Rail Supervisor

Strait Link; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Strait Link is seeking a Rail Coordinator to manage day-to-day freight movement by rail, coordinating with Aurizon and internal teams to ensure accurate bookings, manifests and timely departures. The role emphasizes safety, cost control, and precise record-keeping across internal systems.

Ideal candidates have extensive logistics experience, attention to detail, and knowledge of CoR requirements. DG experience would be advantageous for handling hazardous materials and compliance.

Qualifications

• Extensive supply chain or logistics experience.
• Knowledge of transport mass management and CoR.
• High attention to detail.
• Safety focus on road/rail/sea.
• DG experience would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate rail bookings with Aurizon, ensuring bookings are accurate and in line with operations.
• Coordinate rail trips and movements, monitor services and availability for departures.
• Prepare and maintain rail manifests for each movement.
• Maintain control sheets and records of containers/units.
• Enter and maintain bookings in internal systems.
• Coordinate hazardous materials declarations with providers and requirements.
• Monitor demurrage and storage costs using Excel tracking.
• Work with Fleet and Transport to optimize transport resources.
• Liaise with internal teams and partners to resolve issues and keep on schedule.
• Identify delays or capacity constraints and escalate as needed.
• Maintain accurate operational records for rail movements, bookings, and costs.

Skills

Supply chain experience

Logistics experience

CoR knowledge

Attention to detail

Safety mindset

DG experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Strait Link has a proud history of being a vital link between Victoria and Tasmania, providing daily sea freight services between Port of Melbourne in Victoria and the Port Burnie in Tasmania. We contribute to the Australian economy by being a key part of the supply chain between Tasmania and the Australian mainland, connecting local Australian customers to markets across the world.

Everyday our people, on vessels, at our ports and in our offices play a vital role in connecting local Australian customers to markets across the world.

The Role

The Rail Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day movement of freight by rail, working closely with Aurizon, internal operations and the Fleet team to ensure freight is booked, manifested and transported efficiently. The role manages rail bookings and movements, unit control, hazardous materials declarations and demurrage/storage costs, while maintaining accurate records across internal systems.

Specifically, the role will include:

• Coordinate rail bookings with Aurizon, ensuring freight is booked accurately and in line with operational requirements.
• Coordinate rail trips and movements, monitoring planned services and ensuring freight is available and ready for scheduled departures.
• Prepare and maintain rail manifests to ensure accurate freight and unit information is provided for each rail movement.
• Complete until control sheets and maintain accurate records of containers/units throughout the rail movement process.
• Enter and maintain bookings in internal systems.
• Coordinate the declaration of hazardousmaterials, ensuring required information is accurately provided to the internal transport provider and relevant requirements are met.
• Monitor and control demurrage and storage costs, maintaining Excel-based tracking and identifying potential additional costs or delays.
• Work closely with the Fleet and Transport teams to coordinate the movement of freight and support efficient utilisation of transport resources.
• Liaise with internal teams, rail providers and transport partners toresolve operational issues and ensure freight movements remain on schedule.
• Identify and elevate delays, booking issues or capacity constraints that may impact customer service or freight movements.
• Maintain accurate operational records and documentation relating to rail movements, bookings, freight and costs.

The keys skills and experience required for the role are:

• Extensive supply chain or logistics experience
• Knowledge of transport mass management and CoR
• High attention to detail
• Safety focus on road/rail/see
• DG experience would be advantageous

An inclusive workplace, works for everyone:

We celebrate difference. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that gives everyone the chance to contribute to a bigger and brighter future with us. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome and invite applicants of all ages, cultural backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, people living with disabilities, neurodiverse individuals and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to apply. Strait Link acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Peoples of Australia.

Company Values

Our values Care, Trust, Connected are the foundation of everything we do here at Strait Link. They underpin how we go about performing our roles and activities everyday when we are at work and representing the Strait Link business.