Area Manager

Only Sponsorships; Darwin; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Holcim is seeking an Area Manager for the Humes NT region based in Winnellie. You will hold full accountability for safety, growth and profitability, driving sales, revenue and operations while leading a large professional team.

Engineering and/or commercial qualifications are desirable; proven leadership in heavy manufacturing or civil construction is valued. Applicants must have Australian work rights with no restrictions on duration or hours.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in a General Management role.
• Strong ability to drive safety, growth and profitability.
• Experience in heavy manufacturing or civil construction sectors preferred.
• Engineering and/or commercial qualifications desirable.
• Australian work rights with no visa restrictions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee SHE, financials, reporting and leadership of a large team.
• Manage sales and marketing, market position and credit management.
• Industrial relations and operations management across the NT region.
• Maximise opportunities with existing and new clients and deliver targets.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

People development

Sales & marketing

Operations management

Financial acumen

Communication

Ethical conduct

Education

Engineering qualification

Commercial qualification

Job description

About this role

Area Manager – Humes, NT

General Management role with the world’s leading sustainable building materials company! Your opportunity to step into a pivotal leadership role! Training and development opportunities. Highly competitive remuneration package. Located at Winnellie, NT.

Holcim Overview

Holcim is the leading partner for sustainable construction, creating value across the built environment from infrastructure and industry to buildings. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Holcim has more than 45,000 employees in 43 attractive markets – across Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa. Holcim offers high‑valued end‑to‑end Building Materials and Building Solutions, from foundation and flooring to roofing and walling – powered by premium brands including ECOPact low‑carbon concrete and ECOPlanet low‑carbon cement.

Holcim Australia and New Zealand is a leading supplier of cement, aggregates, ready‑mix concrete, and engineered pre‑cast concrete solutions. Our proud history began in Australia and in Aotearoa New Zealand. Holcim is certified as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute, recognising our commitment to creating a workplace where people thrive.

About Humes

Humes, an important Holcim business, has a long history of engineering precast and prestressed concrete solutions and, after one hundred years of manufacture, our product range has never been more diverse, more competitive, or more in‑tune with our clients’ needs than it is today. Humes offers a range of solutions for bridges and platforms, road and rail infrastructure, tunnels and shafts, retaining walls, pipeline systems, water treatment, reuse and detention, and traffic management.

About the opportunity

This is a superb, NT based General Management opportunity in which you will have full responsibility/accountability for the safety, growth and profitability of the regional Humes business including driving sales and revenue and overseeing the operations across the area. It is a pivotal role – requiring a talented and energetic leader with a unique blend of strategic and operational expertise which will enable you to drive the day‑to‑day business as well as to influence and contribute to its strategic direction.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities are wide with key result areas covering:

• SHE
• Financials
• Reporting
• Leadership and People Development
• Sales and Marketing
• Market Position
• Credit Management
• Industrial Relations
• Operations Management

You will maximise opportunities with existing and new clients; deliver agreed sales and operational targets and business goals; and develop and maintain relationships with major clients whilst providing inspirational leadership to a large and professional team.

About You

To succeed in this genuinely exciting role, you will be a leader and a team player – someone who is passionate about driving overall business performance with a growth agenda and with solid, practical skills and knowledge in developing the capability of teams.

Engineering and/or commercial qualifications are desirable and a history of success in pivotal leadership positions, ideally within related heavy manufacturing sectors servicing the civil construction industry will be highly regarded.

You will thrive on engendering solid business relationships and be level‑headed and down to earth with exemplary standards of ethical conduct and professional judgment with a positive, resilient, curious and goal‑orientated nature. This will be complimented by your focus on coaching and developing others and by your clear ability to find ways to put together solutions that add value.

Candidates must hold valid Australian work rights with no restrictions on employment duration or hours worked. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept Holiday or Student visas.

Why Holcim

At Holcim we offer an inclusive environment, where our people feel comfortable bringing their authentic self to work. We offer a high‑performance workplace empowering problem solvers, creative thinkers and innovators to seek combined perspectives and voice opportunities to go further and faster. Our workplace is a safe environment where individuals can be themselves and where we promote a diverse workforce.

We are an equal opportunities employer, making no distinction on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. People are treated fairly at work – respecting and supporting human rights and non‑discrimination. This is rooted in the values and standards set out in the Holcim Code of Ethics.

We are dedicated to improving employment outcomes and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Holcim will not accept unsolicited resumes from third‑party recruiting agencies in response to job postings.

Apply now to contribute to a world‑leading business and advance your career in a supportive, high‑performance environment!