Methods Engineering Manager - QTMP

Downer Group; Fraser Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Inclusive leadership & belonging

Job summary

Downer Group is seeking a Methods Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team at our Torbanlea site, translating rolling stock designs into safe, repeatable manufacturing outcomes. You will influence safety, quality and productivity while guiding complex technical decisions in a high-stakes environment.

You will manage production engineering, robotics and automation, ensuring compliance and efficient implementation across manufacturing processes in a shareholder-driven

Qualifications

• Experience in rolling stock, defence, heavy manufacturing or another complex engineered-product environment.
• A relevant engineering qualification and strong understanding of Australian engineering, safety and compliance requirements.
• Strong engineering and manufacturing capability across design, manufacturing, safety, quality and compliance.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineers or multidisciplinary technical teams with coaching and direction.
• Experience working in complex manufacturing environments involving multiple engineering disciplines and stakeholder groups.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to influence competing technical, operational and commercial priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team, building capability and providing clear technical direction.
• Shape manufacturing strategy and readiness, translating designs into safe, repeatable production outcomes.
• Drive engineering solutions across manufacturing technology, including tooling, jigs, robotics and automation.
• Influence stakeholders, challenging decisions where safety, compliance, quality or outcomes could be affected.
• Guide complex engineering decisions balancing technical requirements with productivity and cost.

Skills

Multidisciplinary leadership

Engineering judgement

Stakeholder management

Safety & compliance

Manufacturing capability

Team coaching

Education

Engineering qualification

RPEQ registration preferred

Job description

At Downer Rail & Transit Systems (RTS), we're delivering the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program (QTMP), with manufacturing underway at our purpose-built Torbanlea facility.

We're looking for a Methods Engineering Manager to provide technical and people leadership across a multidisciplinary engineering function. Based on site at Torbanlea, you'll lead a specialist team across production engineering, robotics and automation, helping translate rolling stock designs into safe, practical and repeatable manufacturing outcomes.

This is an opportunity to have genuine influence over how trains are built. You'll bring the engineering judgement to navigate complex technical challenges, guide your team and influence decisions that balance safety, compliance, quality, productivity and commercial outcomes.

Working across engineering, production and a complex shareholder environment, you'll ensure manufacturing considerations have a strong voice in project decisions while creating the direction and support your team needs to deliver.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team, building capability and providing clear technical direction across complex manufacturing challenges.


• Shape manufacturing strategy and readiness, ensuring engineering designs translate into safe, efficient and repeatable production outcomes.


• Drive engineering solutions across manufacturing technology, including production methods, tooling, jigs and fixtures, robotics and automation.


• Influence stakeholders, constructively challenging decisions where safety, compliance, quality or manufacturing outcomes could be affected.


• Guide complex engineering decisions, balancing technical requirements with productivity, cost and project delivery.

What You Bring

• Experience in rollingstock, defence, heavy manufacturing or another complex engineered-product environment would translate well to this opportunity.


• A relevant engineering qualification and strong understanding of Australian engineering, safety and compliance requirements. RPEQ registration will be highly regarded.


• Strong engineering and manufacturing capability, with sound judgement across design, manufacturing, safety, quality and compliance.


• Demonstrated experience leading engineers or multidisciplinary technical teams, with the ability to coach, develop and provide technical direction.


• Experience working in complex manufacturing environments involving multiple engineering disciplines and stakeholder groups.


• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence decisions and constructively challenge competing technical, operational and commercial priorities.

About Downer

Your role at Downer can make the difference that matters by delivering integrated rail & transit systems that connect people, power freight and strengthen Australia's rail capability.

With more than 150 years' rail experience providing end-to-end, innovative transport solutions, we are a leading provider of rollingstock asset management services.

We are experts in delivering whole-of-life asset management support to our customers and our capability allows us to offer turnkey solutions for complex projects, across every project phase.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We're committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know. We're here to help you put your best foot forward.