Weighbridge Administrator

Sims Metal; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with overtime

Company paid parental leave

Novated leasing options

Employee assistance program

BUPA discounts

Job summary

Sims Limited in Wingfield, South Australia, is hiring a Weighbridge Operator to join our busy recycling and scrap metal operations team. You will be the first contact for customers, suppliers and drivers, handling weighbridge transactions, cash handling, and documentation with accuracy.

Key responsibilities include providing excellent service, operating the weighbridge, assisting with bulk shipping, and maintaining safe, compliant procedures.

Qualifications

• Highly accurate with strong data entry and numeracy skills.
• Confident using Microsoft Office applications.
• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, reliable, and able to work collaboratively in a close-knit team.
• Organised, detail-focused, and able to manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Providing outstanding customer service to drivers, customers, and visitors
• Operating the weighbridge and maintaining accurate records and documentation
• Assisting with bulk shipping and logistics administration
• Provide site safety information and directions to ensure visitors move safely throughout the yard
• Verify material descriptions, weights and transaction details before processing
• Identify and report hazards, near misses and unsafe conditions
• Support stocktake and other operational activities as required

Skills

Data entry

Numeracy

Communication

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Founded in Australia in 1917, 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 professional growth opportunities of a publicly traded organisation, all driven by our purpose: to create a world without waste.

Weighbridge Operator

We are seeking a highly organised and customer-focused Weighbridge Administrator to join our busy recycling and scrap metal operations team in our Wingfield Yard.

As the first point of contact for customers, suppliers, and drivers entering our site, you will play a critical role in ensuring the accurate processing of scrap metal transactions, vendor payments, weighbridge documentation, and financial records. This is a varied position that combines administration, customer service, cash handling, and operational support in a dynamic industrial environment.

The successful candidate will have excellent attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to work independently while maintaining accuracy in a fast-paced setting.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing outstanding customer service to drivers, customers, and visitors
• Operating the weighbridge and maintaining accurate records and documentation
• Assisting with bulk shipping and logistics administration
• Provide site safety information and directions to ensure visitors move safely throughout the yard
• Verify material descriptions, weights and transaction details before processing
• Identify and report hazards, near misses and unsafe conditions
• Support stocktake and other operational activities as required

What You’ll Bring

• Highly accurate with strong data entry and numeracy skills
• Confident using Microsoft Office applications
• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
• Proactive, reliable, and able to work collaboratively in a close-knit team
• Organised, detail-focused, and able to manage competing priorities

Bonus Points If You have

Previous weighbridge experience (but don’t worry if you don’t, we’ll provide full training for the right person!)

Why Work For Us

• Join an environmentally conscious company
• A competitive salary with overtime
• Opportunity to gain further certification and career progression
• Company Paid Parental leave: 12 weeks for primary carers, 6 weeks for secondary carers
• Health and wellbeing support: BUPA discounts and an Employee Assistance Program
• Novated leasing options providing convenience and savings
• Access exclusive superannuation sessions tailored to enhance your understanding and management of superannuation benefits

A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organisation whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

At sims together we are a diverse group ofemployees who are supported by our equal opportunity policy. To achieve our purpose to create a world without waste to preserve our planet, we are guided by our Pillars of Purpose: Be Safe + Well, Band Together, Be Accountable + Transparent, Consistently Innovate, Inspire with Purpose, Celebrate + Have Fun.