Summary
Location
Novar Gardens
Type
full-time
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About this role
Job Description
BlueScope is an Australian-born, global success story, spanning 18 countries, with a team of over 15,000 people. We’re driven by innovation and are proud that the technologies in our products and brands.
The Opportunity
Come and discover the opportunity to join our Lysaght business in our Novar Gardens team as a Transport Manager. Lysaght manufactures and markets steel building products across Australia. We deliver customer-inspired outcomes that support architects, engineers, builders, installers and property owners in creating their vision.
In this key leadership role, you will provide timely and accurate reporting, forecasting and planning support to the Wangara team to ensure our products reach our customers reliably and on-time. This is achieved through your contributions to the safe and efficient movement, with delivery of all our products arriving to our customer delivery destinations.
This role will require you to lead a team of 30 employees in the day and afternoon shifts, with flexible work hours predominantly during the day shift. You will support the transport logistics function across all the 3 shift teams for a 24hr / 5 day operation.
As part of our diversity and inclusion journey, BlueScope is aiming to increase the representation of women in our Operations workforce across our businesses. We strongly encourage female applicants to apply for these positions.
What Will You Do?
While leading your team and having a direct impact on the delivery performance of BlueScope, this role will see you:
- developing and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers, customers and other key stakeholders
- support operational contractor management, cost efficiencies and prompt service with a view to operational efficiency
- collaborating closely with the logistics companies and carriers to ensure on-time deliveries, resolve issues promptly and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
- ensure compliance with statutory requirements, standard operating procedures (SOPS) and audit requirements
- provide coaching and mentoring to direct reports and team members
- champion a culture of accountability by setting clear expectations, defining roles and responsibilities and holding team members to high standards
- Ensure load scheduling meets chain of responsibility requirements
- Ability to motivate and influence to achieve well-informed, positive outcomes.
More About You
To thrive in this role, you will be a hands-on, process oriented and an engaging leader focused on developing your team to deliver creative solutions to complex problems. In addition, you will have the following attributes:
- previous involvement in an operational, manufacturing or logistics environment is an advantage
- experience in building collaborative teams and coaching them
- highly analytical with strong attention to detail
- a strong commitment to providing an exceptional customer experience
- the ability to work with ambiguity and constant change in a fast-paced environment
- demonstrated capacity to drive change and business improvement
What’s in it For You
- Onsite physio
- Free secured parking onsite
- Employee benefits with discounts on health and wellbeing products and services
- Employee Assistance Program
- Ongoing training and career development opportunities
Come and discover us at bluescope.com/life-at-bluescope/careers.
Together we can make a world of difference.
Applications close Thursday 5th February 2026
Other facts
About BlueScope
With over 16,500 people across 15 countries, BlueScope is a leading international supplier of steel products and solutions for building and construction markets. Australia’s largest manufacturer, BlueScope’s portfolio of brands includes COLORBOND®, ZINCALUME® and TRUECORE® steels and the LYSAGHT® range of building products.
Steel plays a critical role in sustainable development. To BlueScope, sustainability means developing, manufacturing and selling steel products and solutions in a way that provides for a sustainable future, with a focus on continuous improvement, adopting new operating methods and anticipating new products for the future.
BlueScope’s long-term growth is underscored by the sustainability of steel and the critical role it will play in supporting a sustainable society. We take a life-cycle approach, looking at the impact of a product over its entire life and focusing on the four principles of a circular economy: reduce, reuse, remanufacture and recycle.
Our steel products and services ensure that we contribute to the opportunities and challenges of society’s move to a lower-carbon economy. To deliver long-lasting value and meet the expectations of all of our stakeholders, our business must transform on all fronts. Read BlueScope's latest Sustainability Report at bluescope.com/sustainable-steel.
Interested in an exciting career at one of Australia’s most reputable companies with a track record of making things happen? Find out more at bluescope.com.
What you'll do
- The Transport Manager will lead a team to ensure timely and accurate reporting, forecasting, and planning support for product deliveries. This includes managing relationships with suppliers and logistics companies to achieve operational efficiency and compliance.
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