Specialty Products Engineer

Are you eager to help shape the future of mobility and contribute to sustainability? Then Vossloh is the right place for you. Join our team and be part of innovative solutions that drive positive change in the transportation industry.

This is a permanent position.

Your Tasks

The purpose of the role is to carry out engineering and turnout production support activities to support, develop and co-ordinate primarily with Austrak clients, factories and suppliers to deliver high quality products and meet commercial requirements.

Travel to factories around Australia (mostly Rockhampton) is a requirement of this role.

Design and Engineering

• Organize and maintain specifications, drawings, and other technical documents.
• Perform calculations, design, verification checks and other engineering functions to meet applicable standards and specifications.
• Be competent in reading and understanding engineering drawings in order to establish the design, scope, and fastening requirements.
• Design using AutoCAD, and co-ordinate the procurement of new tooling and components.
• Perform design reviews and create new product drawings liaising with the Design Engineer.
• Create or authorize turnout control sheets (production Bill of Materials).
• Help develop daily production schedules for Rockhampton turnout manufacturing.
• Help and/or lead in the implementation of various continuous improvement projects (systems, process, factory equipment, product design etc.)
• Project manage site capex projects across Austrak that are deemed appropriate by the Engineering Manager.

Customer Support

• Prepare / oversee the preparation of scope of work for project tenders.
• Obtain quotes for special components, fastenings, tooling, labor, testing, freight, and / or modifications required for projects in order to develop accurate cost schedules.
• Conduct tender / order reviews to confirm all aspects of the tender program are accurate and identify any potential commercial risks.

Relationship Management

• Deliver outstanding external client support and respond to their requests in a timely and productive manner.
• Become a key interface with the manufacturing facility and Head Office so that the best outcomes are achieved.
• Champion any non-conformance reports issued as the client / site interface, and ensure they are resolved quickly with the root cause identified and an appropriate preventative measure in place.

General Administration

• Ensure records and documents are filed in accordance with the relevant filing system.
• Provide technical advice and assistance to Business Development team.
• Assist in identifying contract variations and instigate documentation / reporting to the client.
• Monitor and drive the turnout production systems process to ensure site and head office tasks are closed out.

Personnel & Safety

• Encourage and support safe working practices throughout the turnout business.
• Identify individual and team training needs, specify training objectives and recommend training to meet objectives in a documented training plan.
• Manage the priorities of the Turnout Supervisor and make daily contact to ensure a consistent communication link between head office and site.
• Engage with production workers when on site and proactively respond to and implement solutions to any problems / ideas.

Quality, OHS & Environment

• Drive commitment to quality both top-down and bottom-up.
• Ensure non-conforming products and processes are identified, recorded, investigated, reported; corrective action implemented, and closed out in the Austrak system and with stakeholders.
• Develop systems and procedures for management of non-conforming product.
• Undertake turnout quality audits.
• Carry out root cause investigations for internal and client driven NCR's.
• Develop inspection and test plan documentation for new tooling.
• Manage the closing out of turnout jobs.

Financial Control

• Monitor progress of jobs against budgets and identify any problems early on.
• Regularly review and update baseline costs used in estimating.
• Source multiple quotes for special components, fastenings, tooling, labor, testing, freight, and / or modifications to ensure best pricing is secured.

Investigate alternative suppliers for items such as tooling, special components, freight etc. to establish market leading cost rates.

Your Profile

• Tertiary education in Engineering.
• CAD capability an advantage
• Basic Microsoft Packages including Word, Excel, Project and Outlook.

Your Benefits

• Generous remuneration package
• Work anniversary bonus - every 5 years get an extra weeks annual leave + $3000 to spend on a holiday!
• Generous career development funds to support your career progression
• Death and TPD insurance coverage
• Salary sacrificing options (including novated leases)
• Additional purchased leave options
• 15 weeks paid parental leave + superannuation will be paid while on paid/ unpaid parental leave for 12 months
• Access to Telus Health Employee Assistance Program (EAP) & employee recognition rewards program

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