Rail Maintenance Optimisation Architect

Downer; Newcastle-Maitland; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-Employment Medical

Drug & Alcohol Screening

Downer inclusive culture

Job summary

Downer is seeking a Methods & Optimisation Specialist to join our Rail and Transit Systems team in Cardiff. You will translate maintenance requirements into safe, efficient, technician-ready work instructions and standard work, collaborating across operations, engineering and planning to drive improvements on RTS fleets.

The role focuses on developing, validating and standardising maintenance methods, tracking KPIs, and ensuring tasks are trialled and embedded on the shop floor with safety,

Qualifications

• Trade, engineering, maintenance, asset management or equivalent qualification/experience.
• Experience in rolling stock maintenance, production engineering, methods engineering, maintenance optimisation or operational improvement.
• Experience developing, validating or improving maintenance work instructions, inspection tasks, exam sequences and standard work practices.
• Experience managing task change, trials, operational readiness, technician feedback loops and shop-floor implementation.
• Experience working across engineering, maintenance operations, planning, training, quality and safety functions.
• Experience using maintenance management systems, performance data, registers and reporting to support improvement decisions.

Responsibilities

• Improve maintenance plans and schedules.
• Identify opportunities to increase productivity and efficiency.
• Analyse maintenance and asset performance data.
• Develop and standardise maintenance procedures.
• Track and report on KPIs such as schedule compliance, productivity, MTBF, and MTTR.
• Support continuous improvement and problem-solving initiatives.
• Work with Operations, Planning, Engineering, and Reliability teams to implement improvements.

Skills

Rolling stock maintenance

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Microsoft Office

Education

Trade/Engineering qualification

Tools

Maintenance management systems

Job description

Downer is seeking a Methods & Optimisation Specialist to join our Rail and Transit Systems team in Cardiff. You will translate maintenance requirements into safe, efficient, technician-ready work instructions and standard work, collaborating across operations, engineering and planning to drive improvements on RTS fleets.

The role focuses on developing, validating and standardising maintenance methods, tracking KPIs, and ensuring tasks are trialled and embedded on the shop floor with safety,