Senior Project Manager – Operational Excellence & Site Expansion

This role plays a critical part in enabling the delivery of multiple concurrent expansion and productivity improvement initiatives across our Ballina site. The Programme Manager will work closely with senior functional and business leaders who are accountable for these projects, providing structure, governance, prioritisation, and hands-on support to ensure initiatives move efficiently from discovery and planning through to execution and sustained impact.

The focus of the role is on supporting site expansion (facility, process, and capability) alongside productivity and gross margin improvement, using Operational Excellence and Lean principles to drive effective execution and capacity release.

This is a highly visible, hands-on role suited to someone comfortable operating in ambiguity, influencing without authority, and balancing strategic intent with pragmatic, on-the-ground delivery in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

This role offers the opportunity to influence across functions and work on complex programmes that deliver real business impact over a 2-year transformation period.

Key Responsibilities

• Enable and support multiple strategic programmes across site expansion, process improvement, and capacity growth.
• Lead, mentor, and develop project managers and other team members within PM&OE.
• Create programme plans, budgets, risk registers, and identify project interdependencies.
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks and ensure stakeholder engagement.
• Step in to resolve roadblocks, guide change, and ensure projects progress efficiently.
• Collaborate with PM&OE colleagues to develop guidelines, frameworks, and reporting systems.