Engineering Supervisor

Job Description
Engineering Supervisor
About The Role
We are seeking a hands-on and safety-focused Engineering Supervisor to lead and support our maintenance workforce at our Port Botany Terminal. This pivotal role is responsible for managing shift-based maintenance operations, including the daily allocation of tradespersons and contractors, ensuring timely execution of planned work, and maintaining high safety and engineering standards.

As part of our Engineering team, you'll work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with stakeholders across operations and maintenance to ensure critical equipment uptime and the delivery of high-quality repairs and services. This is an opportunity to lead on the frontline and drive operational excellence at one of Australia's most strategic logistics hubs.

Key Accountabilities

• Supervise and allocate daily work to tradespersons and contractors in line with shift plans and priorities.
• Lead toolbox talks, safety discussions, and ensure compliance with safety procedures and reporting requirements.
• Monitor maintenance progress and complete detailed shift handover and reporting documentation.
• Respond to equipment breakdowns promptly, ensuring safe and quality repairs.
• Ensure accurate completion of maintenance records and daily engineering supervisor reports.
• Support and enforce contractor management processes, permit systems and Authority to Work procedures.
• Drive improvements in shift productivity, labour utilisation, and safe work practices.

About You
You are an experienced maintenance leader with strong coordination skills and a passion for safety. You take ownership of your shift and know how to get the best from your team by setting clear expectations and ensuring everyone returns home safe.

Qualifications, Skills And Experience

• A minimum 5 years' experience supervising maintenance teams in a heavy industrial or logistics environment.
• Trade certificate required (e.g. Fitter, Electrician, or similar discipline).
• Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to respond calmly under pressure.
• Solid understanding of safe systems of work, risk management, and incident reporting.
• Proficient in MS Office; familiarity with tools like Microster, E Shift Log, Win CC Scada desirable.
• Confident communicator and team motivator with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to uphold engineering standards and deliver continuous improvement initiatives.

About DP World
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world's trade flow better, changing what's possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 114,000 employees from 162 nationalities, spanning 78 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that's fit for the future. In Asia Pacific, DP World employs almost 10,000 people, and has ports and terminals in 18 locations.

We're rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we're at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer's door.

Supporting equality
We are an equal opportunity employer. We employ and promote based on role requirements, and we select people to roles based on their qualifications, skills, experience and fit with DP World Australia's culture and values. We strongly encourage people from non-traditional backgrounds to apply.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW
To Change What's Possible For Everyone.
ABOUT US
DP World Australia is the country's leading container terminal operator. We have a dedicated and professional team of over 1800 people who operate our container terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle. Our customer-centric approach drives us to constantly invest in our employees, terminal infrastructure and facilities to provide superior quality services to our valued customers.

DP World Australia is part of the DP World global group of companies, which ranks as one of the largest stevedoring businesses globally with 53,220 employees from 131 different nationalities, across 128 Business Units in 60 different countries.

To find out more about DP World Australia, visit our website

Sydney Terminal
Our Sydney Terminal is located in Botany Bay in Sydney's south east and is one of Australia's largest container seaport operations. Fitted out with state-of-the-art container handling equipment, computerised control systems and extensive reefer facilities, the Terminal is a dynamic 7 day, 24 hour operation. The port environment offers variety and represents an outstanding opportunity to grow as a professional in Australia's Logistics and Supply Chain Industry.