Operions Manager

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Operations Manager – Quarry and Factory Operations

Senior Operations role managing a Sand Processing Site and a FMCG packaging factory.

Diverse range of pumping, screening and packaging equipment.

The Company

River Sands Pty Ltd is a vertically integrated manufacturer of packaged mortars, cements and speciality sands. Established for 50 years, its manufacturing operations includes a Sand Quarry and blending facility; a large "Dry Mix" concrete, mortars, cement and sands packing facility at Carbrook; and a smaller factory in Townsville.

It forms one part of an Australian owned family business conglomerate with operations in reinforcing steel, ready mixed concrete, a cement terminal, sand and hard rock quarries.

In addition to its manufacturing activities the business is a leading supplier of a range of colours and coatings for Precast and Ready Mixed Concrete producers around Australia.

The company has an active product development and marketing focus and an ongoing appetite for identifying and executing new opportunities for expansion.

The Role

This key Leadership role has been created to provide the extra management resource and focus to expand output, increase product range and seek opportunities for further investments.

Reporting to and acting as 2IC to the General Manager Operations, the role heads up the quarrying and sand and soil processing activities; whilst also providing management oversight of the Townsville and Brisbane Concrete packaging factory operations.

The primary focus is leading your team to produce a range of graded sands, organic blends and soils on a recently upgraded and expanded dredging and classifying plant.

Spread over 50 acres the production site is supplied with sand by a dredging plant one kilometre distant. Your team is responsible for optimising the operation of several booster stations and the automated wet classifying plant for splitting the sand into three sizes. This material is sold or blended with soils using mobile screening plants for sale to a diversified customer base. Traffic management on a busy site is also part of the remit.

In addition to your lead role in Quarrying activities you will act as 2IC to the General Manager in running the factory operations. This includes ongoing direct oversight of the Townsville factory and providing support to the GM as needed for the Brisbane factory.

The two factories include multiple packing lines with substantial raw material storage capabilities. The business is in the final stage of a six-year factory upgrade and expansion programme.

To be successful in this role you will require:

An Engineering, Advanced Trade qualification, or quarrying experience

Strong planning and management skills to optimise output of multiple production lines simultaneously

A strong understanding of Lean and a record of implementing continuous improvement

A strong record of improving Safety and embedding supporting management systems.

Experience with the operation a very wide range of processing, pumping, screening and automatic packing equipment.

A record in achieving good engineering outcomes from effective engagement with supporting maintenance teams and functions

Good commercial acumen

An assertive and fair leadership style that reflects the values of a family-owned business.

An opportunistic and enquiring mind with a desire to seek and develop new products, new markets and geographical expansion

As a key leader in a diverse manufacturing business, the role provides variety, challenge and the opportunity to use your management skills, commercial acumen and engineering knowhow to expand operational and product range scope. It will also provide you with exposure to a diverse range of leading European packing and processing equipment.

You will be joining a successful and growing business in an exciting stage of its development. The culture is typical of a family business of scale– work smart, make quick decisions and treat your colleagues and staff with respect. An attractive remuneration package commensurate with your experience and performance will be negotiated with the successful candidate.

Please forward a covering letter together with cv . Likewise if you wish to discuss the matter first, then please send an enquiry to the same email address.

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Your application will include the following questions:Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia? What's your expected annual base salary? Are you willing to undergo a pre-employment medical check?

Since 1974 River Sands has supplied the construction and water filtration industries in Australia as well as overseas, and has earned a reputation for quality, service and technical expertise. The private company is part of the successful Neumann Group and is 100% Australian owned.

From humble beginnings in sand and filter media production, the company has grown considerably and now employs over 100 people throughout Australia.

Today we operate in a wide variety of markets with many products. All of the products we manufacture take advantage of our existing production capabilities and expertise.

Our product groups, described in more detail below, are marketed under the company's five main brand names - Concrete Colour Systems (CCS), Applied Concrete Solutions (ACS), Easy Mix, Quartzon and most recently, Render Systems Australia.

All products are made to a Quality System certified as complying with ISO 9001 and are backed by stringent R&D procedures at our in-house NATA registered laboratory.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

Since 1974 River Sands has supplied the construction and water filtration industries in Australia as well as overseas, and has earned a reputation for quality, service and technical expertise. The private company is part of the successful Neumann Group and is 100% Australian owned.

From humble beginnings in sand and filter media production, the company has grown considerably and now employs over 100 people throughout Australia.

Today we operate in a wide variety of markets with many products. All of the products we manufacture take advantage of our existing production capabilities and expertise.

Our product groups, described in more detail below, are marketed under the company's five main brand names - Concrete Colour Systems (CCS), Applied Concrete Solutions (ACS), Easy Mix, Quartzon and most recently, Render Systems Australia.

All products are made to a Quality System certified as complying with ISO 9001 and are backed by stringent R&D procedures at our in-house NATA registered laboratory.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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