Build the platform. Drive the growth. Shape the future.
Australia-wide expansion | Senior executive opportunity | High-growth specialist services business
This is not a role for someone who simply wants to run the day-to-day.
We’re looking for a commercially minded Chief Operating Officer to play a pivotal role in taking an ambitious specialist services business to its next level of growth.
Working closely with the CEO, you’ll become a key architect of the company’s expansion — helping turn a successful operation into a scalable, nationally recognised business.
With plans to establish a stronger presence across Australia, this is an opportunity to influence where the business goes next, how it operates and ultimately how large it can become.
Why this role? You’ll have genuine influence.
Rather than inheriting a rigid structure, you’ll have the opportunity to help build one. You’ll identify opportunities, challenge the status quo, develop high-performing teams and put the systems, people and commercial disciplines in place to support significant growth.
Your focus will span strategy, operations, people, commercial performance and expansion, working alongside the CEO to turn ambitious plans into measurable results.
What you’ll be driving
- Help shape and execute the company’s national growth strategy
- Identify new markets, locations and opportunities for expansion
- Establish and develop high-performing branch and operational teams
- Build the systems, processes and leadership structure required to scale
- Strengthen relationships across major mining, resources, infrastructure, construction, energy and industrial markets
- Develop strategic partnerships, supplier networks and subcontractor relationships
- Assess potential acquisitions, joint ventures and other growth opportunities
- Establish meaningful branch-level financial, operational and performance targets
- Drive consistency across safety, quality, service delivery and operational standards
- Build a culture where accountability, initiative and high performance are expected
- Lead workforce planning, recruitment, development and succession
- Identify inefficiencies and introduce smarter, more scalable ways of working
- Partner with the CEO on commercial priorities, business performance and major strategic decisions
- Ensure the business has the structure and capability to support its next stage of growth
You know how to build teams, improve performance and turn strategy into execution.
Just as importantly, you’re comfortable operating in an entrepreneurial environment where things move quickly and you’re expected to take ownership.
We’re looking for someone who can:
- Think strategically while remaining close to the operation
- Lead through influence, accountability and example
- Make commercially sound decisions using data and sound judgement
- Build strong relationships with major clients and industry stakeholders
- Develop leaders rather than create dependency
- Identify opportunities before they become obvious
- Navigate complexity and solve problems decisively
- Bring structure without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
- Challenge existing thinking and introduce better ways of working
- Operate with integrity, energy and a genuine desire to build something significant
If you’re currently operating at COO, General Manager, Operations Director or another senior executive level — and you're looking for an opportunity where your decisions can directly influence the growth and direction of a business — this could be the next major step in your career.
If you’re ready to help build a national business rather than simply manage one, we’d like to hear from you.