Operator 2-Machine Operator

Sims Metal (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling. With facilities across the globe, Sims plays an intrinsic role in the circular economy by making resources available for future use. As a responsible corporate citizen, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as at any time in our long history.

Your new role

We have an excellent opportunity available for an experienced excavator operator to work in our Ferrous department at Kwinana Beach.

Reporting to the Ferrous Team Leader, you will safely operate machinery in order to sort, grade and purchase materials.

You will be rewarded with ongoing mentoring opportunities and support from the Ferrous Team during your probation period and throughout your career within Sims, working for a sustainable growing business with class-leading technology. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Load & unload trucks, skip bins and trailers.
• Operate equipment, including forklift and excavator.
• Ensure customers receive a high level of service.
• Grading and sorting materials.
• Demonstrating personal responsibility for and commitment to EH&S policies and procedures.
• Adherence to traffic management plan.

To be successful in this opportunity, you will have :

• Ability to operate mobile plant and equipment to a high standard.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment, in a medium to large-scale team
• Ability to build rapport, with a high customer service ethos.
• A self-motivated approach, you will enjoy influencing positive outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to perform reasonable overtime during weekends and evenings in peak periods.
• Forklift Licence (LF)

Desirable criteria:

• In-depth knowledge of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metal sorting & processing techniques to international specifications being of high advantage.
• Swinging attachment experience highly desired
• Excavator Operation license

In Return, We Offer

Benefits

• Join an environmentally conscious company recognised as the most sustainable corporation in 2024 on Corporate Knights' Global 100 index. We are dedicated to ecologically sound practices, minimising waste, and protecting the environment.  

• Parental Leave: Sims is pleased to offer a paid parental leave policy, providing 12 weeks of paid leave for primary carer and 6 weeks for non-primary carer. This benefit is available to parents involved in the birth or adoption of a child, affirming our commitment to supporting employees through major life changes. 

• Novated Lease: Enjoy tax-effective vehicle leasing, providing both convenience and savings. 

• BUPA Discounts: Access exclusive health insurance discounts for you and your loved ones.  

• Prioritise your mental and emotional well-being with confidential counselling and support services through our tailored EAP program.  

• Access exclusive superannuation sessions tailored to enhance your understanding and management of superannuation benefits, providing valuable insights and support for your financial well-being.  

Interested? 

If you are ready to kickstart your career with us, please submit your resume and cover letter by clicking the ‘Apply Now’ button. We look forward to hearing from you! 

With a promote-from-within philosophy and a variety of programs available to support continuous learning, Sims offers the opportunity for a rewarding career. We are committed to the ecologically sound and sustainable use of resources and strive to operate in a manner that minimizes waste and protects the environment. 

A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organization whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. We are exemplary members of the communities in which we operate and are responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits. 

Sims acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past, present, and emerging. 

AT SIMS, TOGETHER WE ARE A DIVERSE GROUP OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY, WHICH VALUES THE BENEFITS OF OUR TALENTED WORKFORCE. WORKING TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CORE VALUES OF SAFETY, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, TRANSPARENCY, EXCELLENCE, AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.   

A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organisation whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

At Sims together we are a diverse group of employees who are supported by our equal opportunity policy. To achieve our purpose to create a world without waste to preserve our planet, we are guided by our Principles of Purpose: Be Safe + Well, Band Together, Be Accountable + Transparent, Consistently Innovate, Inspire with Purpose, Celebrate + Have Fun.