IMS is seeking a safety-focused Despatch | Forklift Operator who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants and/or women to support sodium cyanide operations in Kwinana WA.
Working within an industrial environment, you will help ensure products are safely packaged, stored, loaded and despatched while meeting safety, quality and environmental requirements.
- 12-hour shifts
- Rotating roster: 5 days on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 5 days off
- Pay Rate: $46.56 Per hour Day Shift
- Pay Rate: $62.63 Per hour Night Shift
About the Role
Reporting to the Operations Team Leader, your responsibilities will include:
- Packaging and preparing sodium cyanide products for transport.
- Loading liquid sodium cyanide into approved transport vessels and isotainers.
- Loading and unloading trucks, containers and transport equipment.
- Operating automated packaging, conveying and despatch systems.
- Operating forklifts and other mobile plant.
- Completing pre-start inspections and basic operator maintenance.
- Preparing Dangerous Goods documentation and despatch paperwork.
- Checking product quantities, batch numbers and customer orders.
- Completing inventory and stock control activities.
- Maintaining housekeeping standards,
identifying hazards and reporting equipment defects.
- Following Permit to Work, isolation (LOTO) and site safety procedures.
- Participating in emergency response activities and safety initiatives.
- Working with production, maintenance and logistics teams.
About You
You must hold:
- A current High Risk Work Forklift Licence (LF)
- A current Australian driver’s licence
- A White Card
- Full Australian working rights
You will ideally bring:
- Experience in manufacturing, chemical processing, mining, logistics or industrial operations.
- Experience operating forklifts and mobile plant.
- A solid commitment to workplace safety and environmental compliance.
- The ability to follow detailed operating procedures and work instructions.
- Good computer and documentation skills.
- Clear communication, teamwork and strong attention to detail.
- Availability to work 12-hour shifts on the advertised roster, including rotating shifts if required.
These positions are open only to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants and women, as measures intended to achieve equality under sections 31 and 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA).