Locomotive Maintenance Shift Lead

Pacific National; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Discounted travel & insurance

Novated Leasing

Fitness Passport

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Pacific National is seeking a Shift Supervisor – Locomotive Maintenance to lead a skilled maintenance team at the Nebo facility in Queensland. You will oversee day‑to‑day supervision of Service Technicians, ensuring safe, on‑time delivery of maintenance tasks on a 7 on 7 off roster.

Ideal for an experienced Technical Coordinator or Service Technician stepping into leadership, or an existing supervisor expanding frontline management in a safety‑critical rail environment.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification in Mechanical, Diesel Fitting or Electrical (Cert III or equivalent).
• Strong maintenance experience on locomotives or heavy mobile equipment.
• Demonstrated leadership or stepping-up supervisory experience.
• Experience in safety-critical, shift-based environments.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning, fault-finding and QA.
• Proficiency with CMMS systems such as Maximo or SAP.
• Strong communication, coaching and influencing abilities.
• Safety-first mindset; rail-specific experience highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead, direct and support a team of locomotive maintainers across planned and reactive maintenance.
• Allocate work, set shift priorities and monitor progress against schedules and safety requirements.
• Ensure clear handovers between shifts, including fleet status and outstanding work.
• Enforce rail safety legislation, WHS requirements and procedures.
• Conduct risk assessments, JSAs/Take 5s, isolations and permit-to-work processes.
• Lead toolbox talks and safety conversations and assist with incident investigations.
• Supervise maintenance execution including exams, running repairs and component changes.
• Verify quality of work and complete work orders in the CMMS.
• Provide technical guidance and escalate complex faults to engineering.
• Communicate with operations, planning and engineering to support fleet availability.

Education

Trade qualification (Cert III) in Mechanical/Diesel/Electrical

Tools

CMMS (Maximo/SAP)

Job description

Pacific National is seeking a Shift Supervisor – Locomotive Maintenance to lead a skilled maintenance team at the Nebo facility in Queensland. You will oversee day‑to‑day supervision of Service Technicians, ensuring safe, on‑time delivery of maintenance tasks on a 7 on 7 off roster.

Ideal for an experienced Technical Coordinator or Service Technician stepping into leadership, or an existing supervisor expanding frontline management in a safety‑critical rail environment.