Support Maintainer

**Req. Id**:9890

**Date**:17 Jul 2025

**Location**:Brisbane, QLD, AU, 4000

**Company**:Queensland Rail

**You’ll connect Queensland. We’ll connect you to an amazing career. Become a Protection Officer at Queensland Rail**

Queensland Rail stands on the foundation of true connection, encompassing the relationships we foster within our teams and the communities we serve across the state. For over 150 years, we've been instrumental in linking people and places, and now we invite you to contribute to our proud legacy and shape a brighter, sustainable future.

**About this Role**:
Queensland Rail’s Support Maintainers play a crucial role in the maintenance and vegetation control of our rail corridor, station precincts and within our train stabling yards, this role contributes to the safety of customers and employee’s by ensuring our assets are maintained to a high standard.

Our Network Maintenance team are seeking a Support Maintainers to join their team and make positive impacts to the rail network.

**What Queensland Rail has to offer**:

- Permanent opportunity based at Sunshine
- 4 weeks annual leave (38hr Week)
- Long-term career and stability with an industry leader
- Professional development opportunities
- We pride ourselves on our Safety Culture, we ‘work safe’ so that everyone goes ‘home safe’

**What does the day of a Support Maintainer look like?**
Working in a semi
- autonomous team you will be predominantly travelling between sites to perform a broad range of varied tasks such as but not limited too: Mowing, hedging, whipper snipping and various other vegetation control management tasks, you will be also attending to asset maintenance requirements for example fencing repairs, graffiti and waste removal.

**About you**:
Whilst full training will be provided, it would be advantageous if you have:

- Previous experience working in a similar environment.
- Experience/ knowledge in the operation of powered tools and powered vegetation control machinery.
- Ability to work within a team and also perform tasks individually.
- Be committed to a safe working environment by active participation and promotion of safety culture within your role, your team and your work area as well as the ability to use initiative to identify and resolve any safety hazards if they arise.

For more information, please read through the position description.

**What’s on offer for you**:

- Work a 9 day fortnight (some weekend work will be required)
- Ongoing training and development

Support Maintainers predominantly work in the field therefore you will be required to work in a variety of weather conditions, in particular hot days where outdoors temperatures are high.

**Your journey matters. Make it with us.**

There has never been a more exciting time to join Queensland Rail. We offer boundless opportunities to support your career today and for your future.

The recruitment and selection process for this position will require shortlisted applicants to undertake psychometric and health assessment checks including drug and alcohol screening.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

Queensland Rail is committed to a diverse workforce that is reflective of the customers and communities we serve. We are inclusive, collaborative, respectful, and value our differences.

We are 1TEAM, where everyone belongs. We want all our people to be their authentic selves and are committed to fostering a safe and inclusive environment for everyone regardless of gender, age, cultural background, disability status, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background.