Joshua Twigg
Donnybrook
Summary
Professional Regional Maintenance Leader prepared to drive operational excellence. Strong track record in team collaboration and achieving results. Skilled in equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, and predictive maintenance strategies. Reliable and adaptable to evolving needs, consistently ensuring high standards and optimal performance.
Knowledgeable Leader with strong background in regional maintenance management, overseeing multiple facilities to ensure optimal functionality. Successfully led teams to implement proactive maintenance strategies and improved operational efficiency. Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects and foster safe working environment through effective communication and problem-solving skills.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional Maintenance Leader
Picton Locomotive workshop
08.2019 - 06.2025
- Currently employed as the Regional Maintenance Leader (almost 6 years) for the Picton Locomotive workshop in charge of 9 person team 2 mech apprentices, 5 fitters and 2 electricians
- Ensuring Office of the National Rasl Safety Regulator rollingstock compliances are adhered to
- Daily running of locomotive rollingstock team
- Ensuring SAP work orders are filled out correctly with all technical details
- Reliability fault finding and parts sourcing (including assisting other depots and planners)
- Highly Experienced in infield recovery of rollingstock and vehicle impacts (planning and execution of derailment recovery’s and impact recovery several being in the main stream media)
- Meeting the demands of customer KPI’s (south 32 and Alcoa)
- Creating tracking and processing of Purchase orders
- Planning of locomotive work within 2 week period and assisting planning 8+ weeks
- Rostering of staff 4 weeks to 12 months to align with yearly workload
- Step up regional maintenance superintendent on average 3+ months per year since 2019 running both Picton and Kwinana maintenance depots total of 30 trades persons ,3 front line leaders 1200 wagons and 20 Locomotives
- Created and implemented plan to reopen x2 unmanned depots as the company won the CBH grain contract (reopening and setting up of Albany and Avon maintenance facilities)
- Mentoring teams and other leaders
- Working with reliability and engineering team to improve cost savings for both wagon and locomotive servicing and running
LOCOMOTIVE FITTER/DUEL FUCTION WAGON MATAINER
Aurizon
07.2013 - 08.2019
- First 3 years i completed my Fitter apprenticeship
- Was employed as a locomotive fitter, train examiner, wagon maintainer, fill in regional wagons leader.
- Locomotive repairs /services both EMD (DBZ,DFZ,DAZ,S,ACN) and GE (P,PA)
- Wagon repairs /services JK(CAUSTIC), XF(ALUMINA) ,XP(LIME) ,XG(COAL) XC(BAUXITE)
- Rollingstock derailments
- Assisting and completing hydrostatic testing of dangerous goods wagons including inspection and compliance reporting of defects (pre 2018)
- Examination and brake testing of trains
- Fill in Regional maintenance leader
OPERATOR
ADAMS FACILITY SERVICES
07.2012 - 07.2013
- During my time as an operator at the power station I was required to do:
- High pressure water blasting
- Shutdown setup, work and teardown
- Main Vac truck offsider carrying out work at all 3 power stations Aswell as coal mines
- General maintenance duties and TA assistance when required
OPERATIONS MANAGER
EXIT LATE NIGHT BAR
05.2010 - 07.2012
- I was employed as an operations manager overseeing:
- General maintenance of venue
- Bar Staff relief
- Setup preparations
- Venue Cleaning
- Assisting venue manager
SECURITY GUARD AND CARE TAKER
ACS PTY LTD
11.2009 - 03.2010
- In this position I was required to carry out the following:
- Customer service
- Protection of public, places and property
- General security duties
- Opening and securing of shopping centre
- Liaise with local police
- General maintenance
- Utilising 5700 buffing machine
- Cardboard compactor
CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER (CLEANING) - Level 3
ACS PTY LTD
07.2007 - 10.2009
- In this position I was required to carry out the following:
- A large part of the job was providing customer service to the community
- Use of machinery which included 5700 tennett (floor scrubber)
- General maintenance of machinery and equipment
- Cleaning of streets and removal of rubbish
- Billy goat (vacuum machine for streets)
- Scavenger (vacuum machine for streets)
- Pressure washing machine
- Ride on lawn mower
- Push lawn mower
Education
Cert 4 Train Driving - Full Aurizon Shunting Qual 2 Mods Off Train Driver
Aurizon Training School
Picton01.2017
Cert 3 Mech Engineering (General Fitter) - Trade Fitter
Polytecnic West
Midland, WA07-2016
Cert 2, 3 IT - IT
Blacktown Tafe
Sydney, NSW10-2008
High School Diploma -
Elderslie Highschool
Camden, NSW11-2006
Skills
- Certification accreditation
- Engineering diagram experience
- Technical knowledge of locomotives and wagons
- Compliance/assurance
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Analytical skills
- Workplace Mentor
- Computer software applications
- Frontline leadership
- Maintenance supervision
- Maintenance scheduling
- Environmental management
- Asset management
- Facilities management
- Budgeting and cost control
- Team leadership
- Lockout and tagout procedures
- Safety protocols
- Maintenance planning
- Work order management
- Deadline management
- Staff management
- Contractor management
- Preventive Maintenance
- Continuous improvement
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved oil equipment issues which led to the creation of a oil tank and filtration system inside the workshop which was then rolled out to many other maintenance facilities throughout the company
- Supervised team of 9 staff members.
- While Acting superintendent supervised 30+ staff
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets and streamlining parts ordering and usage processes
- Collaborated with the Decarbonisation team and Progress rail in the development of Australia's first designed and built Battery electric locomotive Loco and first battery electric tender (due to commence operation march 26.
- Collaborated with team engineering in the development of Locomotive toilet systems including installs and re engineering components for 60+ fleet.
- Collaborated with Facilities, accounts and stake holders in the development of reopening the Albany and Avon maintenance Depots .
- planned and completed safety and efficiently several large scale rerailment operation's
Training And Education
- yearly ongoing Low voltage rescue and CPR/First aid since 2013
- 2021, Gas testing and confined space working
- 2017, Brookfield Track Access Unsupervised Worker
- 2017, OJT – Regional Wagons Team Leader Training/Sap Training
- 2017, Trainer & Assessor SOA
- 2017, Alcohol Breathalyser cert
- 2016, Limited Loco Movement Training
- 2014, White Card, Senior First Aid
- 2013, Working at Heights Ticket
- 2013, Brookfield Tack Access SO1 (ARC Infrastructure)
- 2013, Forklift Ticket
- 2012, Nationally accredited confined space cert and gas testing
- 2010, Senior First Aid Certificate
- 2010, Hand Held Metal Detector Certificate
- 2010, National Coles Property Induction Card
- 2008, OJT – OHS safety management
- 2008, OJT – managing chemicals
- 2008, OJT – Pressure washing and general machinery
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 20/05/1990
Hobbies and Interests
- Riding and building motorcycles
- Spending time with my wife and kids
- Computer technology
- 4x4 driving
- Outdoor activities
- Future technologies learning and researching
Timeline
Regional Maintenance Leader
Picton Locomotive workshop
08.2019 - 06.2025
LOCOMOTIVE FITTER/DUEL FUCTION WAGON MATAINER
Aurizon
07.2013 - 08.2019
OPERATOR
ADAMS FACILITY SERVICES
07.2012 - 07.2013
OPERATIONS MANAGER
EXIT LATE NIGHT BAR
05.2010 - 07.2012
SECURITY GUARD AND CARE TAKER
ACS PTY LTD
11.2009 - 03.2010
CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER (CLEANING) - Level 3
ACS PTY LTD
07.2007 - 10.2009
Cert 4 Train Driving - Full Aurizon Shunting Qual 2 Mods Off Train Driver
Aurizon Training School
Cert 3 Mech Engineering (General Fitter) - Trade Fitter
Polytecnic West
Cert 2, 3 IT - IT
Blacktown Tafe
High School Diploma -
Elderslie Highschool
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