IT Manager

Blackroc; Bundaberg; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackroc is seeking a technically hands-on IT Manager to lead an internal IT/OT function across a large Australian industrial group in Bundaberg. You’ll inherit a seven-person team and own day-to-day service delivery, security, architecture and modernisation.

This role reports to the CFO with line to the CEO, managing infrastructure, ERP, databases, integrations and development. On-site, permanent, relocation considered for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Experience leading IT teams in complex environments.
• Breadth across infrastructure, applications, databases and security.
• Ability to guide architecture and integrations in a manufacturing/industrial setting.
• Experience with ERP and core business applications is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the internal IT team.
• Oversee IT and Operational Technology across the group.
• Improve cyber security and incident response.
• Manage infrastructure, networks and end-user computing.
• Oversee ERP and core business applications.
• Manage SQL Server and Oracle databases.
• Guide systems architecture and integrations.
• Oversee custom software development and automation.
• Oversee backup, disaster recovery and resilience.
• Oversee IT budgets, licensing, procurement and suppliers.

Skills

IT leadership

Security leadership

Databases

Systems integration

Windows infrastructure

Active Directory

Entra ID

Microsoft 365

SQL Server

Oracle databases

ERP systems

.NET development

C#

Python

Oracle PL/SQL

Tools

SYSPRO ERP

Oracle E-Business Suite

Mainpac

IBM AIX

Linux

Job description

There are IT Manager roles where the job is largely vendors, budgets, meetings and escalations.This isn't one of those, sorry.

After more than 20 years under the same technology leader, a large, established Australian organisation is preparing for the next chapter of its technology function.

You’ll inherit an experienced team of seven and take ownership of IT and Operational Technology across the entire group, supporting approximately 450–500 people across a complex industrial and operational environment.

It’s broad. It’s hands-on. And there’s plenty to get your teeth into.

The role Reporting to the CFO, with a direct line of sight to the CEO, you’ll have responsibility for the technology environment from day-to-day service delivery through to security, architecture and modernisation.

• Leadership and development of the internal IT team
• IT and Operational Technology across the group
• Cyber security improvement and incident response
• Infrastructure, networks and end-user computing
• ERP and core business applications
• SQL Server and Oracle databases
• Systems architecture and integrations
• Custom software development and automation
• Backup, disaster recovery and operational resilience
• IT budgets, licensing, procurement and suppliers

There are IT Manager roles where the job is largely vendors, budgets, meetings and escalations.This isn’t one of those, sorry.

After more than 20 years under the same technology leader, a large, established Australian organisation is preparing for the next chapter of its technology function.

You’ll inherit an experienced team of seven and take ownership of IT and Operational Technology across the entire group, supporting approximately 450–500 people across a complex industrial and operational environment.

It’s broad. It’s hands-on. And there’s plenty to get your teeth into.

The role Reporting to the CFO, with a direct line of sight to the CEO, you’ll have responsibility for the technology environment from day-to-day service delivery through to security, architecture and modernisation.

Your remit includes:

• Leadership and development of the internal IT team
• IT and Operational Technology across the group
• Cyber security improvement and incident response
• Infrastructure, networks and end-user computing
• ERP and core business applications
• SQL Server and Oracle databases
• Systems architecture and integrations
• Custom software development and automation
• Backup, disaster recovery and operational resilience
• IT budgets, licensing, procurement and suppliers

This is an environment where technology is connected to real-world operations. Reliability matters, change needs to be considered carefully, and when something breaks, it can affect considerably more than someone’s Outlook.

How technical?

Technical enough that we don’t want a pure people manager.
The environment includes Windows Server, virtualisation, SAN/storage, Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, SQL Server, Oracle, SYSPRO ERP, Oracle E-Business Suite, Mainpac, IBM AIX/Linux and bespoke business systems.

There’s also custom development and integration work across .NET, C#, Python, C, Oracle PL/SQL and Oracle Forms.

Nobody expects you to be the strongest engineer in the room across every one of those technologies.
We do expect you to understand complex systems, challenge technical decisions, guide your team, diagnose problems and comfortably get into the weeds when required.

Who we’re looking for

You’ve probably spent a good portion of your career technically hands-on before progressing into leadership.
You could currently be an:
IT Manager | Technology Manager | Systems Manager | Infrastructure & Applications Manager | Senior Technical Lead
More important than the title is your breadth.

You’ll ideally bring strong experience across infrastructure, enterprise applications, databases, cyber security, systems integration and technical leadership.

Experience in manufacturing, industrial, agriculture, resources or another operationally complex environment would be particularly valuable.

The underlying requirement is unusually broad: leadership, security, SQL Server and Oracle, Active Directory and Entra, Windows infrastructure, systems architecture, integrations and software development all form part of the remit.

Why consider it?

The outgoing technology leader isn’t disappearing.
After more than two decades leading the function, they’re moving into another role within the organisation.

That means you’ll inherit deep institutional knowledge without inheriting someone else’s chair indefinitely. You’ll have support while learning the environment, then the opportunity to determine what the next generation of the technology function should look like.

There’s real scope to strengthen cyber security, modernise systems, improve architecture and integrations, develop the team and influence technology investment across the organisation.

And yes, it’s in Bundaberg. $160,000 + Super
Permanent |Bundaberg, Queensland | 5 Days p/wkOn-site
This isn’t remote, nor a fractional role, and it isn’t Brisbane with an occasional trip north. If you’re already in the region, fantastic.

If you’re elsewhere and the opportunity is strong enough to make you consider a move, relocation is open to discussion.

If you’re a genuinely technical IT leader who wants to own the function rather than simply manage around it, we’d like to hear from you.