Operational Lead

1 week ago

Adelaide, South Australia Bureau Of Meteorology Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

Operational Lead

APS Level 6

Adelaide

Position overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic Operations lead, with organisational expertise in a technical environment. You will manage a team of 4-6 field technicians and additionally provide operational support to all staff in the maintenance hub. This includes recruitment and training and competencies facilitation, financial oversight and processing, and Organisational/Hub process management. The role is administration based, with opportunities to work in the field where required or as technical skills are gained.

Who are you?

You have strong communication skills to support your field team, negotiate and manage stakeholder relationships, and leverage emotional intelligence.

You take pride in developing and mentoring staff. Your strong teamwork abilities ensure you can empower and inspire the field teams you are responsible for managing.

Who are we?

The Observing Operations Hubs are the Bureau of Meteorology's Technical Operations centres comprising of 8 Hubs, one in each capital city and Cairns.

Staff based at the Observing Operations Hub travel far and wide and into remote areas, utilising 4WD's, plane's, boats, and helicopters to maintain service delivery within the various instrumentation networks. This includes:

  • Rain Radars
  • Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)
  • Upper-Air monitoring systems (sounding balloons)
  • Sea Level Monitoring Stations
  • Wave and Wave height buoys
  • Satellite ground reception and space weather instruments
  • Flood warning/rainfall monitoring systems
  • Cooperative observers, volunteer rainfall stations
  • Communications, telemetry and instrumentation systems

We are part of a national maintenance workforce and there is every likelihood of travel to other parts of Australia.

We offer specialised, in-house competency-based training on all our equipment and will ensure you have the necessary tools and skills to undertake this work.

We strive to deliver exceptional customer service, as we engage with stakeholders, contractors, support staff and the Australian public.

We promote a diverse and inclusive workplace culture that prioritises the health, safety and wellbeing of all our staff.

Staff in our Hubs are mentored and supported by a Hub Manager and various Team leads.

Application Closing Date: Monday 22 September 2025

For further information please review the position description on

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