Shift Supervisor (Loco Maint)

Pacific National; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Discounted travel and insurance

Novated Leasing

Fitness Passport

Inclusive, values-driven culture

Job summary

Pacific National is seeking an experienced Shift Supervisor – Locomotive Maintenance at our Nebo facility to lead a team of locomotive maintainers across a 7 on 7 off roster.

You will supervise day-to-day maintenance, ensure safety compliance, and coordinate with operations, planning and engineering to maximise fleet availability and reliability.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification in Mechanical, Diesel Fitting or Electrical (Cert III or equivalent).
• Experience leading teams in a safety-critical, shift-based environment.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance planning, fault-finding and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, direct and support a team of locomotive maintainers across planned and reactive maintenance.
• Allocate work, set shift priorities and monitor progress against schedules and safety requirements.
• Ensure clear handovers between shifts, including fleet status and outstanding work.
• Enforce compliance with rail safety legislation, WHS requirements and company procedures.
• Conduct risk assessments, JSA/Take 5s, isolations and permit-to-work processes.
• Lead toolbox talks, safety conversations and incident/hazard investigations.
• Supervise maintenance execution including exams, running repairs and defect rectification.
• Verify quality of work and completion of work orders in the CMMS.
• Provide technical guidance and escalate complex faults to engineering when required.
• Communicate with operations, planning and engineering to support fleet availability.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team coordination

Safety-focused mindset

Strong communication

Rail maintenance knowledge

Education

Trade qualification (Cert III)

Tools

Maximo

SAP

Job description

Lead a skilled maintenance team supporting the reliability of a critical locomotive fleet

Frontline leadership role with real influence on safety, quality and productivity

Opportunity to step into or further develop your leadership capability in rail maintenance

About The Role

Pacific National is seeking an experienced

Shift Supervisor – Locomotive Maintenance

based at our Nebo locomotive maintenance facility to lead the safe and efficient delivery of maintenance activities across a 7 on 7 off roster.

In this role, you will provide day‑to‑day supervision of Service Technicians (Locomotive Maintainers), ensuring work is completed safely, to standard and in line with fleet availability and reliability targets. Acting as the key point of contact for operations, engineering and planning during your shift, you’ll play a vital role in keeping services running safely and on time.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Technical Coordinator or Service Technician ready to step into leadership, or an existing supervisor looking to further develop their frontline management experience in a safety‑critical environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead, direct and support a team of locomotive maintainers across planned and reactive maintenance.
• Allocate work, set shift priorities and monitor progress against schedules and safety requirements.
• Ensure clear and effective handovers between shifts, including fleet status and outstanding work.
• Enforce compliance with rail safety legislation, WHS requirements and company procedures.
• Conduct and verify risk assessments, JSAs/Take 5s, isolations and permit‑to‑work processes.
• Lead toolbox talks, safety conversations and assist with incident or hazard investigations.
• Supervise maintenance execution including exams, running repairs, component change‑outs and defect rectification.
• Verify quality of work and ensure accurate completion of work orders in the CMMS.
• Provide technical guidance and escalate complex faults to engineering as required.
• Communicate clearly with operations, planning and engineering to support fleet availability.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, efficiency, quality and ways of working.

What you’ll bring

• Trade qualification in Mechanical, Diesel Fitting or Electrical (Cert III or equivalent).
• Strong maintenance experience on locomotives or heavy mobile equipment.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams, coordinating workflows or acting in a step‑up supervisory role.
• Experience working in safety‑critical, shift‑based industrial environments.
• Sound understanding of maintenance planning, fault‑finding and quality assurance.
• Confidence using CMMS systems such as Maximo, SAP or similar.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to lead, coach and influence others.
• A safety‑first mindset with the ability to remain calm and decisive under pressure.
• Supervisory or leadership training and rail‑specific experience are highly regarded.

Why join us?

At Pacific National we value diversity, inclusion, and the contribution of each team member. Our values underpin our commitment to create an inclusive culture where everyone is accepted.

Some Of The Benefits We Offer Are

• Paid parental leave
• Discounted travel and insurance
• Novated Leasing
• Fitness Passport
• Inclusive, values-driven culture
• We live by our Values: Make it Simple, Share More, Kindness, Gratitude, Curiosity, and Own It – helping us build strong connections and do our best work every day.

Ready to deliver what matters?