Supporting Women into Frontline Operational Roles

Applications Encouraged from Women, Female-Identifying and Non-Binary People

Have you ever wanted to operate large machinery but weren't sure how to get started?

The Cleanaway Yellow Gear Academy has been designed to create pathways for women, female-identifying and non-binary people to enter operational and resource recovery careers.

This is a unique opportunity to receive paid training, gain hands-on experience operating heavy machinery and build a long-term career within one of Australia's leading resource recovery businesses.

No previous loader operating experience is required.

About the Opportunity

Based at Eastern Creek Organics on Dharug Country, you'll join a supportive team and receive structured training to become a competent Loader Operator.

Our Eastern Creek Organics facility processes food and garden organic material collected from homes and businesses. Rather than sending these valuable resources to landfill, we transform them into high-quality compost and soil products that support agriculture, landscaping and environmental sustainability.

This is a hands-on operational role working with unprocessed organic material, including food organics, garden organics and green waste, and helping convert those materials into valuable end products through the resource recovery process.

This opportunity offers a genuine pathway into a permanent operational career with ongoing development and progression opportunities.

Location

Eastern Creek Organics
339 Wallgrove Road
Eastern Creek NSW 2766

Employment Type

Permanent Full-Time

Starting Rate

Level 4 - $37.52 per hour

Post Competency Rate

Level 4 - 4 On 4 Off Roster - $57.20 per hour

Training Phase

Successful trainees will initially work:

• Day Shift
• Monday to Friday
• 5:00am to 5:00pm
• Full-time hours during training
• Approximately four weeks, or until successfully signed off

This training period will continue until you successfully achieve your Verification of Competency (VOC) and are assessed as competent to operate equipment safely without supervision.

Once signed off, you will transition to a rotating 4 on, 4 off roster:

• 4 days on, 5:00am to 5:00pm
• 4 days off
• 4 nights on, 5:00pm to 5:00am
• 4 days off

This roster includes weekends and public holidays as part of normal operations.

Equipment You'll Learn to Operate

Training will focus on:

• CAT 962M Front End Loader
• Skid Steer
• Mini Excavator
• Additional mobile plant and equipment as required

We encourage operators to become multi-skilled across a range of equipment and site operations.

What You'll Be Doing

• Learning to safely operate heavy mobile plant
• Loading, moving and managing organic materials
• Supporting composting and resource recovery operations
• Conducting pre-start inspections and safety checks
• Maintaining safe work areas and housekeeping standards
• Working with unprocessed organic materials and green waste
• Following environmental and safety procedures
• Contributing to a circular economy by helping transform organic waste into reusable products
• Working as part of a supportive site operations team

What We're Looking For

You don't need prior operating experience.

We're looking for people who demonstrate:

• A positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Strong commitment to safety
• Reliability and good attendance
• Good communication skills
• A strong work ethic
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Interest in machinery and operational environments
• A willingness to work outdoors in varying conditions
• Flexibility to work rotating day and night shifts
• A desire to build a long-term career in operations and resource recovery

Why Join the Yellow Gear Academy?

The Yellow Gear Academy offers:

• Paid, structured on-the-job training
• Hands-on equipment operating experience
• Mentoring and support from experienced operators
• Exposure to resource recovery operations
• Opportunity to become a multi-skilled operator
• Permanent full-time employment
• Competitive pay and shift rates
• Ongoing development opportunities
• Career progression pathways
• A supportive and inclusive workplace

This is more than a job. It's an opportunity to build confidence, gain valuable skills and establish a career in an industry helping create a more sustainable future.

Minimum Requirements

To be considered, you must:

• Hold a current Australian Driver's Licence
• Be willing to learn and operate heavy machinery
• Have a strong commitment to workplace safety
• Be willing to complete a pre-employment medical assessment
• Be willing to complete drug and alcohol testing
• Be physically capable of undertaking operational duties
• Be available to complete the initial training period
• Be willing to work a rotating 4 on, 4 off roster including nights, weekends and public holidays

A Workplace Where You Belong

At Cleanaway, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we operate and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

We strongly encourage applications from:

• Women
• Female-identifying people
• Non-binary people
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• Career changers
• People returning to the workforce
• People from culturally diverse backgrounds

This recruitment activity may constitute a special measure under applicable anti-discrimination and equal opportunity legislation and is intended to increase participation in operational roles where women remain underrepresented.

All applicants will be assessed on merit and their ability to perform the inherent requirements of the role.

Apply Now

If you're ready to learn new skills, operate heavy machinery and contribute to a resource recovery industry that turns waste into valuable resources, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and start your Yellow Gear Academy journey with Cleanaway.

For More Information

Please contact Cleanaway's Employment Pathways Specialist Eddie Solien (Torres Strait Islander with ancestral ties to Badu Island) via Eddie.Solien@cleanaway.com.au.

The Yellow Gear Academy strives to achieve substantive equality and is considered a special measure under section 7D of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) and under section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (VIC). The Women’s Driver Academy is undertaken by Cleanaway to address underrepresentation of women, female-identifying and non-binary persons as heavy vehicle drivers in municipal collections operations.