Operations Manager

ECOWORKS PTE. LTD.; Otago; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ecoworks is seeking a hands-on operations professional in Otago to help build and scale our nationwide network. You will oversee field servicing, maintenance, and logistics across active stations, managing crews and contractors to ensure uptime.

Key duties include sourcing new station placements, navigating approvals with authorities, and developing the playbook as we scale from tens to hundreds of stations. Regular island-wide travel and physical work are required.

Qualifications

• Hands-on background in field servicing, facilities, logistics, or related discipline.
• Has managed people or contractors in a field environment.
• Class 3/3A driver’s licence.
• Comfortable with physical work and regular island-wide travel.
• Bonus: experience with electrical/electronics, plumbing, or dispensing systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily refill and maintenance operations across all active stations.
• Manage refill crew, part-time contractors, and logistics vendors.
• Build and enforce servicing standards and schedules.
• Source and close new station placements: residential estates, commercial properties, community spaces.
• Navigate approval processes with town councils, property managers, and relevant authorities.
• Manage stock levels, restocking cadence, and inbound/outbound logistics.
• Build the operational playbook as the network scales from tens to hundreds of stations.
• Report on station performance, uptime, and utilisation.

Skills

Field ops

Logistics

People mgmt

Vendor mgmt

Travel

Facilities

Job description

Keep the network running. Make it grow.

Ecoworksbuilds reuse infrastructure. The way products are delivered to consumers isbroken — single-use by default, wasteful by design. We're changing the deliverymodel itself, not just the packaging. We're early. We're hiring people who wantto build this with us.

Key Responsibilities

Field Operations

• –Oversee daily refill andmaintenance operations across all active stations.
• –Manage refill crew,part-time contractors, and logistics vendors.
• –Build and enforceservicing standards and schedules.

Network Expansion

• –Source and close newstation placements: residential estates, commercial properties, communityspaces.
• –Navigate approvalprocesses with town councils, property managers, and relevant authorities.

Warehouse & Inventory

• –Manage stock levels,restocking cadence, and inbound/outbound logistics.
• –Reduce station downtimecaused by supply gaps.

Process & Reporting

• –Build the operationalplaybook as the network scales from tens to hundreds of stations.
• –Report on stationperformance, uptime, and utilisation.

Ideal Candidate

• –Class 3/3A driver'slicence.
• –Hands-on background infield servicing, facilities, logistics, or a related discipline.
• –Has managed people orcontractors in a field environment.
• –Comfortable withphysical work and regular island-wide travel.
• –Bonus: experience withelectrical/electronics, plumbing, or dispensing systems.

Why Join

• –Own the operationalbackbone of a scaling infrastructure network.
• –Visible, high-ownershiprole with real decision-making authority.
• Only shortlisted candidates willbe contacted.