Senior Manager Signalling & Telecommunications Maintenance

Queensland Rail's purpose is to provide a customer-focused, safe, reliable, on-time, value for money rail service that benefits the community, supports industry and is integrated with the public transport system. The organisation's vision is connecting communities through a modern, world-class rail service.

You'll connect Queensland. We'll connect you to an amazing career.

Queensland Rail are seeking an experienced Senior Manager Signalling & Telecommunications Maintenance to join our SEQ Assets team based in Brisbane CBD. This is a permanent, full-time leadership opportunity responsible for one of Queensland Rail's most critical infrastructure portfolios.

Reporting to the Asset Maintenance Delivery Director, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for the maintenance of Queensland Rail's South East Queensland signalling and telecommunications network while overseeing the statewide delivery of signalling and telecommunications construction activities. Leading a large, multidisciplinary workforce, you will drive asset reliability, operational performance, safety outcomes, and network readiness to support the growing demands of Queensland's rail network.

Progress That Counts

Queensland Rail is helping shape the future of transport in Queensland. As we prepare to welcome millions of visitors for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we are delivering one of the largest rail infrastructure investment programs in the state's history.

Major initiatives underway include:

- Cross River Rail, transforming travel across South East Queensland and supporting a projected increase to more than 80 million passenger journeys annually over the next decade.




- Introduction of the European Train Control System (ETCS) to modernise network operations and improve capacity.
- Delivery of The Wave and the Beerburrum to Nambour Rail Upgrade.
- Construction of three new stations on the Gold Coast line.
- The $5.75 billion Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail Project.
- Introduction of 65 new rollingstock units from the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program.

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About the Role

As a member of the SEQ Asset Maintenance Senior Leadership Team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping maintenance and asset management strategies across Queensland Rail's signalling and telecommunications portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing strategic leadership within a complex passenger rail and infrastructure environment, balancing safety, customer outcomes, commercial performance, and operational excellence.
- Leading the maintenance, reliability, and lifecycle management of signalling and telecommunications assets to optimise network performance and availability.
- Driving operational readiness and the successful integration of current technologies, assets, major projects, and transformative ways of working.
- Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leaders, project delivery teams, industry partners,



regulators, and other rail operators.
- Leading a high-performing workforce that fosters collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
- Delivering business objectives, performance targets, safety commitments, and financial outcomes across maintenance and construction activities.
- Developing and implementing contemporary asset management, maintenance, reliability, and risk management strategies across a diverse and expanding asset base.
- Delivering SEQ Assets transformation and change program.

About You

You are a highly regarded leader with deep technical expertise and a proven track record managing critical infrastructure within a complex operational environment.

To be successful, you will bring:

- Extensive experience in signalling and telecommunications maintenance, construction, and asset management, ideally within the rail industry or another safety-critical heavy asset environment.
- Demonstrated success in leading large-scale maintenance and infrastructure delivery functions at a senior management level.
- Solid strategic leadership capabilities, with expertise in asset lifecycle management, reliability improvement, risk management, and operational performance.
- Experience leading organisational change, operational transformation, and the integration of new technologies and infrastructure.
- Outstanding stakeholder engagement, influencing, negotiation, and relationship management skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across diverse groups.
- A commitment to safety leadership, people development, and fostering high-performing and engaged teams.
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📌 Senior Manager Signalling (Australia)
🏢 Queensland Rail
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