Area Manager

Boral Limited; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tool of Trade vehicle

Permanent full-time role

Career progression opportunities

Employee wellbeing programs

Job summary

Boral Concrete is seeking a visible and hands-on leader to oversee six concrete plants across the Gold Coast and Northern NSW region. Based from the Labrador plant, you will drive safety, operational performance and team engagement while regularly visiting sites and partnering with plant teams to deliver outstanding customer outcomes.

The role offers a permanent full-time contract with a competitive base salary, a 15% STI incentive, and a Tool of Trade vehicle, with opportunities for career

Qualifications

• Proven leadership within the concrete, construction materials or related industry.
• Strong commitment to safety leadership and positive safety culture.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and make effective decisions.
• Experience leading teams and building high‑performing cultures.
• Commercial awareness with cost, performance and operational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the safe and efficient operation of six concrete plants across the Gold Coast and Northern NSW region.
• Coach, develop and support frontline leaders and plant teams to achieve operational excellence.
• Manage plant performance, production costs, budgets and financial outcomes.
• Build strong relationships with customers to ensure exceptional service delivery.
• Travel regularly between sites to provide visible leadership, solve operational issues and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Safety leadership

Decision making

Team leadership

Commercial acumen

Job description

Your next opportunity

Lead a portfolio of six concrete plants across the Gold Coast and Northern NSW region, playing a key role in driving safety, operational performance and team engagement. Based from our Labrador plant, you'll be a visible and hands-on leader, regularly visiting sites and working closely with plant teams to deliver outstanding customer outcomes. This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact in a large, high-performing operation while building your leadership career with Boral.

Your day will involve:

• Leading the safe and efficient operation of six concrete plants across the Gold Coast and Northern NSW region
• Coaching, developing and supporting frontline leaders and plant teams to achieve operational excellence
• Managing plant performance, production costs, budgets and financial outcomes
• Building strong relationships with customers to ensure exceptional service delivery
• Travelling regularly between sites to provide visible leadership, solve operational issues and drive continuous improvement

This permanent full-time role is ideally suited to a Gold Coast-based leader who enjoys being visible in the business and working closely with operational teams. Typical hours are Monday to Friday from 6:00am to 3:30pm, however flexibility is required to support operational needs, including occasional after-hours activity and Saturday on-call commitment across the region. Night shift operations are also in place at our Burleigh Heads and Benowa plants, requiring leadership oversight and support when required.

What are we looking for?

• Proven leadership experience within the concrete, construction materials or related industry
• Strong commitment to safety leadership and creating a positive safety culture
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and make effective decisions
• Experience leading teams, resolving employee matters and building high-performing cultures
• Commercial acumen with experience managing costs, performance and operational outcomes

What's on offer?

• Competitive base salary plus 15% STI incentive opportunity
• Tool of Trade vehicle
• Permanent full-time role with a respected industry leader
• Opportunity to lead a large and diverse operational portfolio
• Access to professional development and career progression opportunities within Boral
• Employee support programs and wellbeing initiatives

About Boral Concrete

At Boral Concrete, we have more than 200 operational sites across Australia. Rarely a day goes by that you wouldn't pass one of our batching plants or Agitator trucks. Our people and products have helped enable a variety of residential and commercial projects including Queens Wharf, Cross River Rail and Coomera Connector.

Our people provide solutions to help customers and stakeholders build a sustainable future in a changing world. Our values are what matters to us and guide our behaviours: Safety, Teamwork, Ambition, Accountability and Respect.

We're proud of our legacy as a great Australian business and have a strong foundation to improve and continue fulfilling our purpose and what we do best - building something great.

Boral values and is committed to creating a diverse working environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All suitable applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age.