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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Pacific National – Asset ManagementKey Responsibilities:• Australasian Railway Association (ARA) representation; Telecommunications Committee, Smart Rail Steering Committee• Business case development, project feasibility• Configuration management of train communications systems and related infrastructure• Contract management – consultants and suppliers• Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) • Future and current systems strategy development• Organisational process change implementation for management of train communication systems• Project budget and cash flow reviews• Radiocommunications Act compliance and radio licence management• Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) standards development group representation; AS7473, AS7505, AS7660.Projects:• Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) 400 MHz Band change implementation• Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) National Train Communications System (NTCS) ICE installation programme; ARTC NTCS project team liaison; integration design, testing and commissioning• Aurizon Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) fleet upgrade• Chinese-built 88-class locomotive prototypes (five); communications system• Queensland Rail (QR) Enhanced Radio System (ERS) fleet upgrade• Queensland Coal and Bulk fleet procurement (65 locomotives); communications system design, testing, integration and commissioning• Sydney Trains Digital Train Radio System (DTRS) upgrade deployment• ARTC Advanced Train Management System (ATMS) project status and business benefit/impact review • Locomotive Maintenance Agreements; review of variation for enhanced maintenance of train communications systems by incumbent maintenance contractor providers• Queensland Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system fleet upgrade costing and review• QR European Train Control System (ETCS) freight integration review• Victoria VicTrack ICE deployment to broad-gauge locomotive fleets.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Pacific National – Coal – Rolling Stock Procurement and Major ProjectsKey Responsibilities:• Application of Systems Engineering principles to development projects• Collaboration with third-party rail operators for management and testing of train communications systems• Compliance management (rail interfaces, Radiocommunications Act) • Configuration management of train communications and data systems• Consultation with internal engineers of other disciplines• Engineering and operational risk management• Enterprise-level data interface development, testing and deployment• High level system design/review and concept development• Industry representation on the ARA Telecommunications Committee• Liaison with rail network access providers for train communications system configuration management • Management of external consultants, locomotive maintenance providers, software developers and suppliers• Mechanical analysis of ruggedised and embedded systems• Project cost-benefit analysis of system enhancements• Radio spectrum management; ACMA licensing, frequency coordination.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Pacific National – Operation Services – Engineering GroupKey Responsibilities: • Rolling-stock mechanical structural and fatigue analysis• Rolling-stock configuration and regulatory conformance review• Rolling-stock instrumentation, trials and testing• Locomotive noise emission testing and analysis• High level systems concept development• Rolling-stock dynamic behaviour analysis• Engineering and operational risk management• Instrumented wagon conceptual design• Enhanced Train Technology System conceptual design.

Robotics And Mechatronics Engineering

Mechanical Engineering