Operations Manager - Sunshine Coast

JJ's Waste & Recycling; Sunshine Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Phone

Job summary

JJ’s Waste & Recycling is Australia’s largest family-owned waste management company, delivering essential services with a modern fleet across the Sunshine Coast. This hands-on role leads daily operations, driving safety, service delivery and staff engagement.

As Operations Manager you’ll direct contracts, mentor drivers, optimise fleet activities and build strong customer relationships, while upholding OH&S and regulatory requirements in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Current HR (Heavy Rigid) license or equivalent required.
• Mentor and engage employees to build a positive culture.
• Experience in transport, logistics or service industries preferred.
• KPI-focused with strong time management and organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations for contracts.
• Plan for growth and execute growth strategies.
• Support and lead a team of drivers.
• Establish and manage relationships with customers, team members and stakeholders.
• Mentor and train your team.
• Coordinate and optimise fleet activities while ensuring compliance with OH&S and regulations.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement solutions.

Skills

Operations leadership

Team mentoring

Customer relationship management

Strategic planning

OH&S compliance

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Fleet management software

Job description

National Family-Owned & Operated Business with Over 90 Years of Experience

Job Security in an Essential Services Industry | Business Leadership

Attractive Renumeration | Company Car & Phone

As a JJ’s Operations Manager you will lead our team to effectively manage daily operational goals for our various contracts in the region. This role calls for a ‘hands‑on’ and tenacious leader who is driven to succeed through team engagement and an understanding of principles that underpin excellence in transport operations. You will be working with a safe, well maintained and serviced, modern and reliable fleet.

Why Join Us?

At JJ's Waste & Recycling, you'll join an Australian-owned company that's been keeping communities clean and running for generations. Our trucks are a familiar sight across the country, delivering an essential service people rely on every day.

When you join our team, you'll benefit from:

• Job security in an essential services industry.
• Working with modern, well-maintained vehicles serviced by our experienced in-house mechanics.
• Leadership opportunity within a growing Australian-owned business
• The opportunity to work for a company that puts safety first and values its people.

About the Role

Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD

Workdays: Monday to Friday

Company Car & Phone supplied

What You’ll Do

• Lead operations on a day-to-day basis
• Plan for growth and follow it through
• Support and lead a team of drivers
• Establish and manage relationships with customers, team members and stakeholders
• Mentor and train your team
• Coordinate and optimise fleet activities - agile and flexible
• Comply with laws, regulations and requirements including OH&S with an understanding of return-to-work processes
• Identify enhancement opportunities and suggest solutions for improvement

What You’ll Bring

• Have a current HR (Heavy Rigid) License with heavy vehicle driving experience
• Have a curious disposition willing to ask the hard questions
• Able to mentor and advocate for employee engagement
• Experience in transport, logistics or service industry
• Possess a drive and hunger to build a positive team environment and thriving culture
• Show demonstrated experience in management processes including associated administrative components
• Well-developed people skills and excellent time management
• KPI focused with the ability to perform under pressure
• IT savy with well rounded practical capabilities in Microsoft suite and the ability to learn task specific software

What you’ll need

Undertake a company pre-employment medical and drug/alcohol screening

What We Offer

We appreciate there is more to life than work, and so we provide a variety of work options to ensure the job gets done; along with competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location including:

• The security of an essential services industry
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Health funds and car related discounts
• Novated leasing options
• Banking partnerships - including financial, budgeting, and mortgage advice

Life at JJs

JJ’s Waste & Recyclingis Australia’s largest family-owned and operated waste management company. From our beginnings as a small family business, we’ve grown into a global operation servicing Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

But JJ’s is more than bin collection - we are one company with 17 divisions, employing more than 2,700 people and together we exist to continuously improve waste management and the impact that waste has on the community and environment. To find out more about JJ’s, visit our website.

Ready to Join the Team?

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No agencies please, we’ve got this one covered!