Service Engineer - Rolling Stock

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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reference
Job reference 1273673
location
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
sector
Sector Infrastructure
function
Function Engineering & Design
type
Employment type Permanent
date
Date published May 28, 2026

Overview

We are currently recruiting Service Engineers, to ensure fleet availability and performance by providing technical support, maintenance expertise, and engineering insight across rolling stock operations.

You will be responsible for

providing technical support to continually improve availability and reliability of locomotives / rail fleet including fault-finding, modifications, troubleshooting and regular maintenance activities. Those from a passenger rail background are accepted also.

Location-          Melbourne, Adelaide

Duration-          Permanent – Full-time

Hours-              Monday-Friday Standard Hours

Salary-             $120,000 - $130,000 + Super

Responsibilities

  • Daily review of rail fleet performance to ensure reliability targets are met
  • Interface with the customer as well as design/product engineering teams for maintenance and
  • Provide technical support to customers, working closely with design and engineering teams
  • Conduct maintenance inspections against defined scopes, including fault finding and troubleshooting
  • Lead failure investigations, including root cause analysis (RCA), and communicate findings and recommendations
  • Develop, review, and continuously improve maintenance strategies, plans, and technical documentation
  • Manage equipment non-conformance reports, including technical assessment and resolution recommendations
  • Analyse condition monitoring data to identify emerging faults and recommend preventative actions
  • Support commissioning and testing activities, including technical review and approval of documentation
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives across maintenance, reliability, and asset performance

Required Experience

  • Degree in Engineering – Mechanical, Electrical or similar
  • Proven experience in rolling stock, rail, or heavy asset environments. A similar fleet performance role in a Passenger rail environment is accepted also.
  • Knowledge of Reliability engineering principles such as Reliability Centred Maintenance, Asset management, Continuous Improvement, Corrective Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis

Please contact

michael.ogborne@airswift.com

for more information

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