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Benefits offered by this job

Permanent Role

Paid Birthday Leave

Rewards & Recognition Program

Discounted health insurance with Medib

Novated Leasing options

Lifestyle discounts with Woolworths, L

Job summary

Wabtec Global Freight Services is seeking an Asset Health & Remote Technical Specialist based in Perth, WA. You will monitor locomotive asset health through remote diagnostics, analyse faults, and provide expert technical support to maintenance and operations teams.

You will conduct root cause analysis, coordinate fault investigations, and develop corrective actions to improve reliability and availability. The role involves liaising with customers and engineering teams and driving continuous

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to prioritise demands.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience with fault finding, diagnostics and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Monitor locomotive asset health and fleet performance via remote diagnostic systems.
• Analyse faults, alarms and events to identify issues and minimise operational impacts.
• Provide expert technical advice and troubleshooting to maintenance and operations teams.
• Conduct root cause analysis and develop recommendations to improve reliability and availability.
• Coordinate critical fault investigations based on fleet risk, safety and production impacts.
• Review operational data to identify trends and opportunities for proactive intervention.
• Liaise with customers, field personnel and engineering teams to drive issue resolution.
• Develop corrective action plans and monitor progress through to closure.
• Support outage and incident response with technical guidance.
• Prepare asset health reports and reliability metrics for stakeholders.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives to improve locomotive performance and fleet availability.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Diploma or Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronic (or related)

Tools

Locomotive diagnostic platforms

Job description

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.

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.
• Knowledge of locomotive diagnostic and monitoring platforms.
• Experience supporting heavy haul rail, mining or heavy industrial operations.
• Familiarity with reliability-centred maintenance (RCM), FMEA or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Customer-facing technical advisory or reliability engineering experience.

Applicants must have current working rights in Australia. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Successful candidates will be required to complete background and criminal history check.

We thank all applicants for their interest; each application will receive a response.

We do not accept unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies.

Additional Information

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