If life’s a journey, KiwiRail is a great way of keeping your career moving through it. Ours is a fast-paced, inspiring, and truly customer-focused culture – where your career will connect you to real opportunities, while balancing work and whānau life.

We are looking for Senior Signals Engineers, to join and become part of our One Winning Team!

• KiwiRail Holdings Limited currently have Senior Signal Engineer positions available in Pōneke (Wellington)

• Your ordinary hours of work will be 40 hours per week Monday to Friday
• Pay range - $100,000 - $140,000 per annum
• Multiple positions available

What you’ll do

Reporting to the Engineering Team Leader Signals, you will support KiwiRail in delivering technical excellence, continuous improvement, and satisfaction to our customers and stakeholders. You'll be responsible for assisting with engineering aspects of design and implementation of signalling systems.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Producing design solutions for signals assets.
• Producing specifications, undertake scoping, scheme plans, detailed design, control table, circuit bookscable plans for retrofit, upgrades and new assets.
• Providing technical advice for the maintenance and upgrade of signals assets.
• Supporting the development of long-term asset management strategies for signals assets.
• Providing advice for maintenance and renewal projects, managing contracts and liaising with third parties.
• Supporting training and supervision of junior engineers, providing technical guidance and mentoring.
• Producing and reviewing technical documentation, specifications, standards, and instructions.

What you’ll need

You’ll have a relevant qualification in Engineering, specialising in electronics, mechatronics or similar . Your qualification must be recognised in New Zealand or an NZQA assessment must have been completed.

In addition you will have:

• Proven 8 years' experience in Railway Signals Engineering.

• Proven experience in Interlocking system for Mainline/Metro systems.

• Experience delivering Level Crossing Design.
• Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written with the ability to effectively present information and advice to a range of audiences.
• Innovative and creative focus on continuous improvement.
• Strong organisation skills to manage conflicting demands to achieve deadlines and deliver responsibilities.

What you’ll get

• Competitive remuneration
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Commitment to continued learning and development
• Access to discounted travel, health insurance & holiday houses across NZ as part of our Staff Welfare Trust.

Why KiwiRail?

KiwiRail is shaping New Zealand for good, delivering significant economic, social, and environmental benefits. Through moving more freight on to rail, we are reducing carbon emissions and road maintenance costs, easing congestion in cities, and making roads safer. Our purpose ‘Stronger Connections, Better New Zealand’ speaks to what our people, our customers, our stakeholders and the Government need. Connected to our customers and the future needs of their businesses. Connected to the communities we serve and operate in. Connected to each other, for the good of the country.

Our people are everything. That’s why KiwiRail is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel valued, respected, and have equal opportunity to succeed. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, personalities, ethnicities, abilities, and cultures.

#We’re going places. Are you? Apply today!

Senior Signals Engineer