National Construction Operations Manager

Every building starts at a different point on the sustainability journey - this creates unique sets of efficiency challenges and opportunities. From public entities to global enterprises, Siemens designs and implements building efficiency, security and sustainability improvement programs that are commensurate with the organization’s own constraints and goals.

We currently have an opportunity for a Construction Operations Manager (Building Automation & Security) to join our Smart Infrastructure team.

The role is national and may be based out of either our Bayswater, VIC, or North Ryde, NSW office. As the Operations Manager your primary responsibility will be to provide strategic development & leadership to the project managers, and commissioning teams, as well as fostering strong customer relationships and positioning Siemens as their go to partner.

Key responsibilities of an Operations Manager are as follows:
Management of Project Managers:

- Support & governance to Siemens Project Management processes
- Support & coaching to the PM team on management of financials, project planning, resource planning, forecasting, and billing
- Ownership of key metrics supporting the projects business as a whole, including but not limited to:

- Revenue Forecast Accuracy
- Management of Revenue Margin
- Cashflow management
- Risk Management

Management of Delivery (Commissioning Technicians):

- Direct management of Delivery (Commissioning) Team Leads
- Ensuring adequate resources planned in business to support the projects forecast
- Ensuring technical competency through commissioning teams
- Innovate and drive efficient solutions and processes where improvements to existing processes can be found
- Ensure adherence to defined guidelines, processes, and procedures, for the commissioning teams
- Ownership of key metrics supporting the delivery team, including but not limited to:

- Resource competency
- Resource Planning
- Cost management of delivery allocation, ensuring no cost over-runs or site re-work
- Customer Satisfaction

Other key responsibilities across the role, for all reporting teams include:

- Provide input to the tendering team including required allocations, resource plans and support to tender opportunities
- Provide suitable work environment and implements people management processes.
- Works with the Leadership Team to ensure Project Management & Delivery processes are well integrated and transparent across the business
- Oversees quality of documentation utilized by the teams to ensure documentation is properly used and adds value
- Demonstrates a future looking perspective and mindset to consider what the future of project delivery will look like. Finds ways to instil these within the team today
- Manages and leads effective EHS&Q practices - looks for ways to improve EHS&Q in project delivery to benefit of all project stakeholders
- Management of labour absorption across all teams reporting up to this role
- Management of GM% improvement across all teams reporting up to this role

If you are a match for the above experience and responsibilities, looking to take the next step in your career by joining a global technology leader, then this could be the opportunity that you have been waiting for.

In return, we offer a rewarding team environment, a commitment to your ongoing learning and development, and an attractive salary package.

Siemens is a proud equal opportunity employer, creating a work environment of diversity and inclusion. Our diverse workforce cultivates Innovation and Excellence and in turn creates a workplace where our employees belong and prosper. Diversity and inclusion help us fully realise the potential of our people. As part of Siemens Ownership culture, Siemens also genuinely supports reasonable flexible working practices that empower our employees to best meet work and personal commitments.