{"id":3737120,"url":"https://alion.io/job/kiwirail-track-workforce-supervisor","title":"Track Workforce Supervisor","company":{"id":1974127,"name":"KiwiRail","domain":"kiwirail.co.nz","url":"https://alion.io/company/kiwirail","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"HR","role_family":"HR","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Wellington, New Zealand"],"countries":["NZ"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-27T16:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-27","last_verified_at":"2026-11-05T15:24:26Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":101,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":101},"description":"Track Workforce Supervisor\nPosition Description\nProvide line management for Gangers, Track Workers and Track Maintainers\nLeadership and workforce oversight\nPermanent, Wellington based\nHe kōrero mō mātou | About us:\nAt KiwiRail, we connect New Zealanders sustainably, powering economic growth and ensuring vital freight and passenger services run smoothly. Our mission, \"Stronger Connections, Better New Zealand,\" highlights our dedication to sustainability and community well-being.\nOur people make KiwiRail exceptional. By fostering a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace, we empower everyone to contribute their best. If you’re passionate about innovation and safety, we’d love to welcome you aboard.\nHe whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role:\nThe Track Workforce Supervisor is responsible for the people leadership, capability, administration, and availability of track gangs, ensuring KiwiRail has a safe, competent, and sustainable track workforce to support maintenance and network intervention activities. The role provides line management for Gangers, Track Workers and Track Maintainers.\nThe Track Workforce Supervisor does not own delivery outcomes, work scope, or sequencing. Instead, the role works in close partnership with the Track Superintendent and Track Maintenance Superintendent, who provides operational direction for what work is done and when, while the Track Workforce Supervisor (reporting to the Track Workforce Manager) ensures the right people are available, competent, and supported to do it.\nKey accountabilities include:\nProvide people leadership and workforce oversight to the track workforce, including Track Gangers, Track Maintainers, Track Workers, and field crews, in line with KiwiRail policies, employment agreements, and organisational expectations.\nCollaborate with the Track Capability Specialist to support the transformation of track maintenance and construction through the development and adoption of new technologies, mechanisation, and new and innovative ways of working.\nAssure workforce competence, certification, and medical fitness requirements, ensuring track personnel are appropriately trained, assessed, authorised, and fit to perform safety-critical roles.\nCoordinate and monitor training, assessments, and recertification activities, maintaining accurate competency records and proactively identifying and addressing capability gaps, development opportunities, succession needs, skills and workforce risks.\nManage workforce administration activities, ensuring accurate and timely maintenance of employee records, competency and certification registers, training records, medical clearances, roster information, leave management, onboarding documentation, and compliance reporting.\nChampion health, safety, and wellbeing across the track workforce, role-modelling safe behaviours and reinforcing personal accountability at all levels in alignment with KiwiRail's Zero Harm principles.\nWork in close partnership with the Track and Track Maintenance Superintendents, Planning teams, Network Workforce teams, and other operational stakeholders to ensure workforce capability, capacity, and technical expertise are aligned 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