We currently have an opportunity for an Operations Manager to join our Health & Education team, based in Adelaide, and play a key role in delivering safe, compliant and high‑performing facilities across a complex social infrastructure portfolio. Reporting to the Contract Manager, you’ll help deliver high‑quality outcomes that support our essential services and the communities that rely on them.

What You’ll Do

This role offers a broad scope, with key responsibilities including:

• Leading the delivery of reactive, corrective and planned maintenance across a diverse portfolio, ensuring safety, quality and service excellence.

• Providing technical leadership and day‑to‑day support to operational teams and subcontractors, fostering collaboration and strong performance.

• Ensuring statutory, legal and contractual compliance, with a strong focus on Zero Harm and continuous improvement.

• Analysing asset condition, lifecycle and backlog data to produce clear, evidence‑based recommendations that improve building performance and resilience.

• Working closely with the Contract Manager and Finance Manager to support accurate reporting, cost control and positive client outcomes

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in operations or facilities management within complex or social infrastructure environments, with PPP experience desirable.

• Strong knowledge of building services, maintenance delivery and compliance obligations, paired with sound commercial and financial acumen.

• A collaborative leadership style that supports, coaches and develops others while building trusted relationships with stakeholders.

• Confidence working with asset and work management systems, data analysis and reporting to inform decision‑making.

• A proactive, solutions‑focused mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

More than anything, you’ll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Why Downer?

At Downer, we plan, create, and sustain essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships, we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.

What It Means to Belong at Downer

We’re proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity, offering:

• Training and development to support and diversify your career.

• With 30% of vacancies filled internally you’ll find real opportunities to advance your career.

• Perks@Downer: healthcare discounts, great savings on retail purchases, car purchases and much more.

• Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We’re committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to help you put your best foot forward.