Crushing Operator

Discover Your Next Role

Are your ready for a hands-on role in a great team environment? Applications are sought from suitable candidates to fill the position of Crushing Operator. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your career with a leading sugar processing factory that values safety, teamwork, and innovation.

As a Crushing Operator, you'll be responsible for the safe and efficient operation of our milling train, including turbines and boiler generators. You'll also provide support to shift trades, operators, and the Operations Coordinator. This role involves shift work during the crushing season, including weekends and overtime, and day work during the maintenance period.

This position will be based at Inkerman Mill in North Queensland's Burdekin region, known for its stunning landscapes, rich agricultural heritage, and a vibrant community. The Burdekin region offers a fantastic lifestyle with a warm climate, beautiful beaches and a range of recreational activities, making it a great place to live and work.

Your Role in Action

• Keep things running smoothly: Monitor mills, turbines, alternators, gearing, bearings, oil pressures and temperatures etc to ensure crushing of the cane is efficient and productive
• Challenge your computer skills: Operate complex sequences, and through individual operation of equipment, conduct station operations using a computer interface.
• Monitor and maintain quality: Identify leaks, process problems and report to the supervisor with accompanying paperwork to allow progression of repairs
• Keeping clean and safe: Maintain good housekeeping practices around the shredder and milling train turbines and platforms, keeping the area safe.
• Ensure efficiency: Carry out minor and regular maintenance on mills to ensure efficient and smooth running of the milling train and assisting trade persons.
• Learn and Improve: We will support your development through formal theoretical training and hands-on experience to help you progress to a Level 6 Operator.

Your Winning Combination

If you have excellent communication skills, attention to detail and a strong focus on safety, and are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, we want to hear from you Make sure to highlight any additional skills or tickets you have in your application. It will be highly desirable if you have:

• High Risk Work License - Turbine
• Confined Space Entry
• Working Safely at Height

What's that, you don't have these tickets? We believe in investing in our team, so while the following qualifications are required, we are prepared to provide training to those who show the right aptitude and fit.

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 5 pm on Thursday, 23 October 2025. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact People and Culture Coordinator - Emily Dingle on

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.