Locomotive Asset Health Lead — Remote Diagnostics

Glencore Australia; Singleton Council; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent Role

Paid Birthday Leave

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Job summary

Wabtec Global Freight Services seeks an Asset Health & Remote Technical Specialist to monitor locomotive health, analyse faults, and advise maintenance teams to optimize reliability. You will coordinate with operations, field teams and customers to drive timely issue resolution and continuous improvement.

This is a Monday–Friday, Perth-based role requiring deep locomotive domain expertise. You will apply fault diagnostics, data interpretation and OEM-aligned recommendations to reduce downtime

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Monitor locomotive asset health and fleet performance via remote diagnostics systems.
• Analyse locomotive faults and events to identify issues and minimise operational impact.
• Provide expert technical advice and troubleshooting support to maintenance and operations teams.
• Develop corrective action plans and monitor progress to closure.
• Support outage and incident response activities with technical guidance.

Skills

Diesel-electric locomotive maintenance

Fault finding

Diagnostics

Root cause analysis

Interpreting drawings

Stakeholder communication

Data-driven decision making

Education

Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronic engineering degree or diploma

Tools

Locomotive diagnostic platforms

Job description

Wabtec Global Freight Services seeks an Asset Health & Remote Technical Specialist to monitor locomotive health, analyse faults, and advise maintenance teams to optimize reliability. You will coordinate with operations, field teams and customers to drive timely issue resolution and continuous improvement.

This is a Monday–Friday, Perth-based role requiring deep locomotive domain expertise. You will apply fault diagnostics, data interpretation and OEM-aligned recommendations to reduce downtime