Superintendent Gracemere Permanent - Full Time — Transport Operations & Logistics Gracemere

Aurizon; Gracemere; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on health insurance

Personal travel

Gym memberships

Vehicle discounts

Retail brand discounts

Parental leave program

Super booster

Mentoring and development programs

Job summary

Aurizon in Gracemere is seeking an experienced rail maintenance leader to drive capability, safety, and delivery of capital renewal and planned maintenance across the Central Queensland Coal Network.

You will lead and develop a multi-skilled team, embed the 'I Know Safe, I Choose Safe' culture, and partner with supervisors to deliver maintenance programs on time and within budget. This role values collaborative leadership and safe outcomes.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Incident management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital renewal and planned maintenance and inspections.
• Embed a positive safety culture and leadership across teams.
• Manage incident response and derailment considerations.
• Develop and support a multi-skilled/trade workforce.
• Prepare and monitor budgets with cost control measures.
• Lead and develop safety culture across the network.

Skills

Safety leadership

People leadership

Maintenance planning

Budget management

Incident management

Stakeholder engagement

Rail infrastructure

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.
• Incident management experience.

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.

• 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.

Location

Gracemere

Advertised: 30 Sep 2026 Applications close: 19 Oct 2026

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