AddressRail Maintenance (Rollingstock)
- Utilise your heavy industry trades background
- Mentoring and training provided!
- Shift work, 8-12 hour rotating shifts including days & weekends
- Permanent opportunity, West Melbourne location
About us
Pacific National (PN) is the largest private provider of diversified rail freight services in Australia. We haul a variety of freight including coal, intermodal containers, steel, and a range of bulk commodities and materials that keep the region’s economy, businesses and households running. We are a company built on solid foundations and we are incredibly proud of the essential role we continue to play supporting Australia’s supply chain. At Pacific National, we take great pride in delivering our best every day and have a relentless focus on customer service and place safety above all else.
We operate nationally with approximately 3,500 staff in over 90+ sites across Australia. We respect and care for the communities in which we operate and continue to evolve our community engagement and strengthen relationships through partnerships and investment. We are focused on reducing the carbon emissions of our business, while also enabling the reduction of carbon emissions in the broader supply chain to support the National targets.
About the role
An opportunity exists to be trained in becoming a qualified Wagon Maintainer at our Melbourne Fright Terminal.
You will receive training from the superintendent, Maintenance coordinators and other qualified wagon maintainers to ensure you are fully equipped with the knowledge to be successful within the role.
The role requires you to work with the Maintenance team, Operations and Planners to ensure that wagon maintenance requirements are met safely and effectively. Wagon Maintainers are required to carry out scheduled maintenance, inspection work, out of course repairs and respond to emergency recoveries on the rail network.
The main objective of this essential team is to ensure on time availability of Pacific National rolling stock, including the introduction of new wagon and technologies. Applicants must be able to work shift work on a rotating roster basis, shift lengths can vary between 8-12 hours.
Key responsibilities include:
- Wagon preventative maintenance, repairs and out of course maintenance
- Wagon maintenance in-field, which would typically include unscheduled maintenance, recovery, and collision damage work
- Liaise with planners and contractors in addition to supervisors, other maintainers, and terminal operators on wagon issues; liaise with divisional planners/coordinators to coordinate wagon movements
- Perform heating, cutting activities and welding
- Operate mobile plant, equipment, vehicles and lifting equipment within work area
- Wagon movements in the maintenance area as required using fixed and mobile equipment
- Fabrication and assembly of components for repair, replacement, or modification
- Locomotive provisioning activities
About you
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be able to demonstrate a solid commitment to safety, mechanical aptitude and a demonstrated customer focus.
In addition, you’ll be expected to demonstrate:
- Trade background and qualifications will be highly regarded however not essential
- Proven ability to work autonomously and as a part of a team is essential
- Locomotive Maintenance experience desirable
- Current C Class Drivers Licence is essential
- Forklift and MR Drivers Licences are advantageous
- Basic computer skills and general literacy required to carry out daily activities
- Can do attitude and a willingness to learn!
Note that training is available for the right candidate.
The benefits
At Pacific National we value diversity, inclusion and the contribution of each team member. Our values underpin our commitment to create an inclusive culture where everyone is accepted and valued for who they are, enabling everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. When you join the Pacific National team, you’ll be encouraged to take ownership of your career and we’ll be there to support you with a range of exciting initiatives including:
- Opportunities for growth and career development
- Access to mentoring programs
- Paid parental leave up to 14 weeks, with superannuation - after only 6 months service
- Parental benefits for birth, surrogacy, adoption, foster care, and kinship care
- A focus on your mental health and wellbeing through our PeerConnect program
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program, administered by Benestar, offering confidential counselling services for employees and their eligible family members, paid for by us at no cost to you
- Access to Unmind, a digital platform that gives you access to tools, training and exercises that will support your mental wellbeing
- Discounted fitness and wellbeing benefits with membership to WhereFit, our wellbeing benefits partner
- Novated leasing and discounts on selected health insurance funds, travel,retail brands, vehicles and more.
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 including a list of all of our benefits and policies.
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.
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.
Closing date
Applications close 13th June 2024.
Next steps
Are you ready to be part of our future?
To apply, please click on the 'Apply' button below and follow the prompts.
To find out more about Pacific National, our benefits and opportunities we offer, visit our careers page: www.pacificnational.com.au/careers
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.
