Lead Freight Handler – Depot Operations (Night Shift)

CouriersPlease; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

CouriersPlease is seeking a safety-focused Freight Handler – Leading Hand at our Newcastle depot. You will lead depot staff, coordinate freight movement, and ensure efficient, compliant operations in a fast-paced environment.

Join a team that values safety, integrity and teamwork. This role requires leadership, manual handling, and a strong safety mindset with full-time hours from Monday to Friday in the Newcastle area.

Qualifications

• LF Forklift Licence (essential).
• Australian work rights.
• Comfortable with repetitive manual handling and physically demanding work.
• Experience in a leading hand role is advantageous.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to depot staff to support safe, efficient operations.
• Coordinate workflow and tasks to ensure freight is handled, sorted, and dispatched efficiently.
• Act as a contact between depot staff and management, escalating issues as required.
• Support compliance with safety, quality, and operational procedures.
• Assist with problem solving and continuous improvement activities within the depot.
• Sort and move freight into designated bays and cages.
• Perform repetitive manual handling of items up to 25kg (team lifts encouraged).
• Read labels and correctly sort freight into appropriate areas.
• Scan freight and support movements through the sortation machine.
• Palletise and shrink-wrap freight as required.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organised work area.

Skills

Leadership

Attention to detail

Safety mindset

Teamwork

Independent work

Tools

LF Forklift Licence

Job description

CouriersPlease is seeking a safety-focused Freight Handler – Leading Hand at our Newcastle depot. You will lead depot staff, coordinate freight movement, and ensure efficient, compliant operations in a fast-paced environment.

Join a team that values safety, integrity and teamwork. This role requires leadership, manual handling, and a strong safety mindset with full-time hours from Monday to Friday in the Newcastle area.