Area Manager

Work onsite with Hobarts oldest paper producer - Norse Skog
- Manage and maintain our onsite assets and people at the Boyer Mill
- Bring your management expertise across from another heavy industry

At BIS we support and encourage everyone to think differently, get involved and create solutions that deliver exceptional results every day. We offer many benefits to our employees and support them to learn, grow and to reach our shared goals. Our progress is made through the efforts, contributions and development of all of our people working in a high performing and agile culture.

BIS Industries currently provides a variety of services to our client at the Norse Skog Boyer Mill. Services provided to our client include on hire of assets (mobile and fixed plant), and operating the softwood conversion and integrated woodchip plant.

We are seeking a suitably experienced individual to manage all aspects of our site operations whilst helping to drive, foster and reinforce a positive, safe work environment in addition to a high-performing culture on site.

**Duties may include (but are not limited to)**:

- Demonstrate commitment to the Bis Goal of goal of Zero Harm to both our personnel and our equipment;
- Build, develop and foster effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders:

- Lead and manage all aspects of onsite operations whilst ensuring career development of your direct reports;
- Monitoring and assessing employee safety & sustainability performance;
- Ensuring the business unit is achieving required production KPIs and any other agreed business targets;
- Provide strong and effective leadership to all staff through the development of career and succession plans (with the assistance of our People Team)
- Facilitate and participate in all site critical communications including meetings, reports and client requests as required.

You need to possess exceptional leadership qualities - you are able to lead and mentor others to develop themselves professionally and personally, and possess excellent client mediation skills. You understand and know how to draw the potential out of each individual team member in your team to ensure maximum output.

**About you**:

- Have proven experience building successful site teams;
- Possess a unwavering commitment towards safety (not just the token keywords) along with the leadership skills and ability to balance this against your production targets to ensure they are safely achieved;
- Have demonstrated site management experience and previous work/employment history within a relevant associated heavy industry (i.e. quarrying, timber, resources);
- Have a proven ability to manage multiple competing expectations and priorities, including operational requirements, client requirements, and personal KPIs.
- Possess strong financial and commercial management skills;
- Proven experience leading, developing and mentoring a strong and positive work culture and workforce onsite.

**Benefits of working for Bis**:
In addition to a competitive salary, employee benefits of working for BIS include- Novated lease of Motor Vehicles
- Bupa private health insurance corporate discounts
- Discounts on travel and accommodation (via Crown and Garuda Air)
- Corporate discounts with Hertz Australia for car rental
- Education assistance
- Exceptional delivery awards and service recognition awards
- Paid Parental Leave

Applicants will also be required to undertake a pre-employment medical and drug and alcohol screening.

We’re looking for people who are ready to get to work and share our company values of: Zero Harm. Unity, Passion, Excellence and Relationships.

**Who is Bis?**

At Bis we find the best solutions and inventive ways to improve while looking after the health, safety and wellbeing of our people, the communities we operate in and our environment. Our strong team focus enables us to solve problems for our customers while also providing a unique culture that is built on the valued contribution our people make, every day. We believe that the unique contributions of our people are the key to our success. To ensure we deliver the best possible solutions for our customers and our employees, we don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, or disability status.