12 Hour Plant Operator - Day Shift

Employment Hero; City of Hume; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Steritech is seeking a full-time Plant Operator to join our team in Australia. The role focuses on safe receipt, movement, processing and dispatch of customer product, with hands-on forklift and warehouse duties.

You will perform data-entry into our systems, complete routine safety checks and maintain compliance with GMP-like standards in a fast-paced environment. A strong safety mindset and reliability are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse, logistics or regulated manufacturing environment
• Current LF Forklift Licence with practical forklift experience
• Availability to work 12-hour day shifts, including every second weekend
• Ability to follow written procedures and complete records accurately
• Strong safety awareness and attention to detail
• Demonstrated data-entry skills
• Proven reliability and teamwork

Responsibilities

• Receive customer product and perform quantity, condition and quality checks
• Enter accurate data into the Warehouse Management System
• Operate forklifts to unload, move, stage and load product
• Prepare, label, secure and position loads for processing
• Move and monitor product through warehouse and processing areas
• Support routine plant and processing activities per procedures
• Retrieve samples and dosimeters and complete records
• Prepare processing documentation and dispatch loads
• Perform pre-starts and routine safety checks
• Report equipment or operational issues
• Maintain a clean, hazard-free work environment
• Support shift handovers with the wider Operations team

Skills

Forklift operation

Data entry accuracy

Safety awareness

Written procedures

Manual handling

Team player

First aid knowledge

Education

Secondary education (VCE/VCAL)

Certificate III in related field

Tools

Warehouse Management System

Basic computer literacy

Job description

AI Job Summary

• Previous experience in a warehouse, logistics, or regulated manufacturing environment (e.g. GMP/ISO).
• Current LF Forklift Licence with practical forklift experience.
• Demonstrated computer literacy and accurate data-entry skills.

Role Type

On-site - Permanent - Full-time - Entry Level

Description

Steritech is seeking a full-time, permanent Plant Operator to join our team.

About Us

Steritech is the leading and trusted contract sterilisation and decontamination processor in the Asia-Pacific region, and one of the largest worldwide. We are a customer and employee focused business that provides clients with unique opportunities to open their business to new markets through innovative, technically advanced solutions.

Position Overview

This is a varied, hands-on operational role supporting the safe receipt, movement, processing and dispatch of customer product. Your duties will include forklift operation, warehouse activities, product preparation, data entry, processing support and routine equipment and safety checks.

The role requires a strong commitment to safety, quality and following established procedures in a fast-paced operational environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Receiving customer product and completing quantity, condition and quality checks
• Entering accurate product and processing information into the Warehouse Management System
• Operating forklifts to unload, move, stage and load customer product
• Preparing, labelling, securing and positioning loads for processing
• Moving and monitoring product through designated warehouse and processing areas
• Supporting routine plant and processing activities in accordance with established procedures
• Retrieving samples and dosimeters and completing associated records where required
• Preparing processed product, documentation and loads for dispatch
• Completing scanning, data entry and general operational documentation
• Performing forklift and equipment pre-starts and routine safety checks
• Identifying and reporting product, equipment or operational issues
• Maintaining a clean, organised and hazard-free work environment
• Supporting shift handovers and working collaboratively with the wider Operations team

Key Requirements – About You

You will be a reliable and safety-focused operator who is comfortable working across a range of warehouse and operational duties. You will have practical forklift experience, strong attention to detail and the ability to follow written procedures and complete records accurately.

You will communicate clearly, work positively as part of a team and be willing to learn Steritech's specialised systems and processes. You must also be comfortable with manual handling, repetitive activities and spending extended periods on your feet.

Essential Qualifications, Knowledge & Skills

• Previous experience in a warehouse, logistics or regulated manufacturing environment
• Current LF Forklift Licence and practical forklift experience
• Current driver's licence and/or reliable transport to and from the site
• Availability to work 12-hour day shifts, including every second weekend
• Physical capability to complete manual handling and active operational duties
• Demonstrated computer literacy and accurate data-entry skills
• Confidence learning and using warehouse, transport booking or other operational systems
• Strong safety awareness, attention to detail and ability to follow procedures
• Current First Aid certification, or the ability to obtain it
• Quarantine Approved certification, or the ability to obtain it

Preferred Qualifications, Knowledge & Skills

• Completion of secondary education to VCE, VCAL or equivalent
• Certificate III in Process Plant Operations, Plant Operations or a related field
• Experience in sterilisation, biosecurity, GMP, medical device, healthcare or another regulated environment
• Heavy Vehicle Licence, White Card or radiation safety training

Why Join Us?

• Combine hands-on operational work with genuine team leadership responsibilities
• Play an important role in developing team capability and maintaining safe, compliant operations
• Work in a specialised and technically advanced processing environment
• Join a collaborative business where safety, quality and continuous improvement are valued

Application Requirements

• Steritech ONLY accepts applications from all people with the right to live and work in Australia.
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo a pre-employment Medical check, National Police check, and Reference check.

Diversity Equity & Inclusion Declaration

Steritech is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. We are committed to a culture of diversity and inclusion that embraces and celebrates the differences and similarities within our people.

Steritech welcomes and encourages applicants from all backgrounds, and all suitable candidates will be considered regardless of age, ability, race, gender expression, sex, cultural background, spiritual beliefs or lived experience.