About Us

At Sydney Trains, our rail services keep Sydney moving by putting our customers at the centre of everything we do. We work with our local communities to deliver safe, timely and efficient rail services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Our trains and network are evolving to meet the needs of our customers now and well into the future. We're continuing to integrate technological innovations that help us deliver a smarter and more sustainable network.

About Network Maintenance

Network Maintenance is one of seven divisions within the Engineering and Maintenance directorate. Our work is vital to keeping Sydney moving as we deliver routine maintenance on the railway's track, civil, signal, electrical and control system assets and co-ordinate infrastructure incident response.

The Opportunity

The Reliability Engineer is responsible to deliver benefits through a number of projects including the introduction of new technologies, process changes and other strategic performance improvement initiatives across Maintenance and Operations while working with OEM's and suppliers on life cycle costing and predictive maintenance opportunities.

What you will be involved in:

Fault reporting, trend analysis and incident Root Cause Analysis

Research and review of new and emerging railway technologies that can be implemented at Sydney Trains to improve reliability

Mapping and analysing current processes for performance improvement opportunities

Championing the implementation of infrastructure reliability and performance initiatives across the organisation

Streamlining works and setting priorities for the business

Coaching and mentoring of staff to improve maintenance and reliability outcomes for Sydney Trains

Close engagement with Sydney Trains Executives

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About You

You will be a tertiary (Engineering) qualified individual with proven track record of the application of root cause analysis through to the implementation of outcomes and continuous monitoring of these to ensure benefits are delivered

Demonstrated experience in Reliability engineering from a heavy engineering background, (Rail, Oil & Gas, Mining, Defence etc)

Somebody who lives and breathes Reliability engineering

Competent in or be working towards Lean Six Sigma Accreditation issued by a recognised Accredited Supplier is highly desirable

Experience in the measurement, statistical modelling, analysis and reporting of infrastructure reliability

Experience using software such as Tableau, Python Pandas, R, MATLAB, JMP, Minitab or equivalent

Most importantly you're self-motivated and proactive and will have the confidence to make sound decisions and propose changes. In addition to your technical expertise, you must also demonstrate excellent relationship management and collaboration skills as you will work closely with various stakeholders including Sydney Trains Executive Leaders.

Benefits

Sydney Trains offers its employees challenging and rewarding work with opportunities for career progression, learning and development and work-life balance. Other benefits include:

Free travel on Government trains, buses and ferries

Flexible work practices

Join Sydney Trains for the opportunity to shape the future and make a genuine difference for the people of NSW by providing a world class rail system.

We are the community we serve

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.

We enable our people to work in ways that work for them and their teams. Working virtually and from different locations including regional locations, staggering work hours and job sharing are just some of the ways our people can work flexibly.

Please contact the Talent Specialist below if you require any adjustments to be made to how you interact with us throughout the recruitment process or would like to discuss flexible work options.

For any enquiries, please email

Applications close: 11:59pm Sunday 1st May 2022

For any technical problems in submitting your application, please contact the technical support via email to support@iworkfor.nsw.gov.au or telephone 1800 562 679 from 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday

We're certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace

Our flexible work practices and policies for parental leave, employee and family wellbeing and family care enable us to provide genuine support for our people to thrive at work and at home.

Our COVIDSafe Measures Policy

All Transport workers are required to have:

at least one dose of a TGA approved COVID-19 vaccine by 6 December 2021 and two doses by 7 February 2022; or

an approved medical contraindication.

You will be required to show proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status or apply for a medical exemption prior to securing this role.

To be considered for these roles you must be 18 years of age. Applicants will need to complete merit based selection activities and will be subject to satisfactory medical, drug & alcohol and criminal record checks as part of the selection process. Please note that an eligibility list may be created for this position, and position(s) of the same classification that subsequently become vacant may be filled using this eligibility list (where the vacancy is within 60 minutes travelling time). Transport for NSW is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.