Overview
Own the Numbers. Command the Strategy. Deliver the Results.
This role is about transformation, not maintenance. As General Manager, you will take full ownership of a complex mining business, embedding commercial precision, introducing smarter systems, and setting a new standard for disciplined performance.
With the authority to shape strategy, influence stakeholders, and turn data into decisions, you will lead a technically robust team through a pivotal phase of change - stabilising today, while designing the frameworks that define tomorrow.
Based in the Darling Downs, this residential role offers more than career challenge. You’ll enjoy the lifestyle benefits of a thriving regional township, with excellent schools, healthcare, and community infrastructure - the perfect balance of professional influence and personal quality of life.
Command the Role
- Own the financial engine of the business, setting the metrics, driving efficiency, stabilising costs, and ensuring every forecast is accurate and accountable.
- Shape strategy and systems, embedding commercial discipline, transparent reporting, and frameworks that make decisions sharper, faster, and evidence based.
- Lead with authority, guiding a technically strong workforce and instilling a culture where expectations are clear, performance is measured, and results are non-negotiable.
- Influence with credibility, building confidence at executive level while commanding respect across contractors, unions, government, and community stakeholders.
- Deliver stability and discipline, steering the site through transition into long-term performance, creating value that endures well beyond your tenure.
The Edge You Bring
- Proven senior leadership in mining or heavy industry with full P&L; accountability.
- The ability to cut through complexity, enforce cost discipline, and sustain margins.
- Experience leading technically capable teams and influencing large workforces.
- Authority in government, community, and industrial relations engagement.
- Advanced commercial and financial acumen with strong modelling and forecasting expertise.
- Tertiary qualifications in commerce, finance, or engineering; MBA highly regarded.
Your First 6 Months Defining Success
- Stabilise costs and deliver forecasting accuracy across the operation.
- Embed rigorous reporting systems and cost-control processes.
- Define KPIs that drive performance across every critical metric.
- Implement decision-making frameworks where every dollar and every tonne is accounted for.
- Win trust by providing fast, accurate insights and measurable improvements.
Why This Opportunity Matters
This is not a maintenance assignment. It is a mandate to take command, impose discipline, and deliver results with executive backing and the resources to succeed. Here, numbers matter. Performance matters. Results matter. If you are a commercially astute leader who thrives on data, accountability, and authority, this is where you prove it.
Move Forward Today
Step into a role where you control the numbers, lead with authority, and define the future - all while enjoying the lifestyle advantages of the Darling Downs.
‘Quick Apply’ today through the Seek portal with your CV and a cover letter outlining how you deliver disciplined leadership and measurable results.
For any enquiries, please contact Jackie Rahilly on or via email
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