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 Location: Townsville

Remuneration/Benefit: Attractive Salary with bonus

What we can offer you: At Aurizon, we believe the future is something to be excited about. We're delivering for a sustainable future; we're innovating ways to make our business better and we're driving the growth of our business. To successfully take our business forward, we need the best people, and our Employee Value Proposition helps reinforce the benefits and promising future we can offer:

• Work that rewards you – thrive both inside and outside of work
• We want you to grow – together we go further
• Great company, great people – Be yourself, be supported, be safe
• Make a positive impact on all of Australia – growing Australia & Australian communities
• Focused on a promising future – a strong base, new markets, innovation, and inclusivity brings incredible opportunity

About the role: We are looking to fill a key Senior role within the rollingstock engineering team. This position will be based at Aurizon’s Stuart Depot in Townsville supporting all Bulk East. This includes 80 active locos and over 1,800 active wagons along with several maintenance and support facilities, terminals, and other operational assets.  

As a Senior Engineer you will be responsible for working to transform maintenance practices, provide subject matter expertise and innovation projects that will shape the rail industry for years to come.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Organise and plan the technical aspects of highly complex mechanical engineering projects including the design and preparation of user requirement specifications, material and component specifications, safety in design requirements for new and altered works.
• Develop and coordinate technical aspects and strategies for new technology and techniques applicable to mechanical engineering systems and networks.
• Design, checking and auditing of highly complex mechanical engineering systems submitted by design team and or external providers.
• Organise and prepare the associated documentation, user requirements, system requirements, installation procedures, verification and validation, testing and commissioning, asset handover, type approval, maintenance procedures for mechanical engineering systems

About you:

We are looking for an experienced professional in rollingstock or heavy industry. An engineering degree is essential, your ability to provide professional leadership and expert engineering and technical advice will be highly regarded as will your ability to provide leadership in the development and maintenance of mechatronic engineering standards and specifications.

Most of all, we want you to not only love what you do, but to come in, work with your team to take a pragmatic approach to solving complex problems, generate new ideas and thinking, challenge the status quo and be challenged. We get that work can sometimes be a little on the serious side, so we also want you to embrace the humour and have some fun in amongst it all.

We are also open to junior engineers eager to learn, grow, and take the next step in their careers. If you're looking for a chance to develop your skills, we encourage you to apply.

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. 

Some of our benefits include:

• 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.

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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.

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