- Lead high‑impact reliability initiatives
- Work across a collaborative, high‑performing engineering environment
- Grow your career in a complex heavy‑asset environment
Join Pacific National – Australia’s largest private rail freight operator
Every day we transport millions of tonnes of critical freight around the country for our customers. We haul coal, intermodal containers, steel, and bulk commodities that keep Australia moving.
About the Role
We’re seeking a proactive and data‑driven Locomotive Fleet Engineer based in Newcastle to lead reliability improvement initiatives and optimise the performance, availability and lifecycle cost of our locomotive assets.
Reporting to the Reliability Engineering Manager, you’ll transform business objectives into practical engineering and maintenance strategies. You will use reliability methodologies (RCM, RCA, FMEA) and data insights to identify failure modes, lead investigations, and ensure corrective actions deliver measurable improvements across MTBF, MTTR and fleet availability.
This role works closely with operations, maintenance, procurement and OEM partners, providing technical direction, supporting modifications and upgrades, and ensuring compliance with all regulatory and safety requirements.
What you'll do
- Lead reliability improvement programs using RCM, FMEA, RCA and reliability analytics.
- Develop and optimise maintenance standards, preventative/predictive strategies and inspection regimes.
- Conduct root cause investigations for failures and drive implementation of corrective actions.
- Partner with operations, maintenance teams, OEMs and procurement to deliver engineering solutions and fleet enhancements.
- Provide engineering oversight for modifications, retrofit and commissioning activities.
- Prepare technical reports, dashboards and analysis to track performance and inform decision-making.
- Coach and support engineering and maintenance teams in reliability practices.
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental and regulatory requirements.
What you'll bring:
You’re an analytical, collaborative engineer with a passion for reliability, continuous improvement and operational excellence. You bring both hands‑on engineering experience and the ability to influence, guide and uplift capability across multiple stakeholder groups.
