Operations Manager

Job Description

Fugro offers
- Progressive team with cutting edge technology and diverse projects and work scopes
- Opportunity to travel and work in a wide variety of locations globally
- Ongoing, hybrid work from home arrangement | Flexible start and finish times
- Competitive compensation | Annual salary reviews
- Salary continuance insurance
- Culture that supports career development, training, and progression
- An inclusive and diverse group of colleagues with strong support from Senior Hydrography & Data teams

Who we are

Fugro is the world’s leading independent provider of geo-data and hydrographic and coastal survey solutions. We play a critical role in safeguarding our marine environment and supporting sustainable development. We are searching for passionate individuals who share our vision of environmental stewardship and posses the expertise to make a positive impact through hydrographic surveying. If you are driven by the prospect of working at the forefront of sustainability while contributing to a better world, than we at Fugro have the perfect opportunity for you.

How we work

We believe in autonomy and personal accountability. You are encouraged to lead your way and be responsible for making an impact, no matter how big or small. We provide a supportive culture and work environment with the goal of everybody feeling like they belong. We encourage all teams to have an open and high-trust culture with no such thing as a stupid idea. While we support remote work, we also value face-to-face interactions, whiteboard discussions and sharing a meal together.

We are proud to be innovation leaders in new technologies and provide our staff with the opportunity to use world leading solutions. Through our advanced remote system technology solutions, reducing our carbon footprint, our expertise includes world leading airborne lidar bathymetry systems, satellite and remote sensing products, machine learning and AI technologies. We own a complete range of marine assets across the full range of survey vessels and autonomous systems.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking an Operations Manager Hydrography to join our established Australian marine survey operations. Based from our Adelaide office, you will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

- Oversee all operational activities to ensure high quality and optimized service delivery, as well as operational efficiency and quality targets;
- Optimise vessel and aircraft capacity utilisation and standardization, advise Commercial Manager on operations and vessel/aircraft budget preparation;
- Control the assigned budget, including actively seeking operational leverage to increase cost efficiency, carry out budget analysis for management and compliance;
- Develop and maintain internal controls and policies, enforce operational excellence and leakage reduction measures for all projects;
- Deal with non-conformities and provide full cooperation to regulatory bodies regarding marine and technical operations;
- Develop and progress the new-build strategy and provide input to contract concept selection.

About You

We are looking for someone who is excited about this opportunity and has:

- Project Management background or Marine related certifications at a technical level or a relevant tertiary degree education highly desired;
- Experience in the marine industry with background in hydrography or coastal surveying would be ideal;
- Extensive years of experience in supervisory or management positions with several direct and functional reports;
- Flexible, reliable, independent, and able to work well in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment;
- Ability to effectively manage projects that may vary in nature and scope with solid change management skills;
- Strong organisational capabilities to build strong working relationships with all team members and inspire the team.

Our Values

We strive to foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels comfortable to be themselves; all voices heard, all cultures respected. Our employees’ skill sets are diverse, and we treat each other with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, age, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes us an individual.

How to apply

Fugro reserves the right to close this advert at any time.

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