Business Operations Manager

Kbr; Alice Springs; Presencial; AUD 150 000 - 190 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

KBR is seeking a Business Operations Manager to join our team in Alice Springs, Australia. You will lead the seamless 24x7 operation of mission-critical environments, drive organizational structure, and coordinate cross-site facilities management to ensure uptime and efficiency.

With a degree in Finance, Business, or Accounting and 10+ years of leadership experience, you will partner with the Program Manager, manage risks, optimize processes, and maintain strong client relationships while

Qualificações

• Degree in Finance, Business, or Accounting from a recognized university.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in program management.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or Host Nation PV clearance.
• Experience managing 250+ personnel is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure seamless 24x7 operation of mission-critical environments.
• Define organizational structure and departmental responsibilities.
• Coordinate and streamline operational processes across multiple sites.
• Support the Program Manager in reviewing business systems, resources, and methods.
• Sustain client relationships through proactive communication and updates.
• Provide and lead a skilled workforce to execute the SOW.
• Manage Work Orders, resources, and interface with customer representatives.
• Adhere to contract terms to prevent revenue loss and maximize outcomes.
• Systematically assess risks and identify opportunities for growth.

Conhecimentos

Active TS/SCI clearance

Formação académica

Degree in Finance, Business, or Accounting

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Business Operations Manager

At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.

Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.

Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.

Candidates who join KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Position Summary:

KBR is seeking a Business Operations Manager to join our team.

What You’ll Do

• Ensuring the seamless 24x7 functioning of mission-critical environments, recognizing the paramount need for continuous infrastructure availability
• Institute organizational structure, define departmental responsibilities, and form positive working relationships between internal functional areas improving communication and overall project management for the program.
• Coordinate and streamline operational process, procedure and reporting across multiple sites
• Support the Program Manager in reviewing business systems administration, resources, procedures and methods to improve operational effectiveness, utility and efficiency
• Sustaining and enhancing client relationships through consistent communication, providing updates on KBR's initiatives, suggesting enhancements, responding to evolving requirements, fostering collaborative dynamics, and soliciting client feedback to gauge KBR's performance
• Provide and lead an appropriately skilled workforce to carry out the functions of the SOW
• Responsible for: Ensuring community of support during Contractor personnel change; Interfacing Contractor Officer (CO), COTR, and GPOC; Delivery of all site specific contract requirements
• Coordinate, supervise, and plan the total work effort associated with renovations and capital improvement work
• Establish procedures, develop, and implement programs for Mission critical and increase efficiencies
• Act as the central point of contact for COTR or GPOC for facilities related work
• Responsible for notifying GPOC on facilities significant events; Ability to compile summaries of events, critical actions accomplished, plans for completion or remediation and brief to site management in various forums
• Responsible for the management of Work Orders to include resource management and interfacing with customer representatives
• Adhering strictly to contractual terms to prevent revenue loss and maximize financial outcomes
• Systematically managing risks by conducting regular evaluations and pinpointing substantial business risks for KBR, as delegated by the Program Manager or Deputy Program Manager
• Anticipating future client needs and on contract growth opportunities by conducting thorough onsite assessments of client operations and proposing comprehensive project strategies
• Utilizing analytical tools and methodologies to assess client organizations, secure engagements with considerable profitability potential, and guide the transformation of the client's current operations to their future state
• Advocating for a culture that prioritizes Quality and Safety throughout all program aspects.
• Instituting processes and protocols to accurately and promptly track and report data across all sites, ensuring compliance with contractual reporting requirements
• Embracing new challenges with a propensity for inventive problem-solving and the enhancement or creation of procedures for optimized outcomes

This role will be located in Alice Springs, Australia at a 4,400-acre facility with approximately 687,000 square feet of mission and support space. The Business Operations Manager will be expected to travel between our facilities in Alice Springs and the local area. This position is expected to be onsite 100% and is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

• A degree in Finance, Business, or Accounting from an accredited university
• Demonstrated experience working on programs utilizing foreign currency
• Demonstrated analytical skills and programmatic planning for budgeting and contract management oversight
• Demonstrated ability to meet short timelines
• Possess an active TS/SCI U.S. Security Clearance with polygraph or Host Nation PV clearance
• A wealth of experience, with a minimum of 10 or more years experience in roles of increasing responsibility and complexity, preferably within a program managing 250+ personnel
• A track record of establishing and maintaining practices that ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness, supported by an analytical approach that leverages historical data to optimize equipment reliability and costs
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning, organizing, directing, decisive problem-solving, and the ability to engage effectively with both staff and clients at all levels
• Knowledge of process improvement models (e.g. LEAN/Six Sigma, ISO 9000)
• Proficient knowledge and experience in the use of project management concepts to manage items including, but not limited to: project schedule, scope, cost, risk, and deliverables and related metrics
• Experience planning and implementing large-scale facility and logistics projects
• Knowledge of U.S. government exercise or crisis management communities and experience planning, coordinating and executing support to special events
• Familiarity with 24/7/365 operational environment

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.