Operations Team Leader

About The Role

Join a supportive and high-performing team at InfraBuild Manufacturing as an Operations Team Leader at the Rod Mill in Mayfield. Leading a team of around 20 on a 12-hour rotating shift, you’ll be responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of shift operations, including production, planning, and team performance.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll coordinate resources to deliver the rolling schedule while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement. You’ll also play a key role in building team capability and driving a positive, high-performing culture.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and manage shift operations to meet production targets safely and efficiently
• Coordinate resources to deliver the rolling schedule on time and to quality standards
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure procedures are followed
• Coach and develop team members to achieve KPIs
• Ensure work is well planned, prepared, and executed effectively
• Respond to changing operational needs to keep the mill running smoothly
• Support continuous improvement and operational efficiency initiatives

You’re a practical and people-focused leader who enjoys working in a fast-paced industrial environment. You bring strong leadership skills, a commitment to safety, and the ability to drive performance through your team.

To be successful, you will have:

• A trade or engineering background with strong mechanical aptitude
• Proven experience leading teams in a manufacturing or heavy industry environment
• Experience developing and training team members
• Good communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience with SAP or similar systems
• Exposure to rolling mill or similar operations and experience working with a unionised workforce will be highly regarded

Key Benefits

Below are some of our key central benefits that are available to InfraBuild employees. Other benefits may be available depending on your role or site.

• Award-winning workplace: 2026 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work Gold Winner, recognising our commitment to people, culture and performance.
• Generous parental leave: 20 weeks paid Primary Carer Leave and 3 weeks paid Partner Leave for those who have worked at the business for at least 12 months. The company also provides superannuation contributions for the Primary Carer during the period of unpaid parental leave for eligible employees (limitations apply).
• Employee Benefits Program: Employee Added Extras (EAE), our Employee Benefits Program, provides discounts for you and your friends and family on gift cards, shopping, groceries, home products, car rentals, holidays, recreation and more
• Recruitment referral awards: $1500 is awarded to eligible employees for referring friends or family to an open role if the candidate is successful.
• Corporate rates for private health insurance: Nib Health Insurance offers discounted cover for employees.

About Us

InfraBuild is Australia’s leading integrated steel manufacturing, distribution and recycling business, making steel using our electric arc furnaces. We provide solutions for commercial and residential construction, large scale and nation-building infrastructure as well as our primary producers and rural sectors.  With ambitions to be carbon neutral by 2030, each day we help build futures through sustainable steel.

InfraBuild's steel manufacturing team is an integral partner to the construction industry, delivering breakthrough thinking, innovative solutions and the highest standards in quality and supply. Operating two electric arc furnaces in Victoria and New South Wales, InfraBuild then utilises its four rolling mills to form new steel products and supply a range of products to steel distributors and processors nationally.

Why Work Here?

We offer more than just a job; we provide a dynamic environment built on three pillars that define our commitment to both our team and our industry.

• Work with a greater purpose: Join us in the pursuit of a sustainable future as we progress our ambition to become carbon-neutral. You will contribute to a legacy that not only helps to build our nation but sustains our environment for future generations. Embrace a culture where differences are celebrated, innovation is embraced and valuing everyone's unique perspectives contributes to our transformation.

• Work well - live better: We understand the importance of working in an environment which supports you to balance your personal and professional life. Experience a culture which values you as a whole person - where family extends to the workplace and your well-being matters. You’ll thrive not only in your career with us, but beyond.

• Build your own future: Step into a culture where every day is an opportunity to grow, and where driving your own development is not just encouraged; it's expected. You’ll be empowered to take the wheel of your learning journey and uncover your potential. The possibilities are limitless.
  
  

We invite you to forge your career in a workplace where passion meets purpose, wellbeing is nurtured and the opportunity to thrive is in your hands.It is our ambition at InfraBuild to cultivate an inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve.

We encourage candidates from all cultural backgrounds, genders, orientations, age groups, and abilities to apply. Your diversity is our strength in creating sustainable and innovative steel solutions for Australia's tomorrow.

We are a 2026 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.