Operations Manager

Tess Search Partners; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Beltech Group, based in Brisbane, seeks an experienced Operations Manager to lead fixed plant maintenance and metals fabrication for mining and heavy industry. You will oversee operational delivery, workforce performance, safety, quality and cost control, reporting to the Managing Director.

Responsibilities include workforce planning, workshop activities, FIFO mobilisation, shutdown readiness, and project delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an operational leadership role within mining, fixed plant maintenance, fabrication or heavy industry.
• Experience mentoring a diverse workforce including FIFO personnel.
• Exposure to ISO management systems and platforms such as SAP or Ellipse.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations and workforce performance.
• Lead workforce planning, workshop activities, FIFO mobilisation and shutdown readiness.
• Manage budgets, costs and overall business performance; ensure safety and quality standards.

Skills

Operations leadership

Workforce management

Tendering & budgeting

Client relationship management

Tools

SAP

Ellipse

Job description

TESS Search Partners is partnering with Beltech Group to appoint an experienced Operations Manager based in Brisbane. This is a key leadership appointment with responsibility for the performance of the group’s fixed plant maintenance and metals fabrication operations, supporting clients across mining and heavy industry. Reporting to the Managing Director, the Operations Manager will oversee operational delivery, workforce performance, commercial outcomes and business growth, while ensuring strong standards across safety, productivity, quality and cost control.

The Operations Manager will have broad responsibility across day-to-day operations, including workforce planning, workshop activities, FIFO mobilisation, shutdown readiness, suppliers and project delivery. The role will ensure contracted work is delivered safely on time and to the required quality standards, while managing budgets, costs and overall business performance. A key part of the position will also be maintaining existing client relationships, identifying new business opportunities, preparing estimates and RFQs, monitoring tender opportunities and submitting commercially sound tenders that support continued growth.

The successful candidate will have around five years of experience in a similar operational leadership role, ideally within mining, fixed plant maintenance, fabrication or general heavy industry. Experience managing and mentoring a diverse workforce, including FIFO personnel, will be important, together with practical knowledge of workforce mobilisation, site readiness, shutdowns and workshop operations. Strong commercial capability across estimating, tendering, budgeting and cost management is required, alongside the ability to build trusted client relationships and identify opportunities for new work. Exposure to ISO management systems and platforms such as SAP, Ellipse or similar will also be valuable.

This role will suit a hands-on and commercially focused Operations Manager who can balance people leadership, operational delivery and business development. With visibility across the broader operation, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to improve systems and processes, strengthen team performance and contribute directly to the continued growth of Beltech Group, while working within a culture centred on care, integrity, accountability, excellence and continuous improvement.