Long-Haul Operations Leader: Safety, Performance & Growth

Goldstar Transport; Perth; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldstar Transport is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead its Long-Haul operations, ensuring safe and reliable service delivery while driving commercial outcomes. This senior role requires coaching a high-performing team and overseeing planning, budgeting, and KPI-driven performance across people, fleet and customers.

You will partner with the Senior Leadership Team to strengthen operations, manage risks and build capability for sustainable growth in Western Australia.

Qualifications

• At least five years' senior experience in transport, logistics, or a comparable operational environment.
• Proven leadership experience in a complex transport operation, ideally Long Haul, linehaul or multi-site road transport.
• Strong commercial acumen, with accountability for budgets, costs, productivity, utilisation, KPIs and profitability.
• The ability to lead, develop and hold operational teams accountable for safety, service and performance outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic and day-to-day performance of Long-Haul operations, ensuring safe, efficient and reliable service delivery.
• Own operational and commercial performance, including revenue, profitability, productivity, fleet utilisation and cost control.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team, fostering accountability, capability and continuous improvement.
• Drive workforce and capacity planning to meet current and future customer and operational requirements.
• Identify and manage operational, commercial and capacity risks that may affect service delivery or business performance.
• Build strong relationships with key customers, suppliers, subcontractors and internal stakeholders.
• Champion a strong safety, compliance and risk culture across all Long-Haul operations.
• Improve processes, systems, scheduling and asset utilisation to lift operational performance.
• Use meaningful operational and financial KPIs to support sound decisions and sustained results.
• Provide calm, decisive leadership during disruptions, critical incidents and competing priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Budgeting

KPI management

Customer relationships

Safety and compliance

Fleet utilisation

Workforce planning

Disruption response

Job description

Goldstar Transport is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead its Long-Haul operations, ensuring safe and reliable service delivery while driving commercial outcomes. This senior role requires coaching a high-performing team and overseeing planning, budgeting, and KPI-driven performance across people, fleet and customers.

You will partner with the Senior Leadership Team to strengthen operations, manage risks and build capability for sustainable growth in Western Australia.