Operations Manager- Mowing Division

2 weeks ago

Arch Hill, New Zealand Ventia Full time

**About the Role**

Our open spaces team has an opportunity for an Operations Manager who will be responsible for overseeing our teams, maintaining the mowing and edging across Auckland’s parks and greenspaces.

Reporting directly to our Area Manager and working closely with the broader operations team you will enjoy leading by example and being accessible and visible to your teams in the field. This role requires a manager who is capable of driving productivity from the desk but does not hide behind the desk.

You will be supported directly in the field with a strong structure of skilled supervisors and team leaders. Laterally there is a further support through the wider team of operations managers, and health and safety team.

This is a leadership and management role, your capability to plan, organise and communicate (written and verbal) will see you excel in this role.

Our teams work in a challenging environment, with temperamental weather patterns, changeable ground conditions and a complexity of machinery and staffing. This requires a leader who is able to think on their feet, champion their people and be solution focused on a daily basis.

**What you will be doing?**
- Responsible for the profitability and the productivity of our mowing teams to deliver a high standard of work to pre-set schedules across the North Shore parks and streetscapes. Previous P&L exposure advantageous.
- Daily and weekly reporting to senior management
- Responding to reactive requests
- Providing reporting
- Running toolbox talks
- Liaising with stakeholders as a direct point of communication and face of Ventia
- Working with the inhouse H+S advisor to drive and lead a positive safety culture
- Auditing worksites to ensure quality and safety
- Managing your teams schedule of work
- Ordering of materials

**About You**
- Have previous experience managing in field teams
- Proven experience building and managing teams
- Previous experience delivering to a pre-set schedule of work in a commercial environment
- Have effective planning and organisational skills
- Good administrative and management experience across, budgets, scheduling and quoting
- Systems and process focused
- Strong communication
- Previous experience client facing or stakeholder management
- Good physical fitness.
- Full 1 Manual NZ driver’s licence

**Benefits and Perks**
- Competitive Hourly Rate
- Tool of the Trade Vehicle
- Free Health Insurance
- Ongoing Training and Support
- Multiple Career Paths
- A down to earth working environment

**About Ventia**
Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. Our clients are the owners and operators of assets that are critical to our local communities. We pride ourselves on working smart, safely and sustainably, harnessing the latest technologies and brightest minds. With a diverse and proud heritage, we have a track record of delivering essential services to the communities in which we operate.

**Diversity**
Ventia is enriched by the diverse experiences, talents and cultures that our people bring to the organisation, while celebrating and respecting the communities we operate in. We are committed to providing a safe and positive environment that provides equal opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds, including Māori and Pasifika people, LGBTTQIA+, Women, Veterans and spouses and people with disabilities

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