Australia's largest rail freight operator moving 250M+ tonnes annually
Aurizon operates Australia's dominant rail-based freight network, moving over 250 million tonnes of commodities yearly across 2,700 kilometres of heavy-haul infrastructure. The company is heavily SAP-dependent (ECC, S/4HANA, Transportation Management module) with no visible tech adopting or replacement activity—typical of large capital-intensive operators where systems stability outweighs innovation velocity. Current hiring is operations-heavy (ops roles dominate at roughly 56% of open positions), concentrated in mid-level and senior tiers, reflecting scale and maintenance challenges rather than product-led growth.
Notable leadership hires: Category Lead
Aurizon is Australia's largest rail-based freight operator and an ASX-listed public company with 5,001–10,000 employees. The business connects Australian miners, primary producers, and industrial customers to domestic and international markets through an integrated network combining rail transportation, road logistics, and supply-chain services. Beyond freight movement, Aurizon owns and operates heavy-haul rail infrastructure in Queensland's coalfields and provides specialist services including rail design, engineering, construction, and maintenance. The operational footprint spans national routes, with active focus on cost optimisation, asset reliability, and elimination of above-rail inefficiencies across a distributed depot network.
Aurizon runs primarily on SAP (ECC and S/4HANA), supplemented by SAP Transportation Management and SAP SD modules, alongside Microsoft Office 365 ecosystem (Excel, SharePoint, Outlook, Word). No active tech migrations or new platform adoptions are underway.
Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia. The company is publicly listed on the ASX and founded in 2010.
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