Operations Manager

4 days ago

City of Brisbane, Australia Covance Full time

About the client

My client is a national industrial manufacturer–distributor, part of a global group with a broad customer base across primary industries and commercial markets. The organisation has a strong safety culture, a stable demand profile, and a pragmatic approach to continuous improvement and reliable service.

About the role

You will lead the Townsville site end-to-end: people, production, maintenance, safety, and day-to-day contractor activity. A key focus is continuous improvement—standardising routines, removing bottlenecks, tightening housekeeping, and tracking simple before-and-after measures so gains are sustained. The role is hands-on, with clear accountability for performance, cost, and compliance.

Key responsibilities

- Set the daily plan across receivals, processing/packaging, and dispatch to meet output, service, and quality targets.

- Lead a core team and scale labour during higher-volume periods; set rosters, coach supervisors, and manage performance.

- Plan and deliver maintenance with internal staff and contractors; schedule shutdowns and manage critical spares.

- Drive improvement in changeovers, workflow, and visual standards; embed standard work and simple metrics.

- Manage the site budget (operating and small capital), raise purchase orders, and report weekly/monthly on safety, production, and downtime.

- Ensure compliance with safety and environmental requirements; lead incident response, investigations, and close-outs.

- Work closely with Supply Chain, Safety, Finance, and central Engineering to align schedules and priorities.

- Prepare concise, costed proposals for minor upgrades with clear payback and delivery timelines.

About you

- Have led operations for a manufacturing/industrial/logistics site or a sizeable department (e.g., bulk handling, building products, chemicals, food, ports, utilities, heavy FMCG).

- Visible leader on the floor; confident coordinating contractors and delivering brownfield works while the plant runs.

- Proven experience shifting maintenance from reactive to planned and using maintenance/enterprise systems for work orders, inventory, and reporting.

- Comfortable managing a site budget and delivering small capital projects.

- Clear, practical communicator who brings solutions and follows through.

- Trade or engineering background valued, not essential.

How to Apply

Click on the APPLY button, or send me an email on sheldonm@sde.com.au

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