Senior Manufacturing & Reliability Leader

Wabtec; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to own end-to-end production performance and field reliability for the Northside Brisbane site. You will bridge engineering, operations, data and product teams to ensure systems and processes are safe, robust and manufacturable in real-world conditions.

The role requires 10+ years of cross-functional leadership, a strong reliability mindset, and advanced engineering qualifications.

Qualifications

• Cross-functional leadership demonstrated across engineering, operations, product, quality and lifecycle teams.
• Structured root cause analysis and CAPA development.
• Reliability strategy, governance and standards experience.
• Ability to move organisations from reactive maintenance to predictive and proactive reliability.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end performance of production processes and field reliability.
• Translate product designs into manufacturable SOPs, tooling, equipment and automation balance.
• Lead shop floor problem solving with root cause analysis and CAPA.
• Build quality into processes with defined parameters, SPC and control plans.
• Drive process changes, trials and production ramp-up, ensuring manufacturability.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Root cause analysis

Process improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelors in Engineering

Masters in Engineering

Postgraduate in Reliability/Asset Management

AS3800 qualification

Job description

Wabtec is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to own end-to-end production performance and field reliability for the Northside Brisbane site. You will bridge engineering, operations, data and product teams to ensure systems and processes are safe, robust and manufacturable in real-world conditions.

The role requires 10+ years of cross-functional leadership, a strong reliability mindset, and advanced engineering qualifications.