Maintenance & Operations Manager

Vanderlande; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Toyota Automated Logistics in Western Sydney seeks a Maintenance & Operations Manager to establish and operate one of Australia’s most advanced automated distribution facilities. You will build and lead the maintenance and operations team, ensuring flawless go-live and sustained performance.

You will drive KPIs, develop maintenance strategies, and serve as the primary customer contact for service delivery, incident management, and performance improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience within industrial, manufacturing, logistics, mining, or highly automated operational environments.
• Demonstrated experience establishing, commissioning, or scaling a new service operation, warehouse, or industrial facility.
• Strong maintenance management expertise, including CMMS platforms, reliability strategies, and asset lifecycle management.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams while balancing safety, customer outcomes, uptime, and cost performance.
• Relevant trade, engineering, technical, or business qualification, combined with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiar with continuous improvement methodologies such as TPS, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence practices.

Responsibilities

• Establish, recruit, onboard, and develop a high-performing maintenance and operations team for a major greenfield automated logistics site.
• Lead the successful transition from project delivery to operational service, ensuring site readiness before go-live.
• Drive system performance through achievement of KPIs across uptime, OEE, reliability, safety, and customer satisfaction.
• Develop and continuously improve maintenance strategies, asset management frameworks, and spare parts processes.
• Act as the primary customer contact for operational performance, service delivery, escalations, and incident management.
• Utilise data, CMMS systems, and performance analytics to optimise maintenance effectiveness and equipment reliability.
• Foster a strong safety-first culture while leading continuous improvement initiatives across people, processes, and technology.

Skills

Leadership

CMMS

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Communication

Continuous improvement

Education

Trade/Engineering/Technical or business qualification

Tools

CMMS platforms

Job description

Maintenance & Operations Manager

At a Glance

As the Maintenance & Operations Manager, based in Western Sydney, NSW, you will lead the establishment and ongoing operation of one of Australia's most advanced automated distribution facilities. This role offers a unique opportunity to build a maintenance and operations team from the ground up, drive system performance, and ensure the successful launch and long-term operation of a highly automated warehouse featuring industry-leading material handling and automation technology.

Your Impact

• Establish, recruit, onboard, and develop a high-performing maintenance and operations team for a major greenfield automated logistics site.
• Lead the successful transition from project delivery to operational service, ensuring site readiness before go-live.
• Drive system performance through achievement of KPIs across uptime, OEE, reliability, safety, and customer satisfaction.
• Develop and continuously improve maintenance strategies, asset management frameworks, and spare parts processes.
• Act as the primary customer contact for operational performance, service delivery, escalations, and incident management.
• Utilise data, CMMS systems, and performance analytics to optimise maintenance effectiveness and equipment reliability.
• Foster a strong safety-first culture while leading continuous improvement initiatives across people, processes, and technology.

What Makes You a Great Fit?

• Proven leadership experience within industrial, manufacturing, logistics, mining, or highly automated operational environments.
• Demonstrated experience establishing, commissioning, or scaling a new service operation, warehouse, or industrial facility.
• Strong maintenance management expertise, including CMMS platforms, reliability strategies, and asset lifecycle management.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams while balancing safety, customer outcomes, uptime, and cost performance.
• Relevant trade, engineering, technical, or business qualification, combined with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiar with continuous improvement methodologies such as the Toyota Production System (TPS) or similar operational frameworks, including Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence practices, with the ability to drive process optimisation, improve efficiency, and support operational performance.

What You Can Look Forward To

• Competitive salary package with a global leader in warehouse automation and intralogistics.
• Opportunity to lead the start-up of a flagship automated distribution facility supporting a major retail customer.
• Career progression pathways into senior service management, regional leadership, and international opportunities.
• Ongoing technical, leadership, and professional development programs.
• A collaborative, innovative, and safety-focused culture backed by the strength of Toyota Industries Corporation.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Toyota Automated Logistics, we believe diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, and base our hiring decisions on qualifications, potential, and motivation. Support or adjustments during the application process are available upon request.

Who We Are

At Toyota Automated Logistics, you actively shape the future of intelligent intralogistics. As part of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), we are a global partner for integrated warehouse automation solutions. Founded in April 2026, we bring together the strengths of Bastian Solutions, viastore, and Vanderlande's warehousing business under one unified brand.

Together, we develop scalable automation systems, intelligent software, and end-to-end services across the entire lifecycle for customers around the world. Our ambition is clear to set industry benchmarks and actively shape the future of intralogistics.

Your contact for questions

Nada Vidakovic - [e-mail]