Associate Director - Asset Management & Maintenance (Signalling Asset Manager)

About us:

Network Rail Consulting (NRC) is the international consultancy arm of Network Rail, the owner of Britain’s railway. We have been active in the Australian, the Middle East and North American markets since 2013 and have successfully delivered more than 150 consultancy contracts for government, public and privately owned organisations, and for passenger and freight owners and operators, achieving consistently excellent levels of client satisfaction.

Our advice covers the full range of the project life cycle, from concept, project development and delivery through to operations and maintenance.

In Australia, Network Rail Consulting has a growing team of rail industry specialists permanently based in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. Whilst our unique selling point is access to Network Rail’s expertise in the UK, we are committed to developing our local workforce through a structured training and development program using Network Rail’s award-winning training capability. This will ensure that we continue to provide our clients with leading edge technical and management advise delivered by a blend of local and British experts.

Our work is driven by our values: passion, agility, collaboration, impartiality.

We offer our people great benefits such as:

• Competitive market rate salaries
• A performance-related pay incentive scheme
• Life Insurance and Total Permanent Disability cover
• Generous annual leave entitlement (25 days per annum)
• Novated car leasing arrangements
• Genuine career development prospects
• Further training, learning and development opportunities
• Access to Employee Discount Program via Reward Gateway

NRC supports flexible working practices, and we understand that life balance is an important part of our employees' lives. We offer a wide range of flexible work/life balance options such as working from home, flexible working hours where appropriate and generous leave entitlements.

About the opportunity:

Building on our continued success and growth, NRC Australia is currently establishing a team of experienced professionals for a suite of major rail infrastructure projects across Queensland. 

We’re currently recruiting for a Signalling Asset Manager with demonstrated experience in ETCS Trackside Sub-Systems to join our growing team as an Associate Director – Asset Management & Maintenance based in Brisbane. In this role, you will provide practical, experience-based leadership support for the trialling and roll-out of new digital systems and/or modified methods of working.

To succeed in this role, you will have significant experience providing engineering governance of signalling assets, guiding the process for hand-over and acceptance and hand-back of assets being renewed, installed or modified.

What you will be involved in:

• Lead and direct a team of experts to achieve business and functional objectives and meet key performance measures.
• Manage development of individuals and the engagement of the team.
• Develop and agree annual maintenance, inspection and testing programmes and resource levels.
• Advise and propose asset renewal strategies.
• Advise and guide processes for restoring to normal operation after completion of testing/investigation, equipment that has failed, been subject to an allegation or has been renewed.
• Implement safety, asset performance, reliability, productivity and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Establish and maintain appropriate safety arrangements
• Control and check the quality of work undertaken and confirm assets are compliant to standards.

Experience & Qualifications:

Essential:

• Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject area or extensive demonstratable experience.
• Extensive rail industry experience in an Asset Management & Maintenance capacity.
• Significant experience and understanding of railway signalling infrastructure assets including prior experience with ETCS Trackside Sub-Systems.
• Proven track record in implementing change and operational performance improvement initiatives.
• Proven ability to translate client needs into working solutions.
• Well-developed skills in problem solving and written/verbal communication, collaborative working and time/priority management.
• Proven experience in developing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external staff.
• Proven ability to translate client needs into working solutions.
• Build sustainable relationships with customers, identifying and developing opportunities and managing these through to new work.
• Strong IT proficiency – including MS Office applications and developed report writing skills.
• Experience using Enterprise Asset Management Systems (such as Ellipse, Maximo, SAP) preferably within the rail sector.

Desirable:

• Membership of relevant professional body.
• Formal Asset Management Qualification.
• Understanding of Australian market and client relationships in Transport/Rail sector.

Pre-Employment Checks

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which include a national criminal history check and reference checks.

Sound interesting?

Apply today and our Talent Acquisition team will review your application in due course.

NRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of age, race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or veteran status. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation!