Yard Hand | Tank Farm Operator - Emerald

National Family-Owned & Operated Business with Over 90 Years of Experience

Job Security | Essential Services Industry | No FIFO/DIDO | Work/Life Balance

Hourly Rate + Super | Overtime opportunities | Emerald Location | Full Time

We are looking for someone with the ability to learn quickly, demonstrate a willingness to undertake a variety of administration tasks, and have excellent problem solving and time management skills.

JJ’s is an essential services industry, offering stability to employees and reliability to our customers.

Why Join Us?

At JJ's Waste & Recycling, you'll join an Australian-owned company that's been keeping communities clean and running for generations. Our trucks are a familiar sight across the country, delivering an essential service people rely on every day.

When you join our team, you'll benefit from:

- Job security in an essential services industry.
- Modern, well-maintained vehicles serviced by our experienced in-house mechanics.
- A Driver Development Program designed to build your skills and support your journey from Driver to Professional Operator.
- The opportunity to work for a company that puts safety first and values its people.

About the Role

Shifts commencing: 8am – 5pm

Days of Work: Monday to Friday + Occasional Weekends / Rotating Weekends

What You’ll Do

On a day-to-day basis, this role will require you to be responsible for a variety of depot tasks including complete bin repairs and maintenance, bin preparation, vehicle washing and detailing, and general labouring duties.

As we are an essential service provider, you will benefit from a stable and permanent role, regular hours with the opportunity for overtime.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Perform general housekeeping duties maintaining a high standard of site compliance
- Operation or various pieces of fixed and mobile plant equipment
- Operation of heavy vehicles




- Maintaining routine work records and inventories
- Carrying out non-technical maintenance tasks internally and externally as required
- Manual handling around the yard and facilities

What You’ll Bring

- A strong work ethic with a reputation for being reliable, punctual, and ready to get the job done.
- Current forklift licence and HR licence (preferred but not essential). We will teach you!
- Current skid steer and/or other mobile plant tickets (preferred but not essential). We will teach you!
- Able to demonstrate self-management and good communication skills
- General mechanical and repair skills advantageous
- General knowledge of OH&S; hazards and safety procedures
- Be subject to a pre-employment medical, drug and alcoholtesting
- Good driving record

What You’ll Need

- Undertake a company pre-employment medical and drug/alcohol screening
- Provide a five-year traffic history at interview.

What We Offer

We appreciate there is more to life than work, and so we provide a variety of work options to ensure the job gets done; along with competitive remuneration and a range of perks, regardless of your role or location including:

- The security of an essential services industry
- Career development and growth opportunities
- Health funds and car related discounts
- Novated leasing options
- Banking partnerships - including financial, budgeting, and mortgage advice

Life at JJs

JJ’s Waste & Recycling is Australia’s largest family-owned and operated waste management company. From our beginnings as a small family business, we’ve grown into a global operation servicing Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

But JJ’s is more than bin collection - we are one company with 17 divisions, employing more than 2,700 people and together we exist to continuously improve waste management and the impact that waste has on the community and environment. To find out more about JJ’s, visit our website.

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📌 Yard Hand | Tank Farm Operator - Emerald
🏢 JJ's Waste & Recycling
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