Superintendent Gracemere

Aurizon; Gracemere; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Career development

Mentoring programs

Health insurance discounts

Parental leave

Job summary

Aurizon is seeking a senior rail infrastructure leader to drive performance across the Central Queensland Coal Network. You will lead capital renewal, maintenance programs and safety culture, empowering supervisors and frontline teams to deliver reliable outcomes while maintaining a strong safety focus.

You will develop capability, manage budgets, and coach leaders to sustain a high-performing team environment.

Qualifications

• Seasoned people leader with rail infra experience.
• Strong financial, cost control and budgeting experience.
• Proven experience in managing and developing teams.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and embed safety culture and coach teams.
• Schedule capital renewal and planned maintenance and inspections.
• Manage incident response for derailments and unplanned maintenance.
• Develop and lead multi-skilled/trade teams.
• Prepare and monitor budgets with cost control measures.
• Lead sustainable safety culture.

Skills

Leadership

Rail infrastructure

Budget management

Team development

Safety leadership

Job description

Remuneration/Benefit:

Competitive remuneration offered

About the role:

At Aurizon, great leadership creates great teams. This is an opportunity to join a high-performing, supportive environment where safety comes first, people are valued, and leaders are empowered to make a genuine impact. Working alongside an experienced leadership team, you'll play a key role in developing capability, driving performance, and delivering vital infrastructure outcomes across the Central Queensland Coal Network.

With a strong focus on capital renewals, planned maintenance, and continuous improvement, this role offers the chance to lead through others while building a positive team culture. If you're passionate about coaching leaders, fostering safe work practices, and helping people succeed, we'd love to hear from you.

• Proven ability to lead and embed a positive "I Know Safe, I Choose Safe" culture through visible safety leadership, coaching, and empowering teams to take ownership of safe outcomes
• Scheduling and implementing capital renewal and planned maintenance and inspections
• Incident management (derailments and unplanned maintenance)
• Managing and developing a multi skilled/trade team
• Prepare and monitor budgets including detailed cost estimates, accurate cost capture and implementation of effective cost control measures.
• Lead and develop a sustainable interdependent safety culture

About you:

You are a respected people leader with a strong background in rail infrastructure and track assets. Leveraging your industry knowledge and leadership experience, you will empower supervisors and frontline teams to safely deliver maintenance and renewal programs that keep our network performing at its best.

• Experience in developing and implementing maintenance strategies
• High level of financial, cost control and budgetary experience.
• Proven experience in managing and developing teams
• High level of interpersonal, both written and verbal, consultation and negotiation skills.

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.

To learn about us and our company values, please visit www.aurizon.com.au/careers

Advertised: 30 Sep 2026 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 19 Oct 2026 E. Australia Standard Time