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Based at Aurizon’s Jilalan depot, this is an opportunity to lead a critical maintenance operation that supports safe, reliable and efficient locomotive performance across the network. Working through your maintenance leadership team, you will provide clear direction, drive operational discipline and ensure maintenance outcomes are delivered to a high standard, with safety at the centre of everything you do.
Job Responsibility
Champion a safety culture which promotes, creates and maintains a Zero Harm approach in all aspects of the operation
Provide leadership and coaching to Leaders to achieve customer expectations through a result driven, customer focused and commercial culture
Provide coaching, expert advice, and support to leaders to achieve performance objectives, promote high performance teams, support continuous improvement activities, develop potential successors and influence operational strategy
Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and collaboration
Apply conceptual and analytical skills and utilise key performance indicators to optimise delivery of services on time and in full
Manage financial and operational budgets, resources, on time performance and safety
Ensure performance is measured and meets or exceeds business requirements
Ensure the allocated team has up to date training and competency
Build positive workplace relationships with all stakeholders
Take accountability and ownership in all aspects of your team
Ensure all activities delivered through the team are compliant with relevant industry and business standard
Requirements
Extensive knowledge of operations, preferably rail industry
Knowledge of contemporary maintenance, supply chain and reliability processes
Relevant trade or tertiary qualifications commensurate with the role
Well-developed Safety management skills and knowledge including incident investigation, safety interactions, near miss reporting and behaviour based safety leadership
Effective operational management and leadership skills with a proven capability to develop and implement relevant systems to achieve relevant key performance indicators
Ability to effectively engage team members, establish and sustain relationships, set clear direction and provide coaching