Leed is an employee-owned Australian civil contractor delivering projects in metropolitan, regional and remote areas of Australia. We have close to 400 staff with offices and workshops in Adelaide, Bendigo, Cooma and Melbourne. We contribute to some of Australia’s largest sustainable energy projects, and deliver reliable, safe water infrastructure and road projects that serve communities around the country.

Our Leed Plant division has an extensive plant and equipment fleet of over 200 units, allowing us to control resources and provide clients with confidence that labour and equipment will be available when required. Our fleet is modern and well maintained by our dedicated asset management teams and provides critical project support to both Leed-focused ventures and our Clients. Our fleet includes articulated dump trucks, excavators, graders, dozers, heavy transport vehicles, and loaders.

About the opportunity:

The Supervisor – Logistics and Fleet Hire provides specialist support to the Plant Operations Manager, General Manager – Plant, and General Superintendent. The role is critical to ensure the smooth, compliant and well-resourced operation of all plant and logistics operations across the division - providing strong oversight, coordination and communication between projects, suppliers and internal teams. This role is critical to ensuring Leed projects are resourced and supported efficiently, safely and profitably, and meet with our Client’s expectations. From permits to prime movers, you’ll be the person who makes heavy machinery transport run smoothly. Your work will keep over-dimensional equipment moving safely and within the law, cut down the red tape around compliance, and give our teams on site the support they need.

In this role you will:

• Coordinate, report, audit and review all plant hire and logistics operations.
• Arrange, order and communicate with relevant parties the hire of internal and external plant assets.
• Maintain high level of Supervision of Logistics Drivers, communication with project personnel to ensure plant movements and access compliances are actioned in conjunction with directions from the Plant Operations Manager.
• Travel to Project sites periodically or as required by Plant Operations Manager to ensure they are resourced adequately.
• Provide daily scheduling reports, discuss, maintain and finalise with Operations Manager of hire and logistics work-in-hand.
• Develop and maintain supplier networks, conduct audits to keep up to date with market external hire rates.
• Coordinate audits of external hire suppliers plant specification compliance.
• Supplier business and compliance:

- Maintain strong relationships with suppliers

- Ensure compliance with operations standards

- Coordinate Supplier plant compliance Inspection