Shift Supervisor (Locomotive Maintenance)

Pacific National; Australia; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Discounted travel and insurance

Novated Leasing

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Pacific National is seeking an experienced Shift Supervisor – Locomotive Maintenance based at our Nebo facility to lead the safe and efficient delivery of maintenance activities on a 7 on 7 off roster.

You will supervise Service Technicians, ensuring work is completed to standard and aligned with fleet availability and reliability targets, while acting as the key liaison for operations, engineering and planning during your shift.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification in Mechanical, Diesel Fitting or Electrical (Cert III or equivalent).
• Experience in locomotive or heavy mobile equipment maintenance.
• Experience leading teams in shift-based environments.
• Experience working in safety-critical settings.
• Proficiency with CMMS systems such as Maximo or SAP.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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 and communicate fleet status.
• Enforce compliance with rail safety legislation, WHS requirements and procedures.
• Conduct risk assessments, JSAs/Take 5s, isolations and permit-to-work processes.
• Lead toolbox talks and safety conversations; assist with incident investigations.
• Supervise maintenance execution including exams, running repairs and defect rectification.
• Verify quality of work and complete work orders in the CMMS.
• Provide technical guidance and escalate complex faults to engineering.
• Coordinate with operations, planning and engineering to support fleet availability.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, efficiency and quality.

Skills

Locomotive maintenance

Team leadership

Safety-critical operations

Maintenance planning

Communication

CMMS experience

Education

Trade qualification in Mechanical, Diesel Fitting or Electrical (Cert III or equivalent)

Tools

CMMS (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 elevate 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.

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

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?