Highgate Group

Leading Hand (Recycling and Mobile Crushing)

Highgate Group  •  Bendigo, AU (Onsite)  •  16 days ago
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Job Description

  • Permanent, full-time role
  • Above-award hourly rate (Cement, Lime &
    Quarrying Award) + overtime after 7.6 hrs/day + weekend penalties, where applicable
  • Consistent work across fixed and mobile operations
  • Primarily based at Eaglehawk site (Bendigo, VIC), however, must have the capacity to
    work away from home when mobile crushing job arises

ASQ Allstone Quarries is a locally owned business servicing Central Victoria since 1970, supplying quality crushed rock, aggregates and recycled materials across Bendigo and surrounding regions. Our operations include fixed and mobile crushing, screening, and recycling, including a glass
washing plant. We are known for our reliable supply, strong safety culture and high production standards.

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Leading Hand with strong quarrying, crushing or recycling industry experience to support the day-to-day operation of our recycling, mobile crushing and glass washing plant operations. This is a working leadership role, you will be on the tools while leading the crew, driving safety, and meeting production targets. While this role is suited to an experienced Leading Hand, we also welcome candidates with Plant Manager level experience who are open
to a hands-on position.

Key Responsibilities

Your main responsibilities will include:

  • Lead and maintain a strong safety-first culture, ensuring full compliance with
    WHSE systems, conducting pre-starts, toolbox talks and site inspections, and meeting environmental requirements.
  • Supervise daily operations across crushing and screening, mobile crushing, and glass
    washing/recycling activities, allocating work and supporting Plant Manage responsibilities as required.
  • Drive production to meet targets and specifications, coordinate maintenance to minimise downtime, and monitor plant performance.
  • Ensure product quality meets specifications and complete accurate daily production reporting.
  • Lead, mentor and develop the team, manage workforce matters, support recruitment activities, and maintain a clean, safe and organised workplace.

About You:

  • Experience in quarrying, crushing, screening or recycling operations
  • Strong, practical leadership, leads from front
  • Experience operating mobile plant is desirable (competency required in loader, excavator, dozer, skid steer and dump truck)
  • Exposure to plant supervision or management highly regarded
  • Reliable, organised and able to work under pressure

Requirements

  • Willingness to work away on mobile crushing projects as required
  • Availability for weekends and public holidays if needed
  • Current driver’s licence
  • First Aid (or willingness to obtain)

This position may involve working with Crystalline Silica please read Crystalline Silica Information for Job included in the Position Description attached.

Why work for ASQ?

  • Stable, locally owned business with over 140 employees
  • Diverse work across quarrying, recycling and mobile operations
  • Opportunity for career progression
  • Supportive, safety-focused team environment
  • Staff discount on products at our retail stores

Use the link above to Apply Now to submit your application or for more information, please email hr@asq.net.au

All positions are subject to the completion of medicals, including ILO Chest X-Ray and drug and alcohol screening. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

Highgate Group

About Highgate Group

Highgate Group is a specialist supplier of processing and packaging products to the food processing industry in Australia.

Australian owned, globally connected. Highgate source, stock and supply a huge range of innovative processing and packaging consumables and equipment from all around the world.

Highgate has become an integral partner to many food processors right across Australia. With a real focus on increasing production efficiency, through-put and yield, many high volume processors rely on Highgate to keep them up to date with the latest and greatest products for the industry.

Together with our extensive warehousing and logistics networks, our team of qualified industry backed representatives has enabled Highgate to become a trusted, proven Australian agent for some of the world's leading manufacturers of processing and packaging products.

Highgate's extensive range of over 4000 product lines include:

F.DICK Knives, Steels & Sharpening Equipment

GIESSER Knives & Sharpening Equipment

VICTORINOX, SWIBO, DEXTER Knives

BOBET, BEAR, DMT Sharpening Equipment

CHAINEX & MANULATEX Chain Mesh Apparel

TERMET Wash Down Equipment

SAFEX Gloves & Disposable PPE Products

TESTO Thermometers, Data Loggers & pH Meters

WRAPEX Pallet Wrap, Carton Liners & Bags

FINETTI Adhesive Tapes & Automation Equipment

STALLION Strapping & Strapping Systems

THERMOSHIELD Ice Packs & Ice Blankets

HIGHGATE - experience the difference!

Call us today on 1800 089 456 or visit www.highgategroup.net.au

Industry
Wholesale & Distribution
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Truganina, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
net.au
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