Regional Operations Leader

1 week ago

Dry Creek, Australia Aurizon Full time

Job Number:
97485 -546073

Work type:
Permanent - Full Time

**Location**:
Dry Creek, Adelaide

Categories:
Transport Operations & Logistics
- Champion safety and operational excellence while managing yard and traincrew activities
- Drive continuous improvement to enhance service reliability, efficiency and customer outcomes
- Lead, coach and develop your team to deliver safe, reliable and cost-effective rail services

**Location**: Dry Creek, Adelaide

** About the role**:
As a Regional Operations Leader based at Dry Creek in Adelaide, you’ll play a key role in the safe and efficient delivery of Aurizon’s rail services. Leading a frontline team, you’ll be responsible for managing daily yard and traincrew operations, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring the delivery of safe, reliable and cost-effective train services to our customers.

Key responsibilities include:

- Championing a proactive safety culture, aligned to our “I know SAFE, I choose SAFE” commitment
- Managing allocated yard and traincrew operations to meet service demands
- Implementing improvement initiatives to reduce asset cycle times and enhance train payloads
- Ensuring effective crew levels to support scheduling and rostering
- Building and maintaining positive working relationships with your team, including setting and monitoring performance and behavioural standards
- Leading incident investigations and driving safety outcomes
- Monitoring and reviewing locomotive download data to ensure optimal driving practice

**About you**:
You’re a confident and safety-focused leader who thrives in fast-paced operational environments and is motivated to deliver high-quality results through people.

You will also bring:

- Certificate IV or Diploma in Frontline Management (preferred)
- Strong safety leadership skills and knowledge, including experience with incident investigations (ICAM preferred)
- Demonstrated experience in leading teams, assigning tasks, and solving problems in operational settings
- The ability to engage, coach and motivate team members while setting clear direction
- A sound understanding (or the ability to acquire knowledge) of train handling, provisioning procedures, network route knowledge, safe working systems and crew deployment
- Strong stakeholder management skills and commercial awareness

**What we offer you**:
At Aurizon, we support the development and growth of our employees. With a national portfolio of operations, we offer long-term and exciting career opportunities.

Some of our benefits include:

- Development and growth opportunities
- Access to mentoring and development programs
- Discounts on selected health insurance funds, personal travel, gyms, vehicles and retail brands
- Parental leave program and super booster

**About Aurizon**:
Aurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight operator with integrated landside supply chain solutions and a top 100 ASX company. Each year, we deliver more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities right across the country. Aurizon is crucial to the Australian economy, connecting miners, primary producers and industry with international and domestic markets.

At Aurizon, we are proud of our diverse, collaborative, creative and high-performance culture. We celebrate the contribution of every employee and provide opportunities for career development in a dynamic, caring, and inclusive work environment.

**Advertised**: 11 Dec 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 10 Jan 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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