Supervisor Linehaul Sydney

                        Supervisor Linehaul – Sydney

• Permanent leadership role based in Sydney
• Excellent opportunity for a passionate people leader
• Monday to Friday role – No shift work required

About us

Pacific National (PN) is the largest provider of diversified rail freight services in Australia. We haul a variety of freight including coal, intermodal containers, steel, and a range of bulk commodities and materials that keep the region’s economy, businesses and households running. We operate nationally with approximately 3,500 staff in over 90+ sites across Australia.

Join us as we continue to transform our business and shape the rail freight industry, to achieve our vision of becoming Australia’s recognised leader for safe, innovative and sustainable rail freight solutions.

We are seeking applicants who share our values: Make it simple, Share More, Kindness, Gratitude, Curiosity, and Own it and live these values through open and honest communication and respect.

About the role

Reporting to the Superintendent in Sydney, the Linehaul Supervisor plays a key role in providing leadership and guidance to train crew, as well as leading and coordinating the day to day operations.

This role will have a strong emphasis on safety leadership, implementing business improvements, driving cultural change and ensuring productive workplace practices. In addition, the Linehaul Supervisor is responsible for ensuring Pacific National trains run on time, safely and efficiently through consultation with stakeholders.

The Linehaul Supervisor will also ensure and organise training for incoming employees whilst also ensuring the current train crew are competent and up to date with training material.

The roster will be Monday to Friday with the requirement to be on call.

Key responsibilities include:

• Inspiring and leading a safety-focused team by supervising, coordinating and managing operational resources
• Maintaining operational oversight and effective communication with traincrew to ensure they operate safely and efficiently within a shift-work environment.
• Ensuring compliance with the relevant network access regulations and policy standards
• Developing organisational capability by building and maintaining the knowledge, skills and attributes required of the team with a focus on coaching, mentoring, and safety leadership
• Coordinating the implementation and communication of organisational, divisional and local safety instructions, as well as assessing team members via driver performance and safety observations
• Commitment to providing optimal customer service; building excellent relationships with all stakeholders and identifying and developing improved business solutions for our customers.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record in leading operational teams driving a safe and reliable operation. You are an experienced frontline operational leader who is passionate about driving positive change and not afraid to challenge the status quo.

 In addition, the ideal candidate will possess the following skills, attributes and experience:

• Demonstrated safety leadership across an operational workforce
• Experience in leading, coaching, and motivating a team in a busy environment
• Set and monitor team performance expectation and build a culture of accountability, teamwork and respect aligned to PN’s values.
• Proven strengths in problem solving and analytical ability.
• The ability to work well under pressure and facilitate changes effectively to manage operational risks and challenges.
• Ability to build strong collaborative relationships to ensure day to day operational requirements are met.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to communicate at all levels
• Previous experience working in a large transport, logistics or heavy industrial environments ideally in the rail/transport sector will be highly regarded

Benefits

We have a wide range of benefits that includes flexible work, paid parental leave, fitness, novated leasing and many other great partner offers to access. To find out more about Pacific National, our benefits and the opportunities we offer, visit our careers page: www.pacificnational.com.au/careers  

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for women, and you can visit our Work180 page:  Pacific National | WORK180 Endorsed Employer to find out more, including a list of all of our benefits and policies. 

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

If you need an adjustment in the recruitment process, please outline at the time of your application.

Closing date

Applications close on 5^th March 2025

Next steps

Are you ready to be part of our future? To apply, please click on the 'Apply' button below and follow the prompts.

Home Safely Everyday - Our top priority is getting you home to your family safely every day.

Acknowledgement of Country 

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of​ the land on which we work, live and rail.​ We pay respect to Elders past, present and future and to the​ continuation of cultural, spiritual, and educational practices​ of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.