Senior Manager Rollingstock Maintenance

Why Queensland Rail?

At Queensland Rail, our people and customers are central to everything we do. With a proud history as a safe and reliable railway operator, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards in everything from engineering to customer service. We foster innovation, passionate motivation, and forward thinking across our diverse workforce of over 7,500 employees, empowering our people to achieve their career aspirations.

We are a modern, dynamic organisation offering exciting opportunities in rail infrastructure, transport planning, and operations.

 About the role

Queensland Rail have a permanent fulltime opportunity for the Senior Manager Rollingstock Maintenance in the SEQ operations team based in Bowen Hills, Brisbane. This role will lead the delivery of safe, reliable and high performing SEQ rollingstock by providing clear strategic direction, strong people leadership and effective management of multidisciplinary teams, budgets and assets.

Purpose That Counts - Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Directly lead 5 Managers, and indirectly a dedicated team of 179 employees within the Brisbane area.
• Work collaboratively with other senior leaders within the Customer Assets team to deliver world class services for our customers.
• Utilise best practice maintenance principles and systems to deliver a safe, reliable and cost effective SEQ passenger fleet that meets customer and performance requirements.
• Provide senior leadership across Rollingstock Assets, shaping strategy and supporting strong customer, stakeholder and business partner engagement in a dynamic passenger transport environment.
• Lead large multidisciplinary teams to build an engaged, safety focused workforce that drives continuous improvement and commercially focused SEQ fleet outcomes.
• Strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders to support fleet modifications, overhauls, asset management systems and improvement initiatives.

People Who Count - What you can bring to the role:

• Demonstrated leadership and strategic planning capability to deliver customer, financial, employee, asset performance and safety outcomes in a complex commercial, customer focused environment.
• Extensive experience leading the operational and strategic management of large multidisciplinary teams responsible for delivering safe, compliant and high performing assets.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and change management skills with a track record of driving successful engagement initiatives that build trust and support a safe, collaborative and commercially focused workforce.
• Deep knowledge of asset management and quality management principles to ensure high levels of rollingstock availability and reliability.
• Strong understanding of risk management, safety management systems and environmental processes within a large operational environment.
• Extensive experience managing budgets and financial obligations in a high value operational setting.

Remuneration and Work Arrangement

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity based in Bowen Hills just outside Brisbane CBD at our Mayne depot, offering a competitive remuneration package and relocation if required.

Typically working Monday to Friday this role includes regular leadership engagement with teams that work shifts and weekends to maintain strong, visible support across teams.

Position Description

Where Connection Counts 

Learn more about Queensland Rail’s purpose, people, and progress – watch our short video here.

Joining Queensland means being part of an exciting future where you'll welcome millions of international passengers for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our Cross River Rail project will transform travel across the South East Queensland network, doubling passenger journeys to 80 million over the next decade.

To support this growth and enhance customer experiences, we're committed to key initiatives, including building three new Gold Coastline stations, implementing the $2.6 billion Gold Coast Faster Rail Project, introducing 65 new Next Generation Rolling Stock trains, improving station accessibility at eight main stations, boosting North Coast Line capacity and upgrading Central Station.

 Sounds great, what’s next? 

If this position interests you and you feel you have the knowledge and experience, please submit a resume via our website by clicking onto the "Apply" button by 11:59pm (GMT+10:00 Brisbane)  Wednesday the 11th of March 2026. 

Supporting a Diverse Workforce 

At Queensland Rail we are 1TEAM and our diverse workforce enables us to connect communities every day.  We are committed to building inclusive and respectful workplaces for all our people, strengthened by our diversity and encourage applications from First Nations Peoples, all genders, those from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ community and people with disability, of all ages and backgrounds. 

We strive to provide a barrier free and equitable recruitment experience. 

If you do require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact Liam McKeown via the email below. 

To learn more about this Queensland Rail career opportunity please contact Liam McKeown with your specific enquiry via qrcareers@qr.com.au   Please do not email your application.