The Role

Do you want to shape the quality and technical standards behind some of South Australia's and the Northern Territory's most important building projects?

Adbri is looking for a Technical Manager to lead technical and quality performance across our concrete and quarry operations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Based at our Thebarton office, you will report to the General Manager SA&NT.; The role comes with a competitive remuneration package and a fully maintained company vehicle.

You Will Own The Quality And Technical Risk Profile Of The SA&NT; Business.

You Will Make Sure Our Products

Are Competitive, Consistent And Compliant With The Adbri Quality System And Relevant Australian Standards.

You Will Do This

By

- maintaining a quality management system that adds value
- reviewing project specifications
- analysing test data
- optimising and maintaining mix designs

You will also balance specification compliance with cost control. This means regularly analysing raw materials, plant capability, delivery processes and final product testing to find savings without compromising quality.

Key Responsibilities

- Champion safety and sustainability within the team and the wider business
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives, including optimising mix costs
- Oversee a NATA-accredited concrete and aggregate laboratory
- Control product quality, and investigate customer complaints and quality issues through to resolution
- Identify and manage the technical risks the business is exposed to
- Review project specifications to make sure compliant product is supplied
- Ensure products meet specifications and relevant standards
- Provide technical support, training and advice to internal teams and customers
- Oversee the development of concrete mixes and the quarry product range
- Maintain ISO 9001 compliance for the manufacture of concrete and quarry products

Essential





What You Will Bring

- Previous experience in a similar technical or quality role, ideally in the construction materials industry
- People management experience
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to turn complex data into explicit, usable management information
- Commercial awareness, including the ability to identify, raise and manage the financial and contractual impacts of product-related decisions
- Experience working with customers and suppliers to deliver budgeted strategic outcomes
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- A collaborative, innovative approach
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Desirable

- Tertiary qualifications in engineering or science
- Competency in Command software (concrete production)
- Basic knowledge of SAP
- Basic knowledge of Questlab

Creating and Supporting a Diverse Workforce Adbri recognises that diversity in our workforce drives innovation, encourages creativity and better equips us to respond to the challenges facing our industry. We are committed to increasing diversity within our workforce and our industry as a whole and as such, we welcome and strongly encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.

Our Business

Adbri is a leading supplier of premixed concrete, aggregates and sands to the commercial, industrial, civil and residential construction sectors.

With plants and quarries in South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Sydney and Melbourne metropolitan areas and northern New South Wales, Adbri supplies quarry products and premixed concrete customers at exacting standards.

Adbri is a constructions materials and industrial minerals manufacturing company who has been building a better Australia since 1882. Adbri's portfolio of respected brands employs over 1500 people nationally and provides the cement, lime, concrete, aggregates, concrete products and industrial minerals that allows us to be always ready for the next challenge.

📌 Technical Manager SA/NT (Adelaide)
🏢 Adbri
📍 Adelaide