AddressSims 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
Are you looking to use and further develop your career in the circular economy? Look no further and join Australia’s leading metals recycling business!
We have an excellent opportunity available for an experienced leader to manage our Muswellbrook yard. Reporting to the NSW Operations Manager, this position provides you with an opportunity to work with our NSW team in order to ensure the yard operates at maximum efficiency whilst maintaining excellent vendor and customer service.
In this position, you will be managing a small, close-knit team of 4 full-time employees and 3 contractors. Experience across the breadth of our yard operations, including Non-Ferrous Buying, Machine & Weighbridge operations, and driver experience, will ensure you are able to step in and support the team where required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage all yard operations to ensure Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality requirements are exceeded,
- Maximise sustainable profit by establishing and implementing production goals, objectives and procedures in line with budgets and forecasts,
- Use knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and with the use of continuous improvement techniques for maximising the effective processing of scrap,
- Conduct training as required, including induction of new employees.
Essential Criteria:
- 2 + years of previous leadership skills in a similar industry
- Knowledge and understanding of the scrap metal industry and its processing techniques and equipment
- In-depth scheduling, planning, and time management skills
- Basic understanding NHVR mass and dimension limits
- A forklift or Excavator ticket is ideal
- A proactive work style with excellent organisational skills
Why Sims?
- 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?
Click ‘Apply’ and upload your resume + cover letter. We look forward to hearing from you!
Sims Metal 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.
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. 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.
Find Out More…
Please visit www.simsltd.com for more information on Sims and its commitment to sustainability.
