Fleet Maintenance and Scheduling Controller

Fleet Maintenance & Scheduling Controller

• Ongoing
• Clerk Grade 9/10
• Package up to $161,698.72 pa. Package includes salary range ($129,464 pa to $142,665 pa), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
• Greenacre

About the role:

The Fleet Maintenance & Scheduling Controller is a strategic role responsible for scheduling, directing and organising the maintenance and repair of FRNSW trucks, specialist vehicles and equipment, to ensure optimum availability and effectiveness. You'll go beyond reactive fixes to optimise asset availability and reduce downtime, ensuring our fleet is always ready for action.

About you:

You're a confident planner and leader, with experience in fleet or workshop operations. You enjoy balancing schedules, budgets, and compliance, while building a motivated team that delivers results.

You'll lead and inspire a team of up to 28 people, therefore this role requires a candidate with proven, strong leadership skills to guide, develop, and motivate a large, diverse group toward success.

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Lead, coach and develop workshop staff to build a high-performing, safety-focused team that consistently delivers maintenance and servicing outcomes to the highest standard, within budget and resourcing constraints.
• Proactively plan, implement, and continually refine scheduled maintenance programs and preventative maintenance policies to optimise appliance reliability, extend asset life, and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Coordinate the scheduling and prioritisation of repairs, refurbishments, and contractor work, ensuring critical path timelines are met and resources are allocated effectively to maximise workshop throughput.
• Partner with the Fleet Operation Officers, Managers, Technical Support, Maintenance Planner, and Engineering Project Officers to align inspection, testing, and commissioning schedules for new appliances with operational readiness requirements.
• Monitor maintenance performance against KPIs (time, cost, quality, and compliance), identifying opportunities for efficiency gains and process improvements across the workshop.
• Provide strong people leadership by coaching staff, conducting skills assessments, and implementing targeted training to build technical capability, compliance awareness, and career development pathways.
• Embed a culture of continuous improvement in safety by ensuring robust workplace risk assessments, WHS audits, and accident investigations, and by developing practical Work Method Statements that minimise incidents.
• Oversee all accident, mechanical, electrical, and body work repairs in and out of hours, ensuring planned and reactive work is integrated into the maintenance schedule without compromising budget or service levels.

Essential Requirements:

To be considered for this role, you must have:

• Qualifications in Automotive Maintenance with Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Licence
• Accreditation as a Roads and Maritime Heavy Vehicle Inspector
• A current HR Licence

For more information on the role, please view the Role Description.

Should you require more information about this opportunity, please contact Emad Loka, Director, Fleet Management on

About us:

FRNSW is one of the world's largest urban fire and rescue services and is the busiest in Australia. Our overriding purpose is to enhance community safety, quality of life, and confidence by minimising the impact of hazards and emergency incidents on the people, property, environment and economy of NSW. We are prepared for anything – helping anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Visit our Careers Page to learn more about Fire and Rescue NSW.

What we can offer:

• Work-life balance and flexible working arrangements
• Modern buildings and facilities
• Activity based working environment
• Free on-site gym and parking
• Partnership with Fitness Passport for ongoing staff and their families to access more than 390 gyms and pools at a discounted rate
• Study assistance for approved courses
• Leadership development programs
• Ongoing training and development
• We offer structured leadership programs and provide funded licences and accreditations to help you reach your full potential.
• Working for the Fire and Rescue NSW fleet team means your expertise directly contributes to keeping frontline firefighters safe. Your work is a vital link in the chain of community protection.

Our commitment to diversity:

Great people come from all walks of life and at Fire and Rescue NSW we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce which reflects the community we serve.

We welcome people with diverse experience, skills and backgrounds, and encourage applications from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, individuals who identify as LGBTIQ, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people of all ages.

If you are a person with disability and require specific arrangements to participate in the recruitment process, please contact the FRNSW Talent Acquisition Team by email at

How to apply:

To be considered for this role, please provide an up-to-date resume which details your skills and experience as relevant to this role.

• Please answer the following two targeted questions. It is recommended you draft your responses in a Word document then paste into the required field in the online application.

Can you describe a time when you developed and implemented a preventative maintenance schedule for a fleet or workshop operation? How did you balance competing priorities (budget, compliance, and operational readiness) to reduce downtime, optimising fleet readiness, and maximise asset availability using technology/systems (SAP, EAM, etc.)? (max 500 words)

• How have you successfully led and developed a diverse team of mechanics, auto electricians, technicians or multi-disciplinary teams and contractors in a high-pressure workshop environment? Please provide an example of how you used coaching, performance management, or skills development to improve team capability and workshop outcomes. (max 500 words)

Visit the PSC website for helpful information on writing your application:

Applications close: 20 October :55pm

A talent pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type which become available over the next 18 months.