Production & Planning Manager

• Tier 1 Services Company | Transport
• Be part of a culture that values innovation and performance
• Drive lean manufacturing and workflow optimisation

At UGL, we are leading the charge in high-quality locomotive and rolling stock manufacturing, committed to delivering world-class rail engineering solutions. With a focus on safety, efficiency, and collaboration, we continue to innovate and grow in the rail and heavy engineering sectors. Join us and be part of a dynamic and driven team striving to deliver excellence.

About Your Role:

UGL is seeking a dynamic and experienced Production & Planning Manager to lead operations at our Spotswood Maintenance Centre, ensuring the safe, efficient, and timely maintenance of locomotives.

This is a pivotal leadership role focused on driving performance, safety, and continuous improvement across production and testing activities. You will be required to work closely with internal stakeholders including Operations Support, PST, Procurement, and Warehouse teams, while fostering a positive team culture focused on customer delivery and continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Operations Manager – VIC, this role plays a pivotal part in site leadership as well as optimising workflows, implementing lean manufacturing principles, and visually managing production status to meet high-performance objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Health, Safety & Environment

• Champion a culture of safety across all production and testing activities.

Production Management:

• Lead the production and planning team to deliver on-time locomotive maintenance aligned with detailed schedules.
• Coordinate reactive maintenance with Fleet Performance to maximise availability and reliability.
• Manage material flow and sub-assemblies to minimise delays and bottlenecks.
• Oversee labour and facility allocation to meet production targets efficiently.
• Monitor progress, resolve issues, and optimise workflow for improved throughput.
• Improve visual management tools to track progress and communicate effectively.
• Participate and lead leadership meetings to align production with business goals.

Team Leadership:

• Provide strong leadership, supervision and guidance to the production and planning team.
• Foster open communication and high morale to support site goals

About You:

Education

• Diploma, certification, and/or tertiary education in a relevant field is highly desirable.

Experience

• Proven experience in a Production Management role, ideally within a maintenance or engineering environment.
• Strong leadership, communication and people skills, including negotiation and influencing capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex production and maintenance processes, delivering on time and within budget.
• Excellent knowledge of production, lean manufacturing, and quality control principles

Our Benefits

• Inclusive Workplace: A culture where diversity is celebrated, and contributions are specifically valued.
• Career Development: Leadership-building opportunities and ongoing professional development programs.
• Work-Life Balance: Flexible arrangements supporting personal and professional life.
• Parental leave options: 6 weeks of paid primary parental leave.
• Wellness Program: Access to AIA Vitality, which offers cashback rewards (e.g., for gym gear).
• Rewards and Discounts: Special deals on shopping, food, travel, and entertainment.
• Salary Sacrifice Options: Available for cars, superannuation, electronic devices, and memberships.

About UGL

UGL is a well-known and respected for providing end-to-end engineering, construction and maintenance services within; rail and transport, communications and technology systems, oil and gas, power, renewables and resources, water and defence markets. UGL partners with some of the world's largest blue-chip companies and government agencies, private enterprises and public institutions. We are a member of the CIMIC Group of companies.

At UGL, we value diversity – in the backgrounds, ideas, work styles and perspectives of our team. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

Please note that relevant screening checks will be conducted as part of the recruitment process. These may include a national criminal history check and for you to undergo pre-employment medical assessment including drug and alcohol screen.

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