Senior Manager - Logistics (MAS290)

Role overview

Logistics management

• Implement the approved district construction logistics strategy and lead preparation and updates of district-, zone-, and package-level logistics plans.
• Translate strategic requirements into delivery actions and programs; manage logistics across multiple projects, contractors, and work packages, allocating activities to Logistics Managers.

Access, traffic, and haul routes

• Plan construction access, haul routes, traffic management, and staging areas; coordinate contractor access and resolve route or schedule conflicts.
• Manage temporary roads, gates, parking, holding areas, and delivery management; ensure appropriate segregation of construction, workforce, operational, and public movements.

Contractor and stakeholder coordination

• Lead regular logistics meetings and review contractor logistics plans, traffic-management plans, and mobilisation proposals.
• Coordinate interfaces with infrastructure, utilities, mobility, security, safety, and operational teams; track actions, resolve issues, and escalate significant risks or decisions.

Implementation, risk, and assurance

• Monitor contractor compliance through inspections, reviews, and assurance; coordinate corrective and preventive actions and control changes to logistics arrangements.
• Maintain the district logistics risk and constraint register and develop mitigation and contingency plans for closures, activations, events, and phasing changes.

Readiness, reporting, and team management

• Coordinate logistics for commissioning, asset activation, and phased handover; plan transitions from construction into testing or operation.
• Prepare progress reports, dashboards, and executive summaries; manage and mentor Logistics Managers, support resource planning, and deputise for the District Logistics Director when required.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Logistics, Transport Planning, or a related discipline.
• Typically 12 to 15 years of relevant experience in construction logistics, infrastructure delivery, or complex site operations.
• Experience managing logistics across multiple contractors or construction packages, including logistics planning, access, traffic management, and haul-route coordination.
• Ability to review contractor logistics and traffic-management plans; understanding of construction programs, phasing, risk management, and work sequencing.

Capabilities

• Strong leadership, communication, coordination, reporting, and presentation skills.