Planning Reliability Supply Chain Superintendent - EOI

Aurizon; Hexham; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurizon is seeking an experienced Planning Reliability Supply Chain Superintendent to provide leadership across planning, reliability and supply chain functions in Australia. The role aims to optimise asset availability, maintenance compliance and inventory performance within approved budgets.

Lead the development of maintenance strategies, schedules and work packages; drive reliability improvement initiatives and stakeholder engagement to ensure safe, efficient operations and cost-effective

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Asset Management, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Logistics or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in rail, heavy industry, maintenance, reliability or supply chain operations.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and alignment to achieve senior leadership outcomes.
• Working knowledge of SAP, inventory systems, maintenance planning tools and Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of reliability engineering principles and maintenance planning practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of safe, compliant and executable maintenance plans, inventory strategies and fleet reliability improvements.
• Develop and maintain maintenance strategies, processes, plans, schedules and work packages to support fleet allocation and priorities.
• Lead fleet reliability improvement programs through analysis of reliability, availability, failure and maintenance data.
• Facilitate root cause investigations, defect elimination and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead inventory governance, stock optimisation and warehousing performance to improve service levels.
• Establish performance reporting and governance to optimise maintenance expenditure and asset lifecycle.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Reliability engineering

Maintenance planning

Inventory management

SAP

Microsoft Office

Education

Engineering

Asset Management

Maintenance

Supply Chain

Tools

SAP

Inventory systems

Maintenance planning tools

MS Office

Job description

Planning Reliability Supply Chain Superintendent - EOI

All employees are required to understand and commit to working within Our Values and Code of Conduct. Refer to corporate publications for more information about Our Values, Code of Conduct and safety related responsibilities. This includes but is not limited to safety alerts, advice and notices.

Purpose

Provide leadership across planning, reliability and supply chain functions to optimise asset availability, maintenance compliance, asset reliability and inventory performance in context of approved budgeted outcomes. Drive continuous improvement through integrated planning, reliability engineering, inventory management and stakeholder engagement to ensure safe, efficient and cost-effective maintenance outcomes that support customer and business objectives.

Responsibilities / Critical Deliverables

• Lead the delivery of safe, compliant and executable maintenance plans, inventory strategies and fleet reliability improvements.


• Develop and maintain maintenance strategies, processes, plans, schedules and work packages that support fleet allocation requirements, maintenance compliance obligations and business priorities.


• Lead fleet reliability improvement programs through analysis of reliability, availability, failure, defect and maintenance performance data, ensuring opportunities to improve asset performance are identified and implemented.


• Facilitate root cause investigations, defect elimination activities and continuous improvement initiatives that improve fleet performance and reduce maintenance costs.


• Lead inventory governance, stock optimisation, warehousing performance and material demand planning to improve inventory accuracy and service levels.


• Establish performance reporting, governance and business rhythms that provide visibility of fleet reliability, maintenance compliance, inventory performance and resource utilisation and support commercial decision-making to optimise maintenance expenditure, inventory holding, fleet utilisation and asset lifecycle outcomes.


• Manage the relationship between maintenance depots, procurement and supply chain teams to ensure materials availability supports maintenance delivery and operational performance.


• Develop capability within planning, reliability and supply chain teams through coaching, mentoring and performance management.


• Ensure all activities comply with safety management systems, engineering standards, maintenance requirements and legislative obligations.

This is not an exhaustive list of position responsibilities. Specific duties may vary over time.

Skills & Qualifications

Technical capabilities/qualifications (mandatory & preferred)

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Asset Management, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Logistics or related discipline.


• Extensive experience in rail, heavy industry, maintenance, reliability or supply chain operations.


• Demonstrated leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and alignment to achieve senior leadership outcomes.


• Working knowledge of SAP, inventory systems, maintenance planning tools and Microsoft Office applications.


• Demonstrated knowledge of reliability engineering principles, Reliability Centered Maintenance Practices and maintenance planning practices

Specific Skills:

• Strong leadership and people development capability.


• High-level analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills.


• Experience interpreting reliability, maintenance and inventory performance data.


• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and relationship management skills.


• Experience driving continuous improvement and change initiatives. Strong commercial acumen and business decision-making capability.


• Ability to prepare and present performance reporting, business cases and recommendations to senior leaders.


• Ability to balance customer service, safety, cost, reliability and operational priorities.

Capabilities:
Build effective relationships with key stakeholders to align priorities and business outcomes.

Training
Refer to training profile for more information regarding legally required and enterprise requiredtraining.

Other Role Requirements
Nil.

Advertised: 15 Oct 2026 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 22 Oct 2026 AUS Eastern Daylight Time