Adam Turner
Karalee,QLD
Summary
As a valuable electrical maintainer with over 13 years experience in the Rollingstock fleet, always delivering the highest standard of work, with a strong sense of customer focused expectation, I have demonstrated my ability continually to lead by example. Since acting in the Maintenance Shift Leader role I have furthered my prioritising, coaching and support skills to lead not only staff at our depo but across our network.
With a high level of leadership I have demonstrated my ability to instill confidence in on board staff, drivers and operations staff from my on call technical support role, delivering our service, always to the highest standard.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Shift Leader
Queensland Rail
Bowen Hills, QLD
08.2024 - Current
- Schedule, coordinate, and plan team work, including labor and making components available, based on maintenance windows/schedules, customer and network needs while liaising with yard control, network control, presentation teams, ensuring a safe, reliable, and on-time service.
- Execute administrative reporting/support by utilizing SAP systems to record manual labor hours, parts required and used, completion or progress reports.
- Manage and provide leadership, support, supervision, technical knowledge and coaching to staff to assist in ensuring that any job runs as efficiently, safely, and as timely as possible.
- Support my team across the entire workforce, instilling a team culture with a commitment to customer service, safety, and a reliable Traveltrain service.
- Contribute to the achievement of maintenance plans, priorities, and targets while assisting our maintenance manager as and when required.
- Formulating on-the-run plans for unplanned faults/work that arise and prioritizing before a departure time, while ensuring staff are safe, have all parts and materials available, and the work is completed to the standard expected for reliable service.
- Utilize and optimize all resources and departments at hand to ensure my workforce can focus on their job and feel supported and confident within their department.
SOQ On Call Technical Support
Queensland Rail
Bowen Hills, QLD
07.2023 - Current
- Availability 24/7 for technical support, guidance, and knowledge to the entire network of Traveltrain, including drivers, on-board staff, various depot maintainers, drivers in charge, network control, and operations.
- Ability to offer technical support, guidance, and solutions to a network of staff to ensure a safe, reliable, and on-time service.
- Analyze and record data/faults, and liaise with both staff and Maintenance shift leaders to plan ahead of time a formulative action plan to prioritize and rectify faults throughout the service, while providing guidance, technical support, and as much information as possible to my staff.
- Instilling confidence, safety, and well-being in onboard staff and drivers with knowledge-based solutions to ensure they feel supported on the journey and confident of a repair/solution.
- Organize contractors for repairs across various depots and provide them with sufficient information and parts required to ensure a repair/solution to complete the remainder of a service's journey.
- Liase with network control and inform of delays as well redirect a disruption to a service by offering information and a solution.
Traveltrain Maintainer Electrical
Queensland Rail
Bowen Hills, QLD
07.2011 - Current
- Work as part of a team with other maintainers, traveltrain presentation staff, shunters and operations to accomplish maintenance objectives in the designated timeframe for efficient on time running.
- Undertake scheduled preventative maintenance inspections in a timely manner, while contributing to safety and reliability as efficiently as possible.
- Representing the Traveltrain department as an on board technician on the Spirit of Queensland services, ensuring passenger satisfaction, on time arrival, and rectification of faults on the run.
- Utilising schematic drawings and sub system manuals to accurately diagnose and repair faults logged by staff across the network.
- Record and analyse work performed and record any parts\materials used throughout the job.
Electrical 5404 Rectification Work
Queensland Rail
Ipswich, QLD
03.2024 - 08.2024
- Assess significant damage for repair, outside the normal scope of work.
- Construct a formative plan for repair, utilizing engineering staff, Ipswich workshop staff, and contractors to ensure the work was done safely, efficiently, and to the highest standard available.
- Organise and source parts, documents and engineering drawings required across both external suppliers and Traveltrain stock.
- Undertake extensive fault finding, create our own spread sheet/ template for analysing and recording results found before, during and after rectification work was completed.
- Undertake repair work in a safe, efficient and timely manner.
Electrical Foreman Sub Contractor
Sub contracor APEX electrical
Brisbane, QLD
06.2009 - 06.2011
- Supervised and trained a team of industrial electricians on proper installation techniques and maintenance procedures.
- Organized electrical components, materials, tools, and equipment for multiple projects.
- Maintained accurate records of all completed projects including labor costs, material costs.
- Oversaw the installation of new wiring systems and upgrades to existing systems as needed.
- Resolved issues related to faulty wiring in a timely manner.
- Ordered necessary materials for upcoming jobs in advance to minimize delays in production schedules.
- Coordinated with other departments to ensure project deadlines are met efficiently.
- Provided technical guidance when needed during complex repair operations.
- Assisted in troubleshooting problems related to power distribution systems.
- Inspected newly installed systems for quality assurance purposes.
Education
Certificate III Electro-technology Systems - Licence # 120869
SkillsTech Electrical Apprenticeship
Queensland12-2010
Grade 12 Certificate -
St Edmunds College
Ipswich, QLD12-2003
Skills
- High level of leadership and coaching skills
- Ability to prioritise, plan and execute
- Demonstrate ability and instill confidence to achieve set goals
- Manage and provide leadership/supervision
- Offer technical support/coaching clearly
- Schedule, coordinate and plan work
- Ensure standards and efficiency
- high level of skill and coordinating, managing, maintaining Rollingstock
Certification
- 2006-2010 Completed Electrical Apprenticeship (Cert III Electro-Technology Systems)
References
- Damian Coombs - Maintenance Shift Leader -Mob: 0447 241 114
- Brent Baker - Queensland Rail Manager - Mob: 0409 585 918
- Ben Gordon - Electrical Maintainer - Mob: 0422 958 582
Timeline
Maintenance Shift Leader
Queensland Rail
08.2024 - Current
Electrical 5404 Rectification Work
Queensland Rail
03.2024 - 08.2024
SOQ On Call Technical Support
Queensland Rail
07.2023 - Current
Traveltrain Maintainer Electrical
Queensland Rail
07.2011 - Current
Electrical Foreman Sub Contractor
Sub contracor APEX electrical
06.2009 - 06.2011
Certificate III Electro-technology Systems - Licence # 120869
SkillsTech Electrical Apprenticeship
Grade 12 Certificate -
St Edmunds College
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