Operations Manager

Groundbreaking Mining Solutions; Armadale; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Groundbreaking Mining Solutions is seeking a hands-on Operations Manager to own and grow our field and project work from the workshop to remote sites across WA. You will lead a collaborative team, plan work, assign the right people, and ensure safety, quality, and timely delivery.

You will travel regularly and report to senior management while driving operational excellence and business growth at both workshop and site locations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in operations or projects
• Hands-on leadership with practical field oversight
• Strong communication across workshop, office and site teams
• Proactive in finding new work and improving processes
• Comfortable with regular travel to remote sites
• Ability to set up simple, trackable processes
• Autonomy and influence on business growth

Responsibilities

• Build and lead field and projects team
• Run projects and overhauls safely from start to finish
• Set up simple processes and tracking for safety, quality and financials
• Manage people and resources for each job
• Develop pipeline of new work with clients and wider team
• Take responsibility for quality on every job
• Oversee field maintenance, mobile maintenance and site contracts

Skills

Team leadership

Hands-on leader

Business development

Communication

Travel to remote sites

Mentoring

Work planning

Education

A trade certificate or engineering qualification

Job description

Hands-on leader wanted to grow our field and project work.

About us

Groundbreaking Mining Solutions (GMS) supports clients in the drill and HME space from our Forrestdale workshop and on site across WA.

We’re growing, and we’re looking for an Operations Manager to help us deliver that growth.

About the role

This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll own our operations, project and field work from the workshop through to site, make sure it’s done safely, on time and to our high standards.

You won’t be doing it on your own. You’ll be part of a collaborative team where everyone pulls in the same direction to plan the work, line up the right people and deliver on what we promise.

Regular travel will be required as directed by client needs, project execution and work sourcing.

What you’ll be doing

• Building and leading our field and projects team
• Running projects and overhauls safely from start to finish
• Setting up simple, workable processes and tracking to deliver works to safety, quality and financial metrics
• Managing the people and resources each job needs
• Building a pipeline of new work with clients and working with the wider team to lock in new opportunities
• Taking responsibility for quality on every job
• Managing field maintenance, mobile maintenance, site-based operations and contracts

About you

• A trade certificate or engineering qualification
• Experience in a similar operations or project role in a similar industry (drill maintenance and HME experience preferred)
• Experience leading a team and getting the best out of them
• A self-starter who’s happy to get hands-on and lead by example
• Proactive when it comes to finding new work and better ways of doing things
• A good communicator who works well with workshop, office and site teams
• Comfortable with regular travel to remote sites
• A current, valid driver’s licence (mandatory)
• A brand new role with real influence over how the business grows
• High-autonomy position with genuine impact on business performance
• A collaborative, supportive team that backs each other
• Variety in your work, from the workshop to site, across field maintenance, shutdowns and projects