Shutdown Supervisor

Why This Role?

This is your opportunity to take ownership of shutdown execution at one of South Australia's most iconic industrial sites. As Shutdown Supervisor at Adbri Cement's Birkenhead facility, you'll lead contractor teams, drive safety outcomes, and play a central role in keeping our cement manufacturing operations running at their best.

If you're a trade-qualified leader who thrives in the fast pace of heavy industry shutdowns — this one's for you.

About the Role

Reporting into the Site Operations team, you'll be responsible for the safe, on-schedule, and high-quality delivery of major and minor plant shutdowns, while managing day-to-day maintenance contractor activities across site.

You'll be the go-to person on the ground — coordinating people, managing contractors, facilitating progress meetings, and ensuring every job is done safely and to standard.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate contractor resources across major and minor plant outages
• Facilitate daily shutdown progress meetings and produce timely reports covering safety, schedule, and cost performance
• Support planning and engineering teams with shutdown schedules and scopes of work
• Champion a strong safety culture across all shutdown and maintenance activities
• Conduct workplace inspections, critical risk verifications, and contractor audits
• Review and authorise JHAs, risk assessments, and contractor safe work systems
• Participate in incident investigations and assist with safety documentation
• Manage the clearance-to-work and permit-to-work processes
• Ensure thorough induction, supervision, and auditing of all contractor personnel
• Provide technical guidance to contractor trades and supervisors
• Promote open communication between operations, maintenance, and contractors

What you will need to succeed

• Mechanical or Electrical Trade Qualification (essential)
• Experience in heavy industry, manufacturing, mining, or fixed plant environments
• Proven shutdown coordination or frontline supervisory experience
• Strong understanding of fixed plant maintenance principles
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs and engineering drawings
• Experience with contractor management and permit-to-work systems
• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office
• Strong organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Flexibility to support shutdown rosters and call-out requirements

Our Business

Adbri Cement was formally known as Adelaide Brighton Cement. A name that is synonymous with cement; it’s what we were founded on in 1882. Today we continue be a leading local manufacturer of cement, lime and pre-packaged dry blended products that are building a strong South Australia.

Creating and supporting a safer and diverse workforce

Adbri Cement puts safety first and recognises that diversity in our workforce drives innovation, encourages creativity and better equips us to be always ready. We are committed to increasing diversity within our workforce and our industry.