Site Operations Manager - Waste Management Facility

Council Jobs; Strathpine; On-site; AUD 123,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day fortnight

Permanent employment

Salary increases: 4% in July 2027 or 4

4.5% CPI cap

Study, training and research support

Salary packaging

Discounted health insurance

Fitness Passport and wellbeing

Job summary

City of Moreton Bay is seeking an experienced Site Operations Team Leader to oversee landfill and waste-facility operations, ensuring safety, compliance and high performance across a major site.

You will lead a capable team, manage contracts and regulatory relationships, and drive continuous improvements in environmental outcomes, resource recovery and service delivery for a growing community.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience leading landfill and waste-facility operations.
• Strong governance and risk judgement.
• Constructive relationships with regulators and contractors.
• Ability to guide teams through change.
• Current C-class driver licence and Construction Induction Card required.
• Vaccinations for Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B and Tetanus (or willingness to obtain).

Responsibilities

• Lead the safe, efficient and compliant operation of a major landfill/waste facility.
• Own and develop an operational team; manage contractors and stakeholder relationships.
• Translate operational insight into practical improvements; balance safety, environmental obligations and finances.

Skills

Waste facility leadership

Governance & risk

Stakeholder relationships

Team leadership

Weighbridge systems

Tools

Weighbridge systems

Job description

• $123,300 to $158,440 pa + 12% super (level 7 to 8)
• 72.5 hour fortnight
• Location: Dakabin or Caboolture

Join Australia’s third-largest council and lead a major waste-management operation with a direct impact on the safety, sustainability and liveability of one of Australia’s fastest-growing cities.

This is a high-impact leadership role for an experienced waste-management professional who wants more than day-to-day operations. You will lead the safe, efficient and compliant operation of a major facility, while helping City of Moreton Bay improve resource recovery, environmental performance and service outcomes for a growing community.

You’ll take ownership of landfill, transfer-station and resource-recovery activities, lead and develop a capable operational team, manage contractors and stakeholder relationships, and turn operational insight into practical improvements. Your work will balance site safety, environmental obligations, financial stewardship and excellent public service.

Why this role stands out

• Meaningful scale and influence: Shape essential services for Australia’s third-largest council and one of its fastest-growing regions.
• Leadership with purpose: Build a safe, inclusive and high-performing team while driving continuous improvement across a complex operational site.
• A future-focused mandate: Help deliver better environmental outcomes, stronger resource recovery and more efficient operations.
• Work-life balance and security: Enjoy a 9-day fortnight, permanent employment and negotiated salary increases, including 4% in July 2027 or CPI capped at 4.5%, whichever is greater.
• Genuine career investment: Access study, training and research support, salary packaging, discounted health insurance, Fitness Passport and wellbeing services.

Position Description - Site Operations Team Leader

This role is known as Site Operations Team Leader within our organisation.

What you’ll bring

You will have substantial experience leading landfill and waste-facility operations, including environmental management, weighbridge systems and the Queensland waste levy. You will be known for sound governance and risk judgement, constructive relationships with regulators and contractors, and the ability to guide teams through change.

A current C-class driver licence and Construction Induction Card are required. Vaccinations for Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B and Tetanus are required (or willingness to obtain).

Build a career that keeps a growing city moving, protects its environment and leaves a lasting operational legacy.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

Any questions - please contact our Careers team at *******@moretonbay.qld.gov.au.

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City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.