AT Metro Operations Lead

Auckland Transport | Posted 16-09-2019

Auckland City (Network)


  • Auckland CBD
  • Operations and Contract management
  • Plan your own schedule within your shifts

Fantastic role to take your relationship building and leadership skills to the next step. Environment of continuous improvement and professional development. One of the best operational roles available!

Auckland Transport

Auckland Transport (AT) is the agency responsible for the public transport network of Auckland. With over 90 million public transport trips across bus, rail and ferry, our network is growing with ongoing improvements and services. AT is always trying to provide Aucklanders the frequency and quality of transport to get where they want when they want.

The role

This is an integral role to the running of our public transport service. Based in Operations HQ, the central Auckland operations team has the added excitement of changing requirements at short notice.

No day is ever the same, high volumes, big expectations and increasing complexity means this role has to be filled by someone with a high degree of experience, skill and quick responses under pressure.

Working collaboratively with teams across Auckland Transport this role will:

  • Lead responses to planned and unplanned events on the public transport network
  • Manage key relationships with public transport operators
  • Monitor and manage service level agreements
  • Mitigate potential risks to public transport services

We are looking for

The successful candidate will come from an operational background where they have managed suppliers via contracts or service level agreements.

You will have significant experience in operations having dealt with multiple parties in order to deliver quick responses to events. Key industry experience could include freight operational roles in either land, air or sea, a background in supply chain or logistics, call centres, office management, or small business ownership.

You will also:

  • Be collaborative and supportive of a hardworking and close-knit team
  • Be a relationship builder and work with people for win/win situations
  • Be solution focused

What's in it for you?

In this role you will use your skills across a variety of work streams, each with the aim of solving customer issues or identifying new and exciting ways to offer something new as we change from a service to experience.

We also offer:

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Competitive salary
  • Training and development opportunities across our organisation
  • High performing teams and colleagues to work alongside.

Auckland Transport is passionate about our customers and providing the best experience for them and this role will be on the front line of those changes. This will challenge your problem solving and decision making skills while giving you great exposure influencing internal and external stakeholders.

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, apply now.

At Auckland Transport we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where people come first and we feel safe, respected, valued and supported, regardless of our differences.

We also support flexible working that meets the needs of our people and the business, so please talk to us about how we could make this role flexible for you.