Weighbridge Operator Port Hedland

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.

With a promote-from-within philosophy and a variety of programmes 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 minimises waste and protects the environment.

Your New Role

We are seeking a reliable, detail- orientated and customer service focused Weighbridge Operator to join our team at the Port Hedland site.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Timely and professional customer service
• Accurately weighing incoming and outgoing scrap metal using the weighbridge scale.
• Accurate record of weight measurements, customer information and other relevant date into our computer systems.
• Completion of payments in accordance with customer trading terms
• Maintaining an organized office, including organization of files and records
• Providing administrative support to the Yard Manager
• Demonstrating a high focus on safety

To Be Successful in This Opportunity, You Will Have

• Proven customer service skills
• Excellent communication & numeracy skills, both written and verbal
• Strong computer skills, specifically data entry, speed and accuracy
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Friendly telephone manner
• An organized approach, you will manage your time effectively
• Previous experience operating a weighbridge will be highly advantageous but is not essential
• Availability to work overtime during bulk vessel shipping periods

Essential Criteria

• Successfully pass a crimcheck
• Permanent Australian Work Rights

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.

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.