This position is based at Pioneer Mill in North Queensland's Burdekin region, known for its stunning landscapes, rich agricultural heritage, and a vibrant community. The Burdekin region offers a fantastic lifestyle with a warm climate, beautiful beaches and a range of recreational activities, making it a great place to live and work.
Your Role in Action
- Lead and Support Your Team: Guide and support the site EIC and operations teams, ensuring they effectively execute their responsibilities.
- Drive Maintenance and Capital Strategies: Collaborate with a diverse team to develop and implement effective maintenance and capital plans.
- Monitor Performance and Drive Improvement: Oversee team performance, providing guidance to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
- Plan and Schedule Work: Develop and coordinate the weekly schedule while contributing to long-term program planning.
- Ensure Resource Readiness: Organise the necessary resources for maintenance and capital works, including breakdowns and shutdowns.
- Problem-Solve in the Field: Conduct in-field fault finding and rectification to maintain operational reliability.
- Champion Safety and Quality: Monitor and manage team compliance with safety and quality standards.
Your Winning Combination
We're seeking a motivated leader with strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills across all levels. You'll have a proven ability to engage and inspire teams, driving them toward shared goals and performance targets. A trade qualification in an Electrical discipline is essential, along with hands-on leadership experience in the sugar industry or a similar heavy industrial environment. Additional tertiary qualifications will be highly regarded.
What Wilmar will offer you
At Wilmar, you'll be embraced as a valued member of our team, appreciated for your unique contributions. We offer competitive pay and benefits, including additional leave and superannuation entitlements and exclusive partner discounts. Our emphasis on safety and innovation creates a supportive work environment where you can thrive.
How to Apply
If you think that you are the perfect fit for this role, we invite you to apply online via Wilmar Careers before midnight on 30th July 2026. Got questions or need a helping hand with your application? Our friendly People & Culture Team is just a call away at (07) 4783 0336. We look forward to receiving your application.
About Wilmar Sugar & Renewables
Wilmar Sugar Australia is part of Wilmar International, a leading global agribusiness with around 100,000 employees working across more than 30 countries and regions.
Across Australia and New Zealand, we operate two major business units, Sugar & Renewables and Sweeteners, employing 2,400+ people during peak/ seasonal operations with corporate offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Townsville and Auckland.
As Australia’s largest raw sugar manufacturer and a top 10 global producer, Wilmar Sugar & Renewables runs eight sugar mills across North Queensland. We are also one of the nation’s largest generators of renewable electricity from biomass, a major producer of bioethanol, the largest sugarcane grower, and a key supplier of sustainable fertiliser and stockfeed.
