Operations Manager

As the Operations Manager, you will ensure site operations at our Burnie Chip Mill run smoothly and efficiently to meet operational objectives. Reporting to the Regional Manager - Tasmania, you will be responsible for the management of the site team, production and maintenance schedules. In addition, you will be overseeing supply chains and ensuring a proactive safety culture on a daily basis.

• Co-ordinating and driving the day-to-day operational performance of our production shifts. Working to meet targets for production, efficiency and quality whilst working within allocated budgets.
• Develop production schedules and ensuring the site meet production and recovery targets as well as meeting expectations on safety and quality.
• Overseeing maintenance activities and assisting with the prioritisation of maintenance tasks as well as preventative maintenance planning to enable maximum production levels to be sustained.
• Ensure quality checks and audits are in place across the site. As well as actively monitoring results and rectifying any issues where required.
• Managing the performance and development of shift personnel and ensuring effective co-ordination between shifts and other sections of the site.
• Demonstrating leadership capability by applying effective engagement and communication strategies, recognising good performance and holding employees accountable for under-performance.
• Drive a positive safety culture by ensuring well established systems and procedures which are regularly monitored and communicated.
• Identifying HSE issues and hazards, resolving problems and implementing corrective actions.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• A substantial track record of leadership experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. (Timber industry highly preferred).
• Trade-related qualifications and a mechanical background are highly desirable.
• Strong organisational and people management skills and a demonstrated ability to successfully lead a team.
• A proven track record of successful planning to effectively meet business objectives and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.

• Secure work, on an ongoing full-time basis.
• A competitive salary package with a performance bonus.
• Opportunities to grow your current skills, knowledge, and career.
• A positive work environment with supportive management
• A company that values employee health, safety, and wellbeing.

Join our team and be part of a diversified group with over 30 years of experience leading the way in the forestry, agricultural, and permaculture industries. We are dedicated to the sustainable management of natural resources and have a long-standing commitment to responsible and functional use of these resources in our businesses.

At the Pentarch Group, you will have the opportunity to contribute to pursuing new ideas, support local communities, and help shape a business that focuses on a sustainable future. Your skills and passion can make a real difference by building on our decades of expertise.

Visit www.pentarch.com.au to learn more.

Please note that all successful employees are required to undertake the following as a normal part of the recruitment process:

• Pre Employment Medical and Physical Assessment which includes a drug and alcohol test
• Police and working rights check