Principal Consultant - Ancillary Operations
Xenco provides businesses with executive and operational level support that significantly improves productivity, efficiencies, and company profitability. We pride ourselves on our ability to develop a rapid understanding of business issues, formulate an achievable plan, and execute it to deliver improvements to our clients' bottom line.
The Opportunity
We're looking for an experienced Principal Consultant - Ancillary Operations to join our team, working directly with clients across a range of commodities on a range of interim placement and operational improvement initiatives focused on ancillary equipment fleet operations. This is a consulting role, not a permanent site position - you'll be engaged on assignments with clients across Australia, stepping into interim leadership roles at superintendent level as required.
This role suits an experienced Superintendent looking to make the switch from an operational leadership role into consulting, or an existing consultant, bringing genuine site-based ancillary fleet operations experience into a client advisory setting.
What You'll Be Doing
Stepping into interim Superintendent (or equivalent) roles at client sites, providing immediate operational leadership and continuity
Diagnosing ancillary fleet utilisation, productivity and operational performance issues across dozers, graders, water carts, service trucks, light vehicles and other ancillary equipment
Supporting the design and rollout of operational improvement initiatives, fleet utilisation strategies, and productivity programs across ancillary and support equipment operations
Advising clients on frontline supervisor and operator development, site leadership programs and supervisory transition initiatives
Leading or supporting operating model reviews, including coordination between ancillary operations, maintenance and mine planning functions, and comparisons of owner-operator versus contracted ancillary fleet crewing models
Building strong working relationships with client stakeholders,



from frontline supervisors and operators through to mining, maintenance, technical services and executive leadership
Travelling to client sites across a range of commodities and regions to deliver hands‐on support, assessments and interim leadership coverage
Preparing client‐ready reports, findings and recommendations that translate site-level operational insights into practical, actionable improvement plans
Contributing to the continuous improvement of Xenco's operational consulting methodologies, tools and frameworks
What We're Looking For
Proven experience at Superintendent level (Ancillary Superintendent, Mining Superintendent or similar) within an open pit mining, resources or heavy industrial workplace, genuine site-based operational leadership experience is essential
Strong generalist capability across ancillary fleet operations, equipment availability coordination with maintenance teams, KPI and budget management, and operational planning
Comfortable stepping into interim leadership positions and operating as an external advisor, building trust and credibility quickly with client stakeholders
A strong consulting mindset, with the ability to diagnose problems, structure practical solutions and deliver hands‐on implementation support
Willingness and ability to travel to client sites as required, including extended interim placements
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to advise and influence senior leaders
Self-motivated and comfortable working autonomously across multiple concurrent client engagements
Why Join Us?
Be part of a global leader with the resources and reputation to get things done.
Enjoy a unique role where you can directly influence operations, policies, and procedures.
We are looking for people that are ambitious and able to use their initiative to drive outcomes. In line with this, the role pay competitive rates and provide people with rapid and diverse experience. If you're an accountable seasoned professional ready to bring value and tackle challenges head‐on.
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📌 Principal Consultant - Ancillary Operations (Queensland)
🏢 Xenco Services
📍 Queensland