Operations Manager - Girraween

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

Job summary

Valmont Industries in Girraween, NSW seeks an experienced Operations Manager to oversee the galvanizing facility. You will lead day-to-day operations, drive safety culture, and ensure high-quality production while meeting customer commitments.

You will manage planning, resources and cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Customer Service, Maintenance and Engineering to optimise performance and cost. A hands-on leader focused on safety and continuous improvement is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an operations leadership role in manufacturing or heavy industry.
• Sound understanding of manufacturing processes; galvanizing experience preferred.
• Hands-on management style with a focus on safety, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across all levels of the business.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities with ability to interpret operational data and identify trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations of the Girraween galvanizing facility to ensure safety, efficiency, quality and customer service.
• Promote safe working practices, coach teams, manage risks and ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental obligations.
• Drive performance to hit production, quality, cost and customer service targets; report on key metrics.
• Coordinate production planning and resources; liaise with Sales and Customer Service to meet commitments.
• Develop and support supervisors and operators to maximise engagement and performance.
• Collaborate with Maintenance and Engineering for preventive maintenance and continuous improvement.

Skills

Operations leadership

Manufacturing processes

Safety focus

Communication

Analytical skills

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‑on Operations Manager to join our Girraween site on a full‑time basis. Reporting to the NSW Operations Manager, you will oversee the day‑to‑day operation of 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, weaving, 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 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.

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.

Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries. That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world. + That’s the value we add.