Founded in Australia in ****, Sims Limited (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling and circular solutions for technology.
We play a critical role in advancing circularity and decarbonisation by supplying recycled materials and re-purposed products that help preserve our planet.
At Sims, we believe in developing our people.
With a strong promote-from-within philosophy and a range of programmes that support continuous learning, we offer opportunities for meaningful, long-term careers.
Employing more than 4,100 people worldwide, we operate over 155 facilities across 13 countries.
As an ASX-listed company, Sims provides the stability, transparency, and skilled growth opportunities of a publicly traded organisation, all driven by our purpose: to create a world without waste.
The Operator is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of heavy excavation plant to process, sort, and load metal materials within the recycling facility.
The primary objective is to utilise specialised attachments to grade scrap metal and feed production machinery while maintaining the highest standards of site safety and plant maintenance.
Plant Operation: Preparing and position the plant for operations; operating control to excavate, break, move, load,



and spread metal scrap, rubble, and other recycled materials.
Attachment Management: Selecting, fitting, and removing attachments such as buckets, hydraulic shears, grapples, and magnets tot suit specific material processing needs.
Technical Precision: Raising, lowering, and manipulating attachments using manual and hydraulic controls to sort ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
Process Control: Monitoring the operation of the plant and adjusting controls to regulate the pressure, speed, and flow of operation, specifically when using processing attachments like shears or grabs.
Instructional Compliance: Working accurately from drawings, site markers, and verbal instructions to meet yard sorting and export loading requirements.
Safety Coordination: Ensuring the safety of other workers by maintaining strict exclusion zones and regulating machine movements in a high-traffic workplace.
Maintenance: Servicing, lubricating, cleaning, and refilling plant, performing minor adjustments and repairs to ensure machine longevity and minimise downtime.
Experience/ Qualifications: Strong understanding of workplace safety and ability to follow OH

📌 Production Operativephedland (Port Hedland)
🏢 Sims
📍 Port Hedland