Manager - City Operations

1 hour ago

Davoren Park, South Australia 4ffc68ee-aae6-4b77-973d-7a5dcb662d32 Full time $129,904 - $138,352 per year

Manager – City Operations (3 positions)
Salary – $129,904 - $138,352 + Superannuation

  • Help shape one of Australia's fastest growing councils.
  • Lead an inspiring team with energy, purpose and innovation.
  • Apply your technical skills to create a real impact for our community.

Fantastic opportunity to make an impact in a vibrant, growing community
At City of Playford, we are entering an exciting chapter for our city operations. With a new Senior Manager leading the way, we are repositioning our teams to deliver modern, strategic, and community-focused maintenance and operations services across one of
Australia's fastest growing councils.
Skills
Our next step is to build a high-performing leadership team, and we are ready to bring in three leaders who want to use their technical and personal skills in ways that will leave a lasting impact on the Playford community:

  • Manager Civil Infrastructure
  • Manager Sports Facilities
  • Manager Parks and Gardens

Playford Managers Will Have The Opportunity To

  • Build and lead high performing and engaged teams.
  • Drive operational excellence.
  • Elevate the city's presentation and liveability for our growing community.

These important roles are for leaders who thrive on empowering teams, driving transformation and connecting with the community.

  • Are you energised when teams are engaged in the forward planning, delivery, and quality assurance of city operations programs?

Becoming a city operations manager at the City of Playford might be exactly the opportunity you've been waiting for.

  • Do you enjoy seeing how well-managed civil infrastructure such as roads, stormwater and footpaths make an impact to residents and businesses?
  • Do you have a vision for delivering first-class sporting facilities and turf management within a community setting?
  • Can you see the potential for our parks and gardens to create and maintain vibrant, green spaces that bring people together and make our community more liveable and inspiring?

If you're motivated by the opportunity to shape the future direction of our city's operations, working alongside passionate professionals in a supportive environment and you have the skills and experience to lead in one or more of these areas, we'd love to hear from you.

For a confidential conversation, or to find out more about the positions available, please contact
Glen Carter
, Senior Manager City Operations on

Further information is available on the attached position descriptions.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis as they are received. We are going to move quickly, so if you are interested let us know early so that you don't miss out.

The City of Playford values diversity and work life balance. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to support you in submitting your application including alternative vacancy formats and application options, please refer to the Manager's contact details above. Any information provided will be kept confidential and will only be used to support your access to fully participate in the recruitment process.

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