Job Overview:
The NSW Government is replacing the NSW regional rail fleet of XPT, XPLORER and Endeavour trains with 29 safer, comfortable and more accessible trains for customers travelling across NSW and between Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane. As part of the Regional Rail project, the Mindyarra Maintenance Centre in Dubbo will receive a new talented team for train completion works (Manufacturing, Testing and Quality activities), with potential transition in the future to the Warranty & Maintenance teams.
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage and coordinate internal teams for appropriate actions aligned to key deliverables. These include Manufacturing, Quality, Testing, Logistics/Warehouse, Purchasing.
* Coordinate the technical, quality, logistics and engineering related issues that arise during the manufacturing and testing & commissioning processes.
* Able to work under pressure and tight schedule milestones.
* Easy and capable of adequately managing groups of people.
* Prioritize capabilities externally and internally. To think out of the box and make decisions.
* Analise the needs and conflicts between departments and transfer where required the needs to depot stakeholders i.e. depot operator (Maintenance Subcontractor).
* Able to deal and manage with ongoing issues with materials, modifications, customers
* Ensure that productivity and target quality level are achieved on a daily basis
* Communicate and network with other departmental managers regarding department performance to ensure targets are met.
* Able to identify and anticipate the main risks related to production and testing that could cause excessive costs and delays along the production line.
* Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and well-being of staff and visitors. The role will be responsible to agree and coordinate with Australian WHS corporate resource site Work Health & Safety obligations.
* Adequate understanding of CAF's situation within the Depot, ensuring smooth coordination and relationship with Contractors and the Client, daily, understanding and following the Interface agreements in place between CAF and depot stakeholders
* The role will be responsible to coordinate the training activities to be performed by different employees according to CAF and Australian safety needs at the depot. The role will also coordinate the remaining OEM training activities for the rolling stock systems, to fulfill the necessities to maintain and operate the train by the stakeholders.
* Set departmental goals/KPI's and review and evaluate ongoing performance of direct reports.
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