Workplace Manager, Queensland

Job title: Workplace Manager, Queensland

Want to bring ideas to life?

You’re in the right place. If you’re looking for a fresh challenge, why choose Aurecon? It comes down to one, crucial question. What kind of world do you want to create for the next generation? Truth is, the decisions being made right now will determine the future of everything - from the local community to the entire planet. One of those decisions is: who do you decide to work for?

How will your ideas contribute to shaping what’s next?

As our new Workplace Manager for Queensland, you will be working alongside the Australia and New Zealand Workplace Team and the QLD Leadership Team in managing the delivery of the Aurecon’s Workplace Strategy, including Operations and Experience supporting the Aurecon Blueprint across QLD. In this role you will provide advice and support to management and office users in all aspects of the workplace and lead a small team. You’ll be a vital part of the Workplace team who are changing the way we deliver Workplace experience to our clients and employees.

We strive to provide the Workplace of the future, and continually seek to improve how we support our wider business. Here are the key things you will do to ‘bring ideas to life’:

- Manage the Aurecon QLD property portfolio covering office, residential and storage leases. This can include anything from Property Business Cases to rent reviews.
- Manage facilities projects as required, such as office builds, moves/churns, resourcing plans, minor fit out works etc.
- Lead the Workplace Team by inspiring, guiding and empowering the team to deliver seamless office operations and workplace experience, including key facilities services (security, energy, cleaning etc), front of house operations, events, and client/employee experience
- Proactively manage facilities, compliance, and maintenance plans, ensuring all workplaces run smoothly and legal compliance activities are met across all sites. Review and continuously improve process and procedures with the national Workplace Team.
- Supplier Account management (including managing operational budgets) across QLD monitoring vendors to seek performance improvement and value where possible
- Work with Procurement (vehicle fleet), IT (computer hardware), and Finance (budgets and costings) Teams to ensure Aurecon has the tools it needs to do the job.
- Work with the Workplace Experience Business Partner and other key stakeholders to deliver the client strategy and people value proposition in the workplace
- Engage and build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, including senior leadership, technology and Health and Safety. Challenge and influence decisions while still achieving the best outcome for the business. Deliver on commitments while ensuring delivery of affective communication.

How will your future be shaped by us?

When it comes to your development, you’ll be supported on every step of your career journey with mentoring, leadership training, and our Career Hub. Outside of work, you’ll be further supported with highly competitive paid parental leave, cultural public holiday swaps, plus wellbeing support programs.

What are we looking for from you?

You’ll have a genuine passion for re-imagining problems and continuous learning to help shape the future.

We value that each of our team members brings something different to Aurecon. We look for people who have had a broad range of experiences throughout their career and can demonstrate how they have worked as part of a team to bring ideas to life.

As well as experience in a similar Workplace Management role. Specifically, you will:

- Bring enthusiasm and energy to the Workplace team and will be able to develop strong relationships across the business with your professional and friendly manner. This role will suit an independent self-starter, who knows how to put our people and clients first and able to manage multiple competing priorities. You will be unflappable when solving problems for people.
- Be a technical master in managing a high functioning Workplace including Experience in managing assets including compliance, maintenance, and budgets, have strong knowledge of what good Workplace Experience looks like and passionate in driving process improvement initiatives.
- Bring strong leadership experience to the role and will be experienced in training and developing a high performing team
- Have a strong foundation in utilising Digital Tools (cloud collaboration, file sharing, chatting and communicating).

This role would suit someone who is looking to join a Workplace team in a great innovative organisation, who has the skills and enthusiasm to make the role their own.

Ready to bring ideas to life?

Then please apply. Remember, it’s you and how you bring ideas to life which are important. Your background, unique needs and individuality will be valued. Visit our website to learn more at