Operations Manager
Trade · Christchurch Central, Canterbury, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25/hr
Inspectors spread across several sites, compliance programmes to schedule and clients who expect the same standard everywhere: this Operations Manager role in Christchurch Central is about keeping all of that in step.
Your job is to make sure technical know-how shows up as reliable work in the field at a number of locations around New Zealand. You plan who goes where, watch performance and margins, guard compliance and get involved personally when a job calls for senior technical oversight.
The employer cares about the standards you keep, the teams you grow and the decisions you can be trusted with, not just your past titles. Overseas applicants whose technical background is relevant and can be verified are invited to put themselves forward. South African applicants should have trade or degree certificates and a full work history ready.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the technical work happening every day at several sites, guiding a team based in different places
- Schedule people and equipment to fit planned compliance and inspection work
- Hold quality, safety and service to one standard wherever the team is working
- Keep watch on how busy the team is, what each job earns and what is still in progress
- Weigh up each inspector's skills and send the right person to each assignment
- Make sure nobody works outside authorised scopes or accreditation requirements
- Build a field culture where health and safety come first
- Handle tricky or escalated client matters yourself
- Go on site to supervise when more technical depth or extra hands are needed
- Work closely with the technical services, compliance and finance teams
- Look ahead to the skills and resources the business will need next
- Keep improving how operations run and support steady growth while technical standards stay intact
Requirements & Eligibility
- Proven experience managing or leading a technical or field-based team
- A strong hands-on technical or trade background, with a relevant trade, technical or tertiary qualification
- Able to plan and prioritise under pressure
- Understands the money side: utilisation, job costing, margins and work in progress
- Can lead seasoned professionals and still keep standards clear
- Knows how technical scope, authorisation and compliance fit together
- Experience operating under ISO/IEC 17020 or ISO/IEC 17025 is advantageous
- Experience in electricity distribution or a related technical industry is advantageous
- Strong at decisions, communication and solving problems
- Has looked after client relationships and dealt with escalations
- A Full driver's licence, and willing to travel from site to site when required
- International candidates with relevant and verifiable technical experience are encouraged to apply
- Must meet applicable New Zealand employment and visa requirements
Apply: jobs@mzansiabroad.co.za · WhatsApp