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Form of workAbout the Company and Role:
Our client is the market leader in bespoke precast concrete elements, working on construction projects of all sizes and types. The company is focused on supplying vertical and horizontal pre-cast concrete solutions across Australia.
The Operations Manager's primary job purpose is to manage all aspects of the factory related operations including project coordination, precast production, reinforcement fabrication, maintenance and logistics involved with precast concrete elements.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership for the successful day-to-day operations in relation to safety, culture, productivity, financial performance, risk management and customer satisfaction.
- Work closely with General Manager and direct reports to achieve high product quality while monitoring production / productivity rates and thereby determine trends and areas of improvement.
- Organise extensive tender handover meetings with all stakeholders to discuss specific project requirements and key contractual terms for successful execution and delivery of all projects.
- Liaise with clients for seamless coordination of the site requirements and proactively addressing raised any issues / concerns.
- Monitor all factory associated costs against budget.
- Maintain the day-to-day production / installation schedule as well as forecast thereof.
- Liaise with the Projects & Engineering Manager to plan production levels in advance, taking into account clients' requirements, storage restrictions, factory productivity and profitability, budget compliance and labour resources.
- Ensure human resources and competency levels / requirements are achieved for all aspects of the manufacturing process; eliminate production constraints; allocate human and equipment resources to achieve established goals.
- Constantly review factory labour resources levels and rosters in conjunction with the Production manager for cost control.
- Monitor operational expenses, and where possible reduce costs, without compromising health and safety, environmental and product quality standards.
- Proactively leading and setting the standards expected to manage health and safety and environment risks.
- Providing leadership for the successful day-to-day operation of the factory.
Experience and Qualifications:
- Tertiary degree qualified in a Manufacturing/Management and/or Operations discipline or other related field.
- 7+ years' experience in a key leadership/management role at a precast concrete manufacturing facility.
- Previous experience/strong understanding of budgeting/expense management with a basic understanding of financial and accounting practices.
- Strong computer skills, including the ability to use Microsoft Office Products.
- Previous experience/best practices implementing and using continuous improvement/lean tools such as Lean Manufacturing etc. to drive improvement.
- Demonstrated experience working with Environment, Health and Safety and Quality management system/s.
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in resource allocation, production and manufacture methods, and coordination of people and resources
- Demonstrated strong leadership, team building and coaching skills
- Demonstrated ability to motivate people, assess and develop worker skills
- Ability to work with teams and lead decision-making processes in a team environment
- Excellent interpersonal communication, listening, written and verbal communication skills.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
