Locomotive Deployment Planner

6 months ago


North Sydney, Australia Pacific National Full time

**Locomotive Deployment Planner / Locomotive Planner**
- **Locomotive Deployment Planning**:

- ** Asset planning coverage where required.**:

- ** Permanent Opportunity - Nth Sydney Location**:

- ** Rotating morning and afternoon shifts (one weekend in 3) - enjoy the work/life balance.**

**About us**

Pacific National (PN) is the largest private 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 are a company built on solid foundations and we are incredibly proud of the essential role we continue to play supporting Australia’s supply chain. At Pacific National, we take great pride in delivering our best every day and have a relentless focus on customer service and place safety above all else.

We operate nationally with approximately 3,500 staff in over 90+ sites across Australia. We respect and care for the communities in which we operate and continue to evolve our community engagement and strengthen relationships through partnerships and investment. We are focused on reducing the carbon emissions of our business, while also enabling the reduction of carbon emissions in the broader supply chain to support the National targets.

**About the role**

Bring your resource allocation experience to an environment where you will be able to challenge the status quo and bring your new ideas to life. Working as part of a dynamic, collaborative team, across a rotating morning and afternoon shift (9hrs) with one weekend in 3 (12hr shift) rosters, you will play an important role in managing our locomotive resources in our service delivery team.

Pacific National has approximately 2,500 train crew, 1200 wagons and 650 locomotives across the entire country and your role would be to ensure these resources are in the right place at the right time to run our train services.

In collaboration with the team, you will be responsible for managing and allocating crew and/or assets to daily work plans on the day of operations, taking into consideration crew availability, industrial constraints, utilisation of assets and our goal which is to safely deliver better customer value.
- _Note: you will be required to work shifts, including weekends (1 weekend in 3) and some public holidays._

Key responsibilities include but aren’t limited to:

- Developing a resource program and allocating assets to daily work plans
- Consulting with stakeholders to ensure the allocation of assets and tasks meet operational requirements.
- Identifying opportunities for process improvement to drive innovation.
- Ensure relevant health and safety standards and procedures are adhered to.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you’ll be expected to demonstrate strong analytical ability and a commitment to problem-solving, coupled with an innovative and creative thinking style.

High-level communication ability is essential, with verbal, written and interpersonal skills integral to success in this role. Ideal applicants will need to demonstrate relationship management strengths as a collaborative team player with clear evidence of your ability to build successful stakeholder relationships.
- Experience in rail, transport, heavy industry or other dynamic industry is advantageous
- Specialist or technical knowledge of transport, logistics planning and operations will be highly regarded
- Experience within large and complex organisation is preferred
- Demonstrated ability operating within dynamic and multi-faceted business operations advantageous

**The benefits**

At Pacific National we value diversity, inclusion and the contribution of each team member. Our values underpin our commitment to create an inclusive culture where everyone is accepted and valued for who they are, enabling everyone to bring their authentic selves to work.

When you join the Pacific National team, you’ll be encouraged to take ownership of your career and we’ll be there to support you with a range of exciting initiatives including:

- Industry leading programs focussed on your growth and career development
- Paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for primary carers at full pay after 12 months service
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- A focus on your mental health and wellbeing through our PeerConnect program
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program, administered by Benestar, offering confidential counselling services for employees and their eligible family members, paid for by us at no cost to you
- Access to Unmind, a digital platform that gives you access to tools, training and exercises that will support your mental wellbeing
- Discounted fitness and wellbeing benefits with membership to WhereFit, our wellbeing benefits partner
- Novated leasing and discounts on selected health insurance funds, travel, retail brands, vehicles and more.

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