WORKING WITH CAIRNS HARDWARE

Current Career Opportunities

Inventory Coordinator

This role focuses on customer service, working with suppliers and our purchasing department to help grow the business. You’ll assist with planning, implementing promotions, merchandising, marketing activities, management of stock and have a high focus on customer service. 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

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Exceptional attention to detail coupled with high level of accuracy

  • Computer literacy and strong numeracy skills

  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work

  • Genuine commitment to Safety and Company values

  • Physically fit with the ability to manually handle goods

  • Current Vehicle Licence

Supervisor Opportunities - Cairns & Edmonton

These roles work closely with the Branch Manager and other key stakeholders to lead, drive and grow the business to service our retail & local trade customers. 

Our stores vary with opening hours – weekend work may be required on a rostered basis.

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) advantageous

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

  • Operate plant, equipment and vehicles as per company policies at optimum performance whilst maintaining high safety standards

 

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

  • Experienced operating a forklift in a small area
  • Computer literate and ability to learn new systems quickly

  • Knowledge of the Tablelands and surrounding areas

  • Medium Rigid Truck Licence (MR) essential

  • Forklift licence (LF) essential

  • Licence to Perform Dogging (DG) essential

Scheduler/ Driver - Transport & Logistics Centre

We are looking for an energetic, organised and dynamic person to join our Logistics team as a Scheduler/Driver. You will get the opportunity for ongoing training and development to build on your administration & reporting skills along with the chance to work in different areas of the team all whilst delivering for our customers.

Prior experience with transport & logistics is essential. The role is well suited to someone who enjoys working with people with strong scheduling skills, a passion for spreadsheets and confidence to get the job done. 

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in a driver role, coupled with a clean driving record

  • Advanced understanding of inventory movement and best practise

  • Strong administration skills with an enjoyment for reporting

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

  • Experienced forklift operator

  • Knowledge of Cairns and surrounding areas

  • Previous experience dealing with customers and logistic companies

  • Hands on approach with the ability to work under pressure to achieve deadlines and most importantly deliver to our customers. 

  • Genuine commitment to Safety and Company values

  • Heavy Rigid Truck Licence (HR) Mandatory

  • Forklift Licence (LF) Mandatory

Yard Person- Atherton

We’re looking for someone to join our  Atherton team as a Yard Person.  You’ll be motivated and enthusiastic, you’ll take ownership for ensuring our heavy building materials are available to our customers in a ready and accessible form. 

Responsibilities Include:

  • Receive, move, relocate, store and load stock in keeping with the company workplace health and safety practises
  • Collate and load customer orders ready for delivery or pick up by customer
  • Loads are appropriately secured to meet requirements and ensure goods are not damaged
  • High level of customer service to all internal and external customers at all times.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • High awareness of site safety and duty of care for your team, staff and site visitors

  • Physically fit with the ability to safely lift loads and manually handle goods

  • Exceptional attention to detail coupled with high level of accuracy

  • Manual Drivers Licence Essential

  • Forklift Licence (LF) Essential

General Hardware Sales - Tablelands, Cairns Retail & Trade, Mossman, Innisfail

We’re looking for enthusiastic and passionate people to join our local teams. Bring your customer service, retail or construction skills and we’ll provide you with hardware & building materials training. 

You’ll have the opportunity for ongoing product training from leading industry brands. 

These roles are well suited to team-oriented people that enjoy working with people. 

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Great customer service skills
  • Physically fit with the ability to safely lift loads and manually handle goods 
  • Exceptional attention to detail coupled with high level of accuracy 
  • High awareness of site safety and duty of care for your team, staff and site visitors
  • Have a commitment to ongoing job security
  • Trade Centre opportunities – Forklift Licence (LF) Essential