Asset Planning Specialist

• North Sydney location – 12-month opportunity!
• Leverage your Resource, Asset or Maintenance Scheduling background and support our haulage services
• Monday to Friday dayshift roster!
• Applications will be reviewed January 2025!

About the role

The Asset Planning Specialist has key accountability for the effective planning of all rollingstock (Locomotive and wagon) maintenance within a dedicated portfolio. Primary responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Collaborate with internal teams and third-party maintenance providers to align asset maintenance schedules with resource availability across a 24-hour to one-month timeframe, ensuring seamless operations
• Reassess and adjust planned maintenance activities affected by operational disruptions or unforeseen incidents
• Arranging effective & efficient deployment of our asset and labour resources to meet the customer service plan and allow maximum asset utilisation and availability
• Monitoring and scheduling our rolling asset maintenance regimes and adjusting events to make the best use of our available maintainer and facility resources

About you

To be successful in this role, you’ll be expected to demonstrate strong analytical ability and a commitment to problem-solving, coupled with an innovative and creative thinking style. Agility is key for this role as you will be required to respond to and amend plans as changes occur across the operations.

High-level communication is essential, with verbal, written and interpersonal skills integral to success in this role. Ideal applicants will need to demonstrate relationship management strengths as a collaborative team player with clear evidence of your ability to build successful stakeholder relationships.

In addition:

• Previous experience in maintenance and/or asset planning/scheduling is highly regarded
• The proven ability to find and/or create efficiency in given plans or schedules
• Relevant demonstrated experience in the planning/service delivery aspect of complex operations
• Strong attention to detail

The benefits

We prioritize diversity and inclusion, fostering a culture where every team member is valued and can bring their authentic selves to work. When you join us, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Pursue growth and career development
• Access mentoring programs
• Enjoy paid parental leave up to 14 weeks (with superannuation) after just 6 months of service
• Access our Employee Assistance Program for confidential counselling, free for you and your eligible family members
• Benefit from novated leasing and discounts on select health insurance, travel, retail brands, and more.

To find out more about Pacific National, our benefits and opportunities we offer, visit our careers page: www.pacificnational.com.au/careers. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for women, and you can visit our Work180 page Pacific National | WORK180 Endorsed Employer to find out more!

We are seeking applicants who share our values: Make it simple, Share More, Kindness, Gratitude, Curiosity, and Own it. These values help us achieve strong connections with everyone we work with and play an important part in motivating us all to do our best work.

What our employees say about working at Pacific National:

‘Amazing place to work with plenty of opportunities for those that wanted to grab hold of them’

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

If you need an adjustment in the recruitment process, please outline at the time of your application.

Next steps

Are you ready to be part of our future? Click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

Applications Close 7th January 2025!

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of​ the land on which we work, live and rail.​ We pay respect to Elders past, present and future and to the​ continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices​ of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.