Step into the role of Factory Assistant, where you'll get hands-on with mobile machinery, support vital plant operations, and be a key player in keeping everything running smoothly. No two days will be the same as you dive into the heart of the sugar industry!
Step into the heart of the Whitsundays and feel like you're working in paradise! With stunning beaches and a buzzing community spirit, it's the ideal spot to find the perfect balance between work and relaxation.
This is a permanent position in our sugar processing factory which requires permanent night-shift work during the crushing season including weekends, overtime and day work during the maintenance period.
Your Role in Action
- Mobile Plant Pro: Hop on mobile equipment to tackle product spills, re-rail bins, and handle a variety of other tasks with ease.
- Sample Support: Collect routine samples from stations for lab analysis and assist in the cleaning of juice sampling equipment.
- Tradesperson's Right Hand: Work alongside skilled shift tradespeople, providing hands-on support when and where it's required.
- Sugar Loading Lead: Be responsible for loading the sugar train with our raw sugar product.
- Housekeeping Hero: Assist in upholding a high standard of housekeeping across site.
- General Mill Master: Many hands make light work. Lend a spare set of hands to the shift teams and stations when and where it’s needed.
Your Winning Combination
We're looking for someone eager to learn and grow in this role, with the opportunity for training tailored to meet our business needs. While the following qualifications are required, we encourage applicants who may not yet have these but are keen to obtain them:
- Forklift HRWL
- Dogger HRWL
- Rigger HRWL
- Basic Scaffold
- Confined Space
- Working at Heights
- Mobile Crane
- Front End Loader
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 20 June 2026. Got questions or need a helping hand with your application? Our friendly People & Culture team are just a call away at (07) 4945 9776. 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.
