HR Driver / Relief Batcher

026 Heidelberg Materials Australia Pty Ltd; Emerald; On-site; AUD 41,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Heidelberg Materials Australia Pty Ltd seeks an Agitator Driver & Relief Batcher based at the Emerald Plant. You will operate modern agitator trucks, assist with batching, and undertake yard duties while engaging with customers to ensure quality concrete delivery.

Role includes a 10-day comprehensive training program, 45–55 hours weekly, and overtime with enhanced rates. Strong safety and equipment-care standards are essential.

Qualifications

• A valid Heavy Rigid (HR) Licence is essential for the driving component.
• A current Construction White Card (or willingness to obtain).
• Good computer skills; SAP or batching experience beneficial but not essential.
• External operator experience for maintenance or heavy TFRs is preferred but not essential.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to adapt to change quickly and follow processes and procedures.
• Safety-first attitude and commitment to a clean, presentable truck.

Responsibilities

• Filling in for the batcher in charge when required.
• Operating the front-end loader (if qualified).
• Completing stock takes.
• Performing pre-start checks.
• Loading and delivering concrete as an agitator driver.
• Yard duties including truck cleaning and site maintenance.
• Supporting purchasing activities and ensuring safety and quality procedures.

Skills

HR Licence

Safe driving

Time management

Construction White Card

SAP / batching experience

External operator experience

Adaptability

Safety conscious

Tools

SAP

Batching software

Job description

Join us as an Agitator Driver & Relief Batcher and enjoy competitive pay, overtime opportunities, and a supportive team culture. You'll operate modern, well-maintained agitator trucks while also providing relief batching support when required. No two days are the same. Your work will be a mix of driving, batching, yard duties, and customer interaction, all contributing to the delivery of high-quality concrete to our customers.

Why This Role?

Agitator Driver and Relief Batcher based out of our Emerald Plant.

Hourly rate: $36.40 Overtime: time and a half after 8 hours, double time after 10 hours. 45 to 55 average weekly hours, Monday to Friday, with some Saturday work as needed.

Operate modern, well-maintained trucks featuring advanced safety technology, route mapping, and load tracking.

Enjoy daily variety with agitator driving, batching support, loader work, stock take, and yard duties.

10-day comprehensive training program for all new starters.

Position Duties:

• Filling in for the batcher in charge when required.
• Operating the front-end loader (for those with ticket or experience).
• Completing stock takes.
• Performing pre-start checks.
• Loading and delivering concrete as an agitator driver.
• Yard duties which includes cleaning of trucks and general site maintenance.
• Supporting purchasing activities.
• Ensuring safety and quality procedures are followed at all times.

About You:

• A valid Heavy Rigid (HR) Licence (essential for the driving component).
• A current Construction White Card (or willingness to obtain).
• Good computer skills; SAP or batching experience beneficial but not essential.
• External operator experience for maintenance or heavy TFRs (preferred but not essential).
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to adapt to change quickly and follow processes and procedures.
• Safety-first attitude and commitment to maintaining a clean, presentable truck.

About Heidelberg Materials:

With more than 4,000 employees across 300 sites, Heidelberg Materials operates one of Australia's most extensive concrete, aggregates, and logistics networks. Supported by global R&D and national collaboration, we supply high-quality concrete, asphalt, road base, sand, and sustainable recycled materials to major civil and infrastructure projects.

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, proudly encouraging applications from Indigenous Australians, people with disability, culturally diverse applicants, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Shaping the future, building successes Heidelberg Materials - your springboard into the future of the construction materials industry.

As a globally leading company in the construction sector, we manufacture one of the most widely used products, paving the way not only toward more sustainable production but also toward your personal success story.

Our bold and innovative approach focuses on massive CO2 reduction, efficient recycling technologies, and digital solutions – setting new standards for the industry.

In our globally connected and locally rooted community, your ideas have the power to shape a better tomorrow for people.

With us, you're not just shaping the industry's future; you're shaping your own. Let's get to work! Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions with leading market positions in cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete.

We are represented in more than 50 countries with around 51,000 employees at almost 3,000 locations. At the centre of our actions lies the responsibility for the environment.

As the front runner on the path to carbon neutrality and circular economy in the building materials industry, we are working on sustainable building materials and solutions for the future. We enable new opportunities for our customers through digitalisation.