Regional Maintenance Leader

Aurizon; Sarina; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Mentoring and development programs

Discounts on health insurance, travel,

Gyms and retail brands

Parental leave program and super boost

Job summary

Aurizon is seeking an experienced leader to guide and empower a front-line team at Jilalan Wagon facility. The role supports the Superintendent in delivering safe, planned operational performance and is based in Sarina (Jilalan) with a rotating shift roster.

You will engage teams to design resources, promote continuous improvement, and achieve safety, quality, cost, and on-time delivery goals while building a positive, high-performing culture.

Qualifications

• Trade qualified in Mechanical and/or Metal Fabrication & Welding.
• Strong leadership and engagement skills with ability to foster an inclusive work environment.
• Experience planning work, labour allocation, and ensuring the right tools and resources.
• Proven ability to build professional relationships and lead safety-focused teams.
• Tertiary Frontline Management qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and enable front-line teams to execute safe, well-resourced work.
• Drive continuous improvement and development to meet safety, cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Investigate incidents and contribute to prevention and risk control.
• Ensure teams have the right tools/resources and clear performance expectations.
• Foster collaborative culture and manage performance and behaviours.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety leadership

Mechanical fabrication knowledge

Stakeholder relationships

Education

Frontline Management qualification

Job description

Job Number: 78637-619267 Work type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Jilalan Categories: Trade & Services, Transport Operations & Logistics, Trades

Location: Sarina – (Jilalan)

Remuneration/Benefit: Attractive salary package plus bonus opportunity

About the role:

This role offers a unique opportunity for an experienced leader to engage and enable their front-line team. Combined with assisting the Superintendent in delivering safely the planned operational performance of the Jilalan Wagon facility.

Working a rotating shift roster - your role will consist of the following key responsibilities:

• Engage and enable our teams in delivering safely by ensuring the plan is well designed, resourced and our people are well informed of risks.
• Guide and empower the frontline teams to focus on a continuous improvement & development approach of executing our work safely.
• Lead frontline teams to achieve and surpass ambitious goals in terms of cost, quality, on time delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Identify continuous improvement ideas initiated by teams with promotion & recognition of the successful collaboration & achievement of high performing teamwork.
• Ensure that the operational teams have the right tools, resources and knowledge with clear expectations to deliver consistent, safe results in dynamic environments.
• Build a positive and collaborative culture through the awareness of expected behavioural and performance standards whilst also identifying and rectifying less than adequate performance and/or contributing behaviours.
• Take full responsibility for incident investigations within the area of responsibility and conduct timely, complete, detailed and factual reports with the focus to prevent re-occurrence and the elimination/control of risk.

About you:

You will be energetic in your approach to this role and eager to encourage your people to excel. You will have demonstrated experience in leading a team and fostering a positive atmosphere in the workplace. You will be technically competent and able to guide your teams with solid, informed decisions.

• Trade qualified in Mechanical and/or Metal Fabrication & Welding.
• Well-developed interactive and engagement skills, including demonstrated leadership techniques and proven routines that foster an interactive and inclusive work environment.
• Demonstrated leadership experience with regards to planned work, labour to task allocation, allocation of right tools/resources with a foresight to anticipate dynamic situations by enabling teams to make informed safe choices.
• You will have the ability to effectively establish and sustain professional relationships.
• Proven and demonstrated peer to peer relationship management skills.
• A demonstrated personal commitment to deliver through company values.
• Tertiary qualifications in Frontline Management would be well received.
• Demonstrated experience with scheduled maintenance of rolling stock is advantageous.
• Strong Commitment to safety and be proactive with safety systems.
• Ability to successfully pass pre-employment checks such as testing, references and medical is a requirement of this role.

What we offer you:

At Aurizon, we support the development and growth of our employees. With a national portfolio of operations, we offer long-term and exciting career opportunities.

Some of our benefits include:

• Development and growth opportunities.
• Access to mentoring and development programs.
• Discounts on selected health insurance funds, personal travel, gyms, vehicles and retail brands.
• Parental leave program and super booster.

About Aurizon.

Aurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight operator and a top 100 ASX company. Each year, we deliver more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities right across the country. Aurizon is crucial to the Australian economy, connecting miners, primary producers and industry with international and domestic markets.

Look to Aurizon for a diverse and collaborative culture.

At Aurizon, we are proud of our diverse, collaborative, creative and high-performance culture. We celebrate the contribution of every employee and provide opportunities for career development in a dynamic, caring, and inclusive work environment.

Advertised: 15 Oct 2026 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 09 Nov 2026 E. Australia Standard Time