Asset Health & Remote Technical Specialist

About the role

Wabtec Global Freight Services offers a customer-embedded, outcome-focused role within the Rio Tinto Operations Centre, combining the capabilities of a remote Technical Advisor, an Expert on Alert (EOA) specialist and a fleet-health coordinator. The role reviews locomotive condition and diagnostic information, identifies emerging risks, gives OEM-aligned recommendations and works with Rio Tinto operations, maintenance and Wabtec field teams to close actions. It is a Monday to Friday position based in Perth, WA (near Perth Airport).

Key responsibilities

• Monitor locomotive asset health and fleet performance through remote diagnostic and condition monitoring systems.
• Analyse faults, alarms and events to identify emerging issues and minimise operational impact.
• Provide technical advice and troubleshooting support to maintenance and operations teams.
• Carry out root cause analysis of recurring failures and recommend improvements to reliability and availability.
• Prioritise and coordinate critical fault investigations based on fleet risk, safety and production impact.
• Review operational and maintenance data for trends, degradation patterns and opportunities for proactive intervention.
• Liaise with customers, field service, engineering teams and maintenance providers to resolve issues.
• Develop and track corrective action plans to closure, and support outage and incident response.
• Prepare asset health reports, performance insights and reliability metrics for customers and stakeholders.
• Champion continuous improvement and maintain compliance with safety, quality and engineering standards.

Required profile

• Trade qualification, Diploma or Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronic or related engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong experience in diesel-electric locomotive maintenance, troubleshooting, reliability or technical support.
• Demonstrated fault finding, diagnostics and root cause analysis capability.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, schematics, maintenance documentation and diagnostic data.
• Experience working with operational, maintenance and engineering stakeholders.
• Current working rights in Australia; visa sponsorship is not available.
• Background and criminal history check required.

Desirable

• Experience with locomotive asset health, condition monitoring or predictive maintenance programs.
• Knowledge of locomotive diagnostic and monitoring platforms.
• Experience supporting heavy haul rail, mining or heavy industrial operations.
• Familiarity with RCM, FMEA or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Customer-facing technical advisory or reliability engineering experience.

What we offer

• Permanent role.
• Paid birthday leave.
• Rewards and recognition program.
• Discounted health insurance with Medibank.
• Novated leasing options.
• Lifestyle discounts with Woolworths, Coles, Avis, JB Hifi and 500+ other retailers.