GMW Rigger

Discover Your Next Role

As a GMW Rigger at Wilmar Sugar & Renewables, you’ll play a key role in safely delivering rigging and scaffolding activities across site operations. This hands-on position utilises your technical expertise to ensure work is completed efficiently, safely, and to a high standard.

This is a permanent full-time position based at our Proserpine Mill which follows a year-round day work roster and may require some weekend work and overtime.

When the workday wraps up, you’ll find yourself in the heart of the Whitsunday region — a coastal paradise offering stunning beaches, tropical scenery, and a vibrant, welcoming community. With easy access to the Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef, it’s the perfect place to unwind, explore, and enjoy a lifestyle that balances rewarding career opportunities with an unbeatable everyday environment.

Your Role in Action

• Deliver Rigging & Scaffolding Services – Carry out rigging and scaffolding duties across maintenance and operational activities.
• Manage Scaffold Compliance – Oversee scaffold registers and maintain traceability of equipment, inspections, and training records.
• Coordinate Equipment Maintenance – Lead the process for identifying, tagging, and managing out-of-service equipment for repair or replacement.
• Ensure Equipment Safety – Inspect, maintain, and test rigging equipment, ensuring faults are reported and addressed promptly.
• Support Site Operations – Assist with plant maintenance activities and provide support to tradespeople and production teams as required.

Your Winning Combination

Our ideal candidate will hold current High Risk Work Licences in Scaffolding, Rigging, and Dogging, along with demonstrated experience in an industrial or maintenance environment. Strong communication skills, a proactive approach to safety, and the ability to coordinate multiple tasks effectively are essential for success in this role. Additional licences such as Forklift, Mobile Crane, Skid Steer, Gantry Crane, or an HR Licence 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 11 July 2026. Got questions or need a helping hand with your application? Our friendly People & Culture Team is just a call away at (07) 4945 9776. We look forward to receiving your application.

About Wilmar Sugar & Renewables

Wilmar Sugar and Renewables is Australia’s largest manufacturer and exporter of raw sugar, and among the top 10 producers globally.

We own and operate eight sugar factories across the Herbert, Burdekin, Proserpine and Sarina regions and employ more than 2,000 people during the annual sugar production season.

We are one of Australia’s largest generators of renewable electricity from biomass and one of only two bioethanol producers in Australia. We are also the largest sugarcane grower in Australia and a leading supplier of sustainable liquid fertiliser and stockfeed products.

Business unit Non seasonal