Yard Supervisor

Queensland Rail is a dynamic and forward-thinking company committed to delivering exceptional rail services across Queensland. We believe in empowering our people, valuing diversity, and promoting a safe and respectful work environment. Join us to be part of a team that is dedicated to excellence, continuous learning, and making a positive difference in the community.

About the role:

We are currently recruiting for a Yard Supervisor to join our RMC and Operations team at our Bowen Hills office in a permanent fulltime position. 

As a Yard Supervisor, you will Lead the operation of yards activities across Queensland Rail's SEQ yards ensuring supervision and stakeholder management of employees and equipment, Third Party Operators and external contractors.

 
Role overview: 

• Participate in daily and scheduled meetings with key stakeholders, to discuss impacts to the Master Train Plan (MTP) and ensure alignment with changes in rollingstock schedules.
• Develop strategic plans for yard operations, closures, and maintenance, ensuring minimal disruptions to rollingstock movements.
• Assess long-term impacts on SEQ Yards and align plans with network-wide operations.
• Inspect the yard and out-depots to identify and rectify hazards, ensuring the site remains safe and compliant.
• Conduct yard counts to ensure rollingstock is correctly stabled and allocated across the SEQ Yards.
• Develop and facilitate site plans and risk assessments for yard operations
• Oversee the New Generation Rollingstock (NGR) yards
• Act as a facilitator for injury investigations, ensuring incidents are properly documented, assessed, and resolved.
• Manage the team including overseeing rostering, assignments, and performance management.
• Lead and contribute to performance improvement projects to enhance yard efficiency, safety, and stakeholder collaboration.

What you’ll bring:

• High level of skill in supervising others in the implementation of operational plans within a rail environment.
• Extensive knowledge of rail operations functions and safe working as relevant to yards operations and rail generally.
• High level of skill in problem solving and decision making relevant to resolving issues within the SEQ rail network and yards.
• High level of interpersonal skills including communication, negotiation and conflict resolution relevant to interacting with Queensland Rail, third party operators and external contracts.
• Substantial knowledge of yard operations.

The shortlisted candidates may be required to undertake Psychomotor Testing as well as meet the medical standards for a Category 2 health assessment.

What Queensland Rail has to offer:

• Permanent full time role
• Commencement salary of $135,199 plus 12.75% Superannuation
• Free Citytrain travel to work and discounted rail travel for yourself and your dependents.
• Employee Assistance Program covering career and personal professional support service.
• Health and wellbeing programs including Fitness Passport
• Long service leave entitlements on completion of 7 years continuous service.
• Equal opportunity leave, paid parental/partner leave

Please review the Position Description here

Please apply to Yard Supervisor via our website by clicking onto the "Apply" button by 11:59pm (GMT+10:00 Brisbane) Sunday 8th June 2025. 

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 Queensland Rail Careers via the email below. 

Applicants for roles within Queensland Rail will be subject to Alcohol and Other Drugs pre-employment testing if progressed through the recruitment processes. The recruitment and selection process for this position might require shortlisted applicants to undertake psychometric assessment, pre-employment health assessment and background checks that might also include criminal history and credit checks. For roles that have pre-employment qualifications, QR will also be required to do formal qualification verification processes to ensure qualifications align to QR's requirements.   
To learn more about this Queensland Rail career opportunity please contact QR Careers with your specific enquiry via qrcareers@qr.com.au   Please do not email your application. We can only accept applications received via our website.