Senior Wayside Signalling Maintenance Engineer (ETCS)

Hitachi Rail; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Continuance Insurance

Annual performance review

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Onsite training and development

Job summary

Hitachi Rail in Brisbane, Australia seeks an experienced Maintenance Engineer- Wayside Signalling to join our fast-paced rail team. You will diagnose faults, support ETCS L2 systems, and provide on-site technical expertise across wayside signalling equipment.

The role requires 5+ years in railway signalling, a degree in electrical/electronic engineering, and readiness for after-hours on-call within a collaborative, safety-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or related discipline; Diploma/Certificate IV in Rail Signalling considered.
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in railway signalling maintenance, fault finding, testing, commissioning or operational signalling support.
• Experience on Queensland Rail network advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Undertake fault finding and provide technical support for wayside signalling and ETCS equipment, including fault investigation and recovery actions.
• Investigate faults and incidents with onsite inspection, diagnosis, testing and adjustment per procedures.
• Download, analyse and interpret logs, alarms and diagnostic information to support fault ID.
• Support root cause analysis (RCA), FRACAS and continuous improvement to enhance reliability.
• Monitor equipment condition and system performance to identify issues.
• Investigate faults involving interfaces between distributed wayside equipment, centralised signalling and interlocking.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and maintenance records.
• Record and communicate findings to stakeholders and work with multidisciplinary teams.
• Participate in after-hours on-call roster and provide on-site support.
• Support maintenance, testing, commissioning and system enhancements across the network.

Skills

Fault finding

Troubleshooting

Reading diagrams

Field work

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Diploma/Certificate IV (Rail Signalling)

Tools

Test equipment

Diagnostic tools

Job description

Hitachi Rail in Brisbane, Australia seeks an experienced Maintenance Engineer- Wayside Signalling to join our fast-paced rail team. You will diagnose faults, support ETCS L2 systems, and provide on-site technical expertise across wayside signalling equipment.

The role requires 5+ years in railway signalling, a degree in electrical/electronic engineering, and readiness for after-hours on-call within a collaborative, safety-focused environment.