Operations Manager - Girraween

Valmont Solar; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmont Industries, Inc. is seeking an experienced Operations Manager for our Girraween galvanizing facility in New South Wales. You will oversee day-to-day site operations, drive safety culture, and lead teams to meet production, quality, and service targets.

Reporting to the NSW Operations Manager, you will manage planning, dispatch, and resources while coordinating with Sales and Customer Service to deliver reliable, responsive service and maintain high product quality per AS/NZS requirements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an operations leadership role within a manufacturing, or heavy industrial environment.
• Sound understanding of manufacturing and production processes, with galvanizing industry experience highly regarded.
• A proactive and hands-on management style with a focus on safety, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to motivate and build relationships at all levels of the business.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with capability to interpret operational data and identify trends.
• Results-driven mindset with a strong focus on customer service and delivering business outcomes.
• Commitment to maintaining a safe workplace and ensuring compliance with company, customer, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations of the Girraween galvanizing facility, ensuring that operations are safe, efficient, and performed in accordance with company policies, procedures, and legislative requirements.
• Promote a strong safety culture by providing visible leadership, coaching teams, managing risks, preventing incidents, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental obligations.
• Drive operational performance to achieve production, quality, cost, and customer service targets.
• Manage all aspects of site operation including goods receival, jigging, chemical pre-treatment, galvanizing, quenching, dressing, weighing, and dispatch.
• Oversee production planning and operational resources to ensure customer commitments are met, working closely with Sales and Customer Service to deliver reliable and responsive service.
• Lead, develop, and support supervisors, leading hands, and operational employees to maximise engagement, capability, and performance.
• Monitor and report site performance against key operational metrics including safety, quality, productivity, and cost.
• Improve plant productivity, labour utilisation and operational efficiency through continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring site performance and costs remain aligned with budget targets.
• Maintain high product quality standards in accordance with AS/NZS requirements, customer specifications, and Quality Management System requirements.
• Support efficient and reliable plant operations through collaboration with Maintenance and Engineering teams, preventative maintenance planning, and the implementation of corrective actions that improve safety, quality, and performance.

Skills

Operations leadership

Manufacturing processes

Safety leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Customer service

Problem solving

Job description

20-22 Amax Avenue Girraween New South Wales 2145

About Us. We’re Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

The Impact You’ll Make

We are currently seeking an experienced and hands-onOperations Managerto join ourGirraweensiteon a full-time basis. Reporting to the NSW Operations Manager,you will oversee the day-to-day operationof our Girraween galvanizing facility. This role is responsible for delivering safe, high-quality, and efficient production outcomes while leading teams, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring exceptional customer service.

• Lead daily operations of the Girraween galvanizing facility, ensuring that operations are safe, efficient, and performed in accordance with company policies, procedures, and legislative requirements.
• Promote a strong safety culture by providing visible leadership, coaching teams, managing risks, preventing incidents, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental obligations.
• Drive operational performance to achieve production, quality, cost, and customer service targets.
• Manage all aspects of site operation including goods receival, jigging, chemical pre-treatment, galvanizing, quenching, dressing, weighing, and dispatch.
• Oversee production planning and operational resources to ensure customer commitments are met, working closely with Sales and Customer Service to deliver reliable and responsive service.
• Lead, develop, and support supervisors, leading hands, and operational employes to maximise engagement, capability, and performance.
• Monitor and report site performance against key operational metrics including safety, quality, productivity, and cost.
• Improve plant productivity, labour utilisation and operational efficiency through continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring site performance and costs remain aligned with budget targets.
• Maintain high product quality standards in accordance with AS/NZS requirements, customer specifications, and Quality Management System requirements.
• Support efficient and reliable plant operations through collaboration with Maintenance and Engineering teams, preventative maintenance planning, and the implementation of corrective actions that improve safety, quality, and performance.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in an operations leadership role within a manufacturing, or heavy industrial environment.
• Sound understanding of manufacturing and production processes, with galvanizing industry experience highly regarded.
• A proactive and hands-on management style with a focus on safety, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to motivate and build relationships at all levels of the business.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with capability tointerpret operational data and identify trends.
• Results-driven mindset with a strong focus on customer service and delivering business outcomes.
• Commitment to maintaining a safe workplace and ensuring compliance with company, customer, and regulatory requirements.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honours diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce. Are you ready to move the world forward?

All successful applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks including a medical.

Valmont is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.