Contact Centre Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 6, 2026.
- $146,171 + 16.5% super + fortnightly rostered day off
- Permanent, Full-Time
- Location: Newcastle
About Ausgrid - we’re wired for good
We’re the largest distributor of electricity on Australia’s east coast, which means over two million homes and businesses rely on our good work. We’re here at the heart of the energy transition, and we’re driven by a powerful purpose to make electricity accessible for all.
It’s an exciting new chapter for our company with each day bringing a renewed energy to how we deliver, store and use electricity. As we continue to grow, we’re in search of exceptional talent to help us achieve our goals.
Everyone’s job is important here. Our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We’re committed to fostering a diverse, respectful, and inclusive workplace, and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
See yourself working here
We're looking for an experienced Contact Centre Manager who combines operational excellence with genuine people leadership. The role takes complex initiatives from concept to delivery, including digital customer projects and the use of data and AI, and mobilises senior stakeholders across the business to make decisions, remove barriers, and deliver value.
This is a role for someone who is highly visible, customer-focused and passionate about developing teams to deliver outstanding outcomes for customers, employees and the business. You'll lead through influence and presence, spending time with Team Leaders and frontline teams, building capability, coaching performance and creating a culture where people feel supported, challenged and empowered to succeed.
As Contact Centre Manager, you'll lead the day-to-day operations of our Customer Care function while playing a key role in delivering our FY27 strategy. You'll drive service excellence, improve customer outcomes, build leadership capability, strengthen team engagement and help prepare the Contact Centre for future growth, technologies and ways of working.
Success in this role comes from creating clarity, fostering accountability, having meaningful coaching conversations, recognising achievement and delivering consistent, high-quality customer service. We're looking for someone who genuinely enjoys helping others succeed and who can create a high-performing environment built on connection, feedback, development and continuous improvement.
What you bring to the role
Our hiring decisions are not only based on your experience and skills, but your passion, attitude, and alignment to our core values.
To be successful in this role, you'll have:
- A passion for people leadership and development, with a strong track record of coaching leaders, building capability, developing future talent and creating high-performing teams.
- A customer-focused and operational mindset, with experience managing escalated customer issues, complaints and complex operational matters, while balancing service, quality, compliance and performance outcomes.
- Strong operational management capability, including workforce planning, rostering, resource deployment, service delivery, performance management and the ability to interpret data, identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication and change leadership skills, with the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships, prepare and communicate operational insights, lead teams through change and foster a culture of accountability, engagement and continuous improvement.
Life at Ausgrid
At Ausgrid, we go beyond just a competitive salary to offer an exciting range of benefits. From salary sacrificing electric vehicles and novated leasing, to discounted corporate health insurance and access to Fitness Passport, our benefits support your work here, and your life out there.
Celebrate success every day with our employee recognition program to bring out each other’s best. Looking to grow professionally? We’ve got you covered with study assistance, secondments, training and mentors, whose advice you’ll keep wherever you go.
We’re proud to offer gender-neutral parental leave to balance work when growing your family. And if you’re caring for elderly parents, our aged care support services offer expert guidance to help you access care for your loved ones. At Ausgrid, it's all about supporting you in every aspect of life.
If you require support with your application/reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please reach out to our dedicated Talent Team [email protected]
Application close date: 20th October 2026(please note, this date is subject to early closure)
Applicants must have full Australian work rights to apply.
By applying, you may be considered for a Talent Pool to support future opportunities over the next 12 months.