Locomotive Maintenance Shift Lead – Safety & Reliability

Pacific National; Australia; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Discounted travel and insurance

Novated Leasing

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Pacific National is seeking an experienced Shift Supervisor – Locomotive Maintenance based at our Nebo facility to lead the safe and efficient delivery of maintenance activities on a 7 on 7 off roster.

You will supervise Service Technicians, ensuring work is completed to standard and aligned with fleet availability and reliability targets, while acting as the key liaison for operations, engineering and planning during your shift.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification in Mechanical, Diesel Fitting or Electrical (Cert III or equivalent).
• Experience in locomotive or heavy mobile equipment maintenance.
• Experience leading teams in shift-based environments.
• Experience working in safety-critical settings.
• Proficiency with CMMS systems such as Maximo or SAP.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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 and communicate fleet status.
• Enforce compliance with 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; assist with incident investigations.
• Supervise maintenance execution including exams, running repairs and defect rectification.
• Verify quality of work and complete work orders in the CMMS.
• Provide technical guidance and escalate complex faults to engineering.
• Coordinate with operations, planning and engineering to support fleet availability.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, efficiency and quality.

Skills

Locomotive maintenance

Team leadership

Safety-critical operations

Maintenance planning

Communication

CMMS experience

Education

Trade qualification in Mechanical, Diesel Fitting or Electrical (Cert III or equivalent)

Tools

CMMS (Maximo/SAP)

Job description

Pacific National is seeking an experienced Shift Supervisor – Locomotive Maintenance based at our Nebo facility to lead the safe and efficient delivery of maintenance activities on a 7 on 7 off roster.

You will supervise Service Technicians, ensuring work is completed to standard and aligned with fleet availability and reliability targets, while acting as the key liaison for operations, engineering and planning during your shift.