Senior Manager

Job Description
Seeking a strategic and forward-thinking Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team driving high-impact, technology-led maintenance at our Port Botany site.

This leadership role serves as the key connection between internal stakeholders and external partners, ensuring engineering initiatives are strategically aligned with long-term business goals to drive operational excellence, extend asset life, and support sustainable growth.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage maintenance labor and contractor activities in line with workplace policies, operational needs, and long-term asset strategies.
• Lead and drive team performance through regular one-on-one meetings, clear goal setting, and structured performance reviews.
• Ensure departmental adherence to Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental (OHS&E) standards and promote a strong safety culture.
• Develop lifecycle cost models and strategic plans for equipment maintenance, replacement, and resource optimization.
• Oversee resource allocation and expenditure in accordance with established processes and budgetary guidelines.
• Foster a culture of reliability-centered maintenance and continuous improvement using data-driven, evidence-based approaches.
• Provide leadership on Industrial Relations (IR) matters, ensuring effective communication, compliance with agreements, and a collaborative work environment.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned to support the overall objectives of the organisation.

Qualifications, Experience And Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline (preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in asset maintenance, industrial engineering, or terminal operations.
• Strong technical knowledge of SCADA systems, PLCs (e.g., Siemens, ABB, Schneider), and handling equipment.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing skilled, blue-collar teams in demanding and regulated industrial environments.
• Working knowledge of Terminal Operating Systems (TOS) and experience in port or terminal engineering operations.
• Lean, Six Sigma training or equivalent experience is highly desirable.

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 106,500 employees from 158 nationalities, spanning 73 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 more than 7,000 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.

Supporting equality

We are an equal opportunity employer. We employ and promote based on role requirements, and we select people to roles based on their qualifications, skills, experience and fit with DP World Australia's culture and values. We strongly encourage persons from non-traditional backgrounds to apply.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW