Operations Manager

Boral Limited; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Boral Limited is seeking an accomplished Quarry Operations Manager to oversee the regional Northern Quarries portfolio, including Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Wide Bay, Toowoomba and Darwin. The role may be based in Brisbane, Townsville or another practical Queensland location, with regular travel across the portfolio.

You will provide operational leadership, develop Quarry Managers, manage a A$95 million P&L, and drive safety, cost, and performance improvements across the network.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multiple quarry operations or a large quarry network.
• Strong financial literacy with accountability for P&Ls, budgets and forecasts.
• Proven ability to develop business cases and manage asset projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership across nine quarrying operations.
• Lead, coach and develop the portfolio's Quarry Managers.
• Manage an approximately A$95 million regional P&L.
• Oversee production, safety, cost, margins and performance.
• Optimise fixed-plant and mobile equipment for safety and reliability.
• Lead capital projects and investment prioritisation.
• Ensure long-term resource availability and continuity.
• Drive regional consistency and standardisation.
• Collaborate with finance, assets, logistics and safety teams.

Skills

Quarry leadership

P&L management

Safety compliance

Capital projects

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Travel flexibility

Education

SSE notice / Queensland qualification readiness

Job description

About the opportunity

We are looking for an accomplished quarrying leader to take responsibility for one of our most significant regional portfolios.

We are looking for a Quarry Operations Manager for our Regional Northern Quarries. Your remit will cover the operations in Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Wide Bay, Toowoomba and Darwin. The role can be based in any practical QLD location. Regular travel across the portfolio is part of the job.

Our portfolio

Your portfolio includes operations in Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Wide Bay, Toowoomba and Darwin. The role can be based in Brisbane, Townsville or another practical Queensland location, and we are also open to Mackay, Cairns or the Wide Bay-Burnett region. Regular travel across the portfolio is part of the job.

What you will be accountable for

• Operational leadership across nine quarrying operations
• Leading, coaching and developing the portfolio's Quarry Managers
• Managing an approximately A$95 million regional P&L
• Production, safety, cost, margin and operational performance outcomes
• Fixed-plant and mobile equipment optimisation, so our assets stay safe, compliant, reliable and optimised
• Developing business cases and leading operational input into capital projects
• Identifying and prioritising replacement, continuity and growth investment
• Long-term resource availability and operational continuity
• Building greater consistency and standardisation across the regional network
• Partnering with our finance, commercial, assets, logistics, property, sales and safety teams
• Managing relationships with regulators, councils, communities and other stakeholders
• Strong site visibility through regular regional travel

What you will bring

• An open Site Senior Executive (SSE) notice, or the background and capability to obtain the required Queensland qualification quickly
• Substantial operational leadership experience in quarrying, aggregates or a closely aligned environment
• Previous responsibility for a large quarry or for multiple quarry operations
• A deep understanding of safe, productive and commercially successful quarry operations
• Strong financial literacy, with previous accountability for operational P&Ls, budgets and forecasts
• Experience developing capital business cases and delivering complex operational or asset projects
• Knowledge of fixed-plant optimisation, crushing operations, mobile equipment and resource development
• A track record of leading experienced operational managers across multiple locations
• Strong knowledge of quarry safety, environmental and regulatory requirements
• The ability to read operational and financial data and turn it into decisive action
• A proactive style and the confidence to take ownership without waiting for direction
• The flexibility to travel regularly across Queensland and the Northern Territory

About Boral

Boral is the largest vertically-integrated construction materials company in Australia. Our network includes prized quarry and cement infrastructure, bitumen, construction materials recycling, asphalt and concrete batching operations. We employ about 9,000 employees and contractors across our operations that span more than 360 sites nation-wide. For more than 80 years we’ve been building something great in Australia - rarely a day goes by that you wouldn’t pass one of our sites or trucks, enter a building, use a road, bridge, tunnel, footpath or other critical infrastructure that our people and products have helped enable.

Boral is committed to a diverse working environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All suitable applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age.