This is a hands-on leadership role with full responsibility for branch performance — including financial outcomes, safety leadership, customer relationships, engineering quality and team development.

Why This Role Matters

You will lead a skilled team delivering driveshaft and pump repairs across North Queensland, while implementing sales and operational strategies in line with the Branch Manager Position Description and taking full accountability for P&L performance, driving sustainable growth, and ensuring a profitable and high-performing branch outcome.

What We Offer You: 

• Market aligned remuneration with annual salary reviews – your performance and leadership are recognised.
• Career progression opportunities across Motion’s national Repair Workshop network.
• Comprehensive benefits, including retail discounts, recognition programs, supplied uniforms/PPE and access to wellbeing and employee assistance programs.
• 1 Good to Give Leave Day per calendar year in addition to normal leave entitlements to participate in volunteering activities.

About the Role – What You’ll Do Day-to-Day

• Developing and executing branch sales and operational strategies in line with regional targets .
• Driving revenue growth across engineering repairs, field service and reliability solutions.
• Leading workshop and field service teams to deliver safe, high-quality and on-time repair outcomes.
• Building strong relationships with key North Queensland industrial customers.
• Partnering with Safety & Wellbeing to ensure safe behaviours and timely reporting of incidents and hazards .

This is a visible leadership role requiring strong commercial acumen, operational discipline and people leadership capability.

Skills & Experience we are looking for:

• Proven experience managing an engineering workshop, service centre or industrial branch.
• Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated P&L responsibility.
• Safety-oriented leader with a commitment to WHS compliance.
• Formal qualifications in Business Management and/or Engineering (or equivalent experience) .
• Strong sales, analytical and financial management skills.
• Exceptional customer service capability.
• A people-first leader who builds high-performing, accountable teams.
• Strong communication skills and a proactive, can-do attitude.
• Current and Valid Australian Driver’s Licence.

Experience in driveshafts, pumps or hydraulic cylinders will be highly regarded.

About Motion

Motion’s Engineering & Services division delivers specialist engineering repair and reliability solutions to industrial customers across Australia.

We focus on safety, operational excellence and long-term customer partnerships. We invest in our people, systems and workshop capabilities to ensure sustainable growth and industry leadership.

We are a Company who values relationships — this role is critical in fostering trusted partnerships across customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders .

If you are a commercially driven engineering leader ready to take ownership of a key North Queensland operation, we want to hear from you.

Apply now and take the next step in your leadership career with Motion.

MOTION is an equal opportunity employer

You must be either an Australian Citizen or a holder of an Australian Permanent Residency Visa to be eligible to apply for this position.

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