WORKING WITH CAIRNS HARDWARE

Current Career Opportunities

Inventory Coordinator - Gordonvale, Paint Centre & Smithfield

This is an ‘all-rounder’ type of role focusing on customer service, product knowledge, merchandising and management of stock, you’ll play a critical to the overall success of the business to have trade and retail stock on hand to meet our customer demands.

Bring your all-round administration skills (accounts payable, accounts receivable & reconciliations) and we’ll provide training around inventory management

Responsibilities will include: 

  • Customer service – including orders & quotes
  • Adhere to processes to reduce out of stocks and overstocks across the branch

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Exceptional attention to detail coupled with high level of accuracy
  • Computer literacy and strong numeracy skills
  • Physically fit with the ability to manually handle goods

Truck Driver Opportunities - Atherton & Mareeba

These roles require  customer focused individuals with previous experience transporting and unloading heavy building materials using a vehicle loading crane truck. You won’t be afraid to roll up your sleeves and be part of a team to get the job right and on time for our customers.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Conduct customer deliveries as required to schedules ensuring product is transported and handled in a safe, secure manner to site.

  • Ensure goods match run sheets and are accurately accounted for and checked off.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience as a truck driver with recent Driver History Check (or can obtain)

  • Physically fit with the ability to safely and appropriately manual handle goods

  • Medium Rigid Truck Licence (MR) essential

  • Forklift licence (LF) essential

  • Licence to Perform Dogging (DG) essential

Yard Person - Cooktown, Gordonvale & Mossman

We are looking for people to join our teams as a Yard Person. Delivering unsurpassed level of service, this role brings together heavy building materials to service our local customers with the right knowledge and advice.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Prepare orders for delivery in an accurate and timely manner, including being appropriately packaged for transport
  • Collate and load customer orders ready for delivery or pick up by customer
 

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Physically fit with the ability to safely lift loads and manually handle goods
  • Exceptional attention to detail coupled with high level of accuracy
  • Medium Rigid Vehicle Licence (MR) Desirable but not essential
  • Forklift Licence (LF) Essential

Yard Supervisor - Mareeba

An exciting opportunity for a supervisor role has arisen in our Mareeba Store. This role works closely with the Branch Manager and other key stakeholders to lead, drive and grow the business to service our local trade customers.

Responsibilities will include

  • Prior experience with building material supplies, or within the building industry is advantageous. The role is well suited to someone with confidence who enjoys working with people.
  • Leading a positive safety and workplace culture
  • Provide training, coaching, and development to all team members
  • Be an active leader and promote effective branch communication
  • Ability to cross sell product ranges to builders for a one stop shop approach
  • Undertake regular product training with market leading brands

Qualifications & Skills

  • Passionate about making a difference, highly personable, great communicator, engaging and supportive in approach
  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work
  • Physically fit with the ability to safely lift loads and manually handle goods
  • Exceptional attention to detail coupled with high level of accuracy
  • Forklift Licence (LF) Essential
  • MR Licence (Advantageous)

General Hardware Sales - Atherton, Mareeba, Cairns Retail & Trade

We are looking for a committed and dynamic people to join our retail & trade teams based in Cairns & Atherton Tablelands.

These are highly active roles, you’ll assist with counter sales, loading orders, picking and packing, and manual handling of goods.

Responsibilities will include: 

  • Extensive customer service including sales
  • Picking & packing orders – Forklift advantageous (for Trade roles)
 

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Brilliant customer service skills
  • Physically fit with the ability to safely lift loads and manually handle goods
  • Computer literacy and strong numeracy skills

Branch Manager - Smithfield

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Manager in our Smithfield Store. Ideally from a building product manufacturing or hardware background, you will provide leadership, training and management to your team where customer service is paramount. Ensuring the smooth operation of the business, maintaining and building relationships with trade and retail customers.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Working with our Company Values to achieve and inspire a positive and productive work culture utilising frontline leadership skills to ensure high quality customer service at all times
  • Manage daily operations of a diverse branch
  • Proactively assist to achieve budget, including sales, gross and net profit
  • High awareness of site safety and duty of care for your team, staff and site visitors
 

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Brilliant customer service skills
  • Physically fit with the ability to safely lift loads and manually handle goods
  • Demonstrated leadership experience within a diverse team

  • Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to effectively consult, negotiate and influence across a range of stakeholder groups

  • Sound knowledge of building industry, hardware or retail environment

  • Genuine commitment to empower, manage and maintain our Safety culture

  • High level of computer literacy with the ability to learn new systems quickly

  • Manual Driver licence – essential

  • Forklift licence (LF) – essential

Supervisor - Edmonton

We are looking for a motivated people orientated supervisor to join our Edmonton team. Working closely with the Branch Manager and other department team members, you will ultimately be responsible for all aspects of general hardware and will assist to maximise sales along with providing outstanding customer experiences.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Be responsible for leading a positive safety and workplace culture
  • Provide training, coaching, and development to all team members
  • Be an active leader and promote effective branch communication
 

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Demonstrated supervisory experience is essential
  • Good communication skills, with leadership qualities to create a positive team culture
  • Physically fit with the ability to safely lift loads and manually handle goods
  • Forklift Licence (LF) advantageous