Vossloh is a global rail technology company that has stood for quality, safety, customer orientation and innovative strength for 140 years. With our comprehensive range of rail products and services, we are one of the world market leaders in this field. Vossloh operates in almost 30 countries with over 40 production locations and offers customers worldwide integrated solutions from a single source. In this way, we make an important contribution to the safe and sustainable mobility of people and the transport of commercial goods. Following our guiding principle of "enabling green mobility", the topic of sustainability is a central component of our corporate strategy and is firmly anchored in our value system. Our goal is to be CO2 neutral by 2030.

Vossloh AG is listed on the stock exchange and generated sales revenues of €1,214.3 million in fiscal 2023 with around 4,000 employees.

Austrak is the Australian Industry leader in the manufacture and sale of pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers with three factories operating in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland servicing major government and blue chip customers around Australia. Austrak’s current list of Australian customers comprising BHP, Rio Tinto, Aurizon, Queensland Rail, ARTC, V-Line, MTM, Laing O’Rourke, UGL and others gives us an enviable pipeline of revenues, helping us to build a reliable and sustainable business into the future.

Reporting to the Factory Manager, the purpose of the role is to ensure that site fixed and mobile equipment is maintained to the required standard to ensure reliable and cost effective operation.

Your Tasks

• Safety leadership of the maintenance team.
• Conduct SHEQ activities such FSR audits, JRA Observations, management inspections, hazard reporting, etc.
• Ensure preventative maintenance routines (PMR) are performed per the PMR register.
• Populate the weekly maintenance schedule with PMR, planned corrective work and improvements.
• As custodian of the PWR system, vet the PWR being raised by others accepting and declining in consultation with the factory manager, then managing execution of the PWR’s.
• Plan corrective and improvement work.
• Procurement of parts, materials and services.
• Generate PWR’s based on tradesperson feedback of issues discovered while completing PMR’s.
• Review preventative maintenance routines.
• Preparation of work packs.
• Lead and assist tradespersons in fault finding maintenance issues.
• Prepare annual maintenance budget.
• Prepare annual shutdown plans.
• Contractor management.
• Monitor mobile equipment performance (Prestart review) and manage routine servicing and breakdown repairs using third party provider.
• Generate capital justification for maintenance and equipment improvements as required.
• Mark-up of equipment AutoCAD drawings, and manage drawing modification via 3rd party draftsperson.

Your Profile

• Mechanical trades background with a minimum of 5 years experience in maintenance planning/scheduling and maintenance supervision in a heavy manufacturing environment or
• Graduate mechanical engineer with minimum of 1 year supporting maintenance in a heavy manufacturing environment.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft programs, in particular; Excel, Word, Outlook and Project.
• Exposure to a CMMS will be an advantage.
• Mechanical trade or mechanical engineering degree.
• Comprehension of 1st order maintenance principles.
• Have a mechanical aptitude.
• Possess leadership skills to manage efficiency of maintenance team.
• Ability to prioritize competing tasks, activities and requirement of others.
• Ability to talk to, influence and motivate people at all levels in the organization from managers to shop floor.
• Ability to manage a system, write and update procedures and maintenance documents.

Do you have interest? Then we would like to get to know you. Please send your complete application documents to austrak.hr@vossloh.com.