positions)

Work type: Temporary Full-time

Duration: Up to 36 months (Extension/s thereafter but not guaranteed).

Our Business

Brisbane City Council (BCC) is Australia's largest local government by population, managing total assets exceeding $44 billion and an annual budget of over $4.1 billion. Public Transport Services (PTS) is one of the largest bus operators in Australia, operating a fleet of over 1,250 buses that carried more than 70 million passengers in the last financial year, alongside ferry, e-mobility, and personalised public transport services. PTS sits within BCC's broader mission to deliver safe, sustainable, and connected journeys for the people and visitors of Brisbane and plays a direct role in meeting the city's social, environmental, and economic objectives.

Our Branch

The Engineering and Asset Management Branch is responsible for bus maintenance establishing and managing fleet maintenance policies, procuring fleet assets, maintaining electrical charging infrastructure, investigating incidents, managing non-bus assets and facilities, overseeing major projects, and coordinating IT requirements for the division.

The Role

As the successful candidate, your role as the Fleet Reliability Manager will manage and lead systems level engineering and reliability centred maintenance (RCM) across Public Transport Services (PTS) Engineering and Asset Management Branch (EAM) bus assets. You will utilise your significant technical knowledge and experience to support in the development and execution of reliability strategies for the bus fleet, ensuring optimal vehicle availability, safety, and lifecycle performance through data-driven analysis and maintenance, engineering analysis, risk management and opportunities for continuous improvement. The role focuses on predicting asset maintenance to a high accuracy, reducing failures and potential failures, improving uptime, and supporting consistent service delivery through proactive reliability and asset management practices.

To be successful you will have:

• demonstrated experience in utilising reliability engineering principles, maintenance data and fleet performance analytics to deliver measurable improvements in asset reliability, availability and service outcomes
• demonstrated experience in applying RCM, FMEA, RCA, maintenance systems and telematics to identify failure trends, reduce recurring defects, optimise maintenance performance and report progress against agreed fleet reliability KPIs.
• excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and advocacy skills with a proven ability to effectively influence, communicate, and liaise with internal and external stakeholders
• demonstrated experience of high level analytical, research and problem-solving skills, including the ability to synthesise and summarise complex issues, identify contentious and emergent issues and develop practical recommendations and options for their resolution
• demonstrated experience delivering Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), RCFA, FMECA and data-driven reliability improvements across complex networks
• proven capability establishing or maturing ISO 55001-aligned asset management systems and ISO 9001 quality systems to enhance asset reliability
• proven capability establishing reliability frameworks and delivering reliability improvement initiatives proven capability to deliver high-quality reliability and performance reporting and well-developed organisational and coordination skills with demonstrated capability to plan, prioritise and schedule competing workloads.

Essential: Bachelor's degree in engineering or trade qualification or relevant industry experience rolling out reliability improvement programs.

A C-Class Drivers License and a Criminal History Check are mandatory requirements for this role.

Benefits of working for Council include:

• flexible working hours and arrangements
• free gym and wellness centre
• award winning superannuation fund
• generous leave provisions

This role may require a Criminal History Check, or you may be required to undertake a pre-employment medical assessment to assess your ability to perform the genuine occupational requirements of the role.

Application Closing Date: 15th November 2026 at 11:55PM AEST

Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with ‘Gold Employer’ status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.

Council and its employees must follow the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 (Qld) and the Code of Conduct. This means employees are expected to act with honesty, fairness, and always prioritise the public interest over personal or private gain. The Code of Conduct requires employees to openly disclose any other work they do outside of Council — includingpaid or unpaid employment,operatingtheir own business or volunteering in certain circumstances — and to manage any conflictsof interest or other risks (such as fatigue)in a way that puts the public interestfirst.Maintainingemployment outside Council does notpreclude you from being considered for roles within Council.