Operations Superintendent

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia DP World Full time

As an Operations Superintendent, you will be responsible for the daily execution of the terminal operations in a safe, productive and cost-effective manner.

The role responsibilities are shared by 2 full-time positions, working alternate shifts of 4 12-hour days on, 4 off, across 7 days. You will be responsible to collaborate closely with the other Operations Superintendent to ensure the effective delivery of the role objectives.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Lead and manage Operations Supervisors, ensuring performance, compliance, and effective roster and leave management.
- Conduct coaching, performance reviews, and implement development plans to drive team capability and accountability.
- Proactively manage hazards and respond to incidents in line with established safety protocols.
- Support disciplinary processes, employee investigations, and work closely with HR on escalated issues.
- Monitor shift performance to meet or exceed operational targets.
- Ensure optimal deployment of operational staff and supervisors to maximize productivity.
- Oversee execution of landside, rail, and special cargo operations, ensuring compliance with Australian Border Force (ABF) requirements.

**Qualifications, Skills and Experience**
- Tertiary qualifications in business, engineering, logistics, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on operational experience.
- Extensive experience in terminal or operations roles within the transport, maritime, or stevedoring industries.
- Proven leadership and management experience, particularly in container or bulk port operations and supervising shift-based teams.
- Strong experience managing industrial relations in unionised work environments.
- In-depth knowledge of cargo handling procedures, terminal yard and vessel operations, and related equipment capabilities.
- Understanding of legal, commercial, and contractual aspects of stevedoring, along with high computer literacy and proficiency in terminal and vessel planning systems.

**About DP World**

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 114,000 employees from 162 nationalities, spanning 78 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. In Asia Pacific, DP World employs almost 10,000 people, and has ports and terminals in 18 locations.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses - Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology - and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

**WE MAKE TRADE FLOW**

**TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.**

**#LI-DNI



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