We're looking for someone with event and festival experience to lead our South Australian operations - someone who knows that being in events means every day is different. You're excited by the variety where some days you're in the office working on the finer planning and scheduling details the next you're in the Depot or on site or in a truck/forklift working side by side with your team. Whatever it takes!
The Role
As Regional Events Manager, you'll coordinate and lead our SA operations, combining management and leadership with hands-on work. You'll be driven by exceeding our customers' needs and continually helping to make the business operate more smoothly.
From coordinating the team for major music festivals to managing the maintenance of our equipment and vehicles, you'll ensure every aspect of our operation runs efficiently.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing a team of 2-3 drivers/yard hands plus casual cleaning staff
- Coordinating staff scheduling and resource allocation
- Participating in hands-on work
- Managing event delivery from start to finish
- Overseeing equipment cleaning, repair and maintenance
- Maintain customer relationships and handle site visits
- Handle emergency response when needed
Day to Day
- Planning resources for upcoming weeks
- Reviewing schedule and updating details to ensure all relevant staff know exactly what's required for upcoming events and yard work
- Managing casual cleaning staff, supervising and QA testing their work and providing feedback and guidance
- Site visit to advise a customer on solutions for their upcoming event
- Helping to unload trucks post-event and moving equipment into place to ensure an efficient work area
- Calling major customers to confirm final event details prior to bump in
- Delegating repair works for returned equipment and invoicing customers for damages
Ideal Experience and Capabilities:
- Experience and track record in event operations, particularly festivals and major events
- Real mechanical aptitude and hands-on capability
- Management skills with experience managing and communicating with blue collar teams
- Comfortable using a computers and various software tools, this will only increase for this role
- Organised with an attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure and deadlines
- Customer relationship management skills
- Valid MR truck and forklift licenses - Nice to have but not mandatory
About Us
Viking Events is a leader in portable toilet, shower and hydration solutions for events across Victoria and South Australia. We've built our business on reliability and practical solutions, with a focus on making our customers' lives easier. We're growing and looking to strengthen our operations in SA.
What We Offer:
- The chance to shape operations in a growing business
- A straight-talking, no-nonsense work setting
- The satisfaction of seeing your work make immediate impact
The Reality Check:
This isn't your standard 9-5 role. Event season (October-April) means early starts, late finishes, and weekend work. If this role appeals to you, you no doubt love the events industry and all the chaos it entails. You'll need to be comfortable with the physical demands of the job and be ready to step in wherever needed.
If you understand that sometimes leadership means driving or loading a truck as much as delivering a smooth event bump In and you're ready to roll up your sleeves with a team that values getting the job done right, we want to hear from you.