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Mawsons
Mawsons is a family-run business that produces quality concrete and quarry products for the construction industry throughout Central and Northern Victoria and Southern NSW.
Across these regions, there are 80 worksites where nearly 600 Mawsons employees perform a very wide range of jobs. Trading also as Milbrae and Country Concrete, with a history spanning over 110 years and Adbri as a Joint Venture Partner, Mawsons are a well established and highly regarded employer.
MAWSONS TODAY
When it comes supplying quality concrete and quarry products, Mawsons are specialists. Mawsons are recognised as leading construction materials suppliers with a proud reputation for innovation, technical excellence and reliability. In addition to the sites with fixed plant Mawsons also operate mobile concrete batching and crushing and screening equipment, and have a fleet of concrete, cement and quarry delivery trucks.
Safety has always been Mawsons’ first priority. Operating modern equipment with the latest comfort and safety features helps to keep Mawsons’ safety performance ahead of industry standards. Staff are always encouraged to undertake further training to improve their skills & knowledge, advance their careers and strengthen the business.
Operating in a sustainable manner and minimising the environmental impact of our work Mawsons implement comprehensive quarry rehabilitation programs and maintain offsets for flora and fauna on our own land. We also supply low CO2 concrete, recycle aggregates and water and source all mains electricity from renewable sources.
Since 2007 Mawsons has been part of a wider enterprise through our Joint Venture with Adbri and, in turn, CRH. This means that Mawsons has the backing and support of a very large global corporation in doing what we do well in regional Australia. To find out more about Mawsons, click here!
Locations
Mawsons has over 80 sites across Central and Northern Victoria and Southern New South Wales. For a full list of our sites, please visit www.mawsons.com.au.
People and Communities
The people who work at Mawsons are skilful, resourceful and highly-motivated; always striving to ensure customers’ needs are safely and efficiently met.
Respect is a core value at Mawsons and our performance is measured against equality, integrity and environmental targets as well as safety and economic objectives.
Enhancing the skills and leadership qualities of our people provides great career paths while also securing future stability and giving our customers the best products and service. Specialist training in many fields including machine operation, metal & mechanical trades, concrete technology, IT, safety, plant design, quality assurance, explosives, rehabilitation, environmental care, people management and administration is regularly provided to employees who are looking to improve their skillsets and advance through the business. Attending conferences and participating in industry seminars helps ensure that Mawsons people remain well informed and familiar with industry best practice both in Australia and overseas.
As a long-established, regional employer, operating across so many towns and cities, small and large, Mawsons have strong community ties. Through the involvement of our employees and sponsorship from our Company Mawsons support hundreds of local clubs and organisations to help ensure the well-being and prosperity of all the people in the regions we serve.
Careers at Mawsons
Mawsons are committed equal opportunity employers with a diverse workforce and pride ourselves on being flexible to meet individual employees’ family, well-being and personal development needs. Understanding and respecting how the needs of individuals change over time is a feature of Mawsons recruitment and staff development programs.
A career at Mawsons offers enormous opportunities; it can start close to home and involve trying a range of tasks before undertaking further training and establishing your own career goals.
Graduate positions, trade apprenticeships, a tailored Cadet program and various traineeships are all available.
Mawsons departments:
- Concrete
- Quarry
- Mechanical & Fabrication
- Engineering & Technical
- Transport
- Administration, IT, WH&S and HR
Concrete
Concrete batch plants combine sand and stone from Mawsons’ quarries with cement, water and specialist additives which are then mixed and delivered to construction sites in agitator trucks. Mawsons’ concrete batch plants are strategically located to serve our region. Depending on demand there can be up to 10 agitator trucks and 15 people working at a Mawsons’ concrete plant. Jobs include truck and front end loader drivers, batchers (who select ingredients, manage raw material supply and operate the plant), transport co-ordinators and managers. In smaller plants these roles are shared amongst multi-skilled teams of 2 or 3 people. Some Mawsons’ concrete plants also offer a range of landscaping products for direct sale or delivery in smaller tip trucks.
Quarries
Stone for concrete, road and rail way construction, asphalt, erosion control, dams and landscaping applications is sourced from Mawsons extensive quarry network. Many different types of stone are quarried. Hard rock, such as basalt, diabase, hornfels and granite is drilled and blasted using explosives. Gravel and sand is dug directly from the ground using excavators. Once extracted the stone material is crushed and screened to meet Australian Standard specifications for each particular product. Blending and wet mixing plants at Mawsons’ quarries ensure optimum product performance while recycling by-products and minimising any waste.
Quarry equipment is typically large. Mawsons use dump trucks that carry loads of between 30 and 60 tonnes. The largest front end loaders at Mawsons’ quarries can fit small cars in their buckets and excavators weigh between 25 and 75 tonnes. There is also specialised equipment such as rock drills and hydraulic hammers that work in the pits to win the stone. Some quarries have crushers and screens that are permanent, others use mobile crushers and screens that travel between quarry sites as customer needs dictate.
Our quarries rely on skilled people of all ages and gender to perform a range of roles; mobile and fixed plant operators, drill and blast surveyors, mechanics, fitters and welders, transport co-ordinators and despatch staff combine as a tight to keep each quarry humming.
Mawsons operate quarries not mines; mines often use chemicals to extract and refine minerals. There is no chemical processing at Mawson quarries.
Mechanical and Fabrication
There are lots of machines at Mawsons; small and large, electric, diesel and petrol powered. Each piece of equipment has to be well maintained to ensure its safe and efficient operation. This is where the mechanics and maintenance teams play a critical role.
Mechanics and maintenance staff are based across the business, many are kept busy in the main workshops at Cohuna, Griffith and Leeton. These workshops are equipped with modern tools and undertake all sorts of repair and rebuild work. Mobile mechanics and welders also visit production sites to carry out maintenance, repairs and plant upgrades.
A specialist team of plant design engineers and project managers undertake the planning, design and construction for much of the plant upgrade work that Mawsons are constantly undertaking, often at several sites at once.
Engineering and Technical
The products Mawsons supply must be durable, safe and able to do what they are expected to do. A team of civil engineers, specialized laboratory technicians and material testers are based in NATA Certified Materials Testing Facilities in Echuca and Griffith, at major quarries and concrete plants across Mawsons’ business. These people are continually refining concrete mix designs and testing concrete and quarry products against a very wide range of criteria to ensure specifications are comfortably meet. Assessing new products and production techniques forms an important part of the Technical Teams’ work as Mawsons continue to keep abreast of the latest, most efficient building technologies.
Transport
On the roads Mawsons operate a large fleet of modern concrete trucks (agitators), tip trucks and cement tankers. This equipment provides the delivery services that link our supply sources to our customers’ construction sites. The work of concrete and quarry delivery drivers might take them to remote highways, farmer’s tracks, along rivers or across valleys. Rarely are two days the same for Mawsons’ drivers who are always in contact with their home base and manager via the satellite communication systems that are installed in each vehicle.
Administration, HR, WH&S and IT
Mawsons operational divisions are supported by specialist financial, IT, Human Resources and Work Health and Safety practitioners. These people play critical roles in managing the company’s finances and ensuring that the needs of our most important asset, our people, are well managed. The skills, experience and qualifications in these areas vary from home-grown experience to tertiary qualified staff who have lived experience in all sorts of businesses beyond concrete and quarries.
Offices with training facilities in Cohuna, Echuca, Bendigo, Leeton and Griffith are designed to make sure that the expert help of a specialist support person is never out of reach of an operator or manager at any Mawsons’ plant.
Are You Interested in a Career at Mawsons?
Mawsons is a family-run business that produces quality construction materials throughout Northern Victoria and Southern NSW. Across these regions, Mawsons are prominent players with almost 600 employees across 80 sites. Trading also as Milbrae and Country Concrete, with a history spanning over 110 years and Adbri as a Joint Venture Partner, Mawsons are very well established and highly regarded.
Mawsons Concrete and Quarry Operational Cadetship Program started in 2023 and is designed to provide aspiring young people with comprehensive training and hands-on experience across the concrete, quarry, technical and workshop divisions of our business. This program aims to develop a new generation of skilled workers who are ready to tackle the challenges and opportunities in the vital building and construction sectors.
The Opportunity
Continuing in 2025 Mawsons have an exciting opportunity for young regional people to complete a 10-month Cadetship program commencing in late Janurary. Mawsons aim is to secure young talent into our workforce and provide development opportunities and experience to the young people in the communities in which we work.
The scheme offers up to three successful 18-25 year old candidates a 10 month fixed term contract of employment, after which the objective is for each successful Cadet to potentially secure a suitable permanent, ongoing role with Mawsons dependent on their skills, preferences, desired location and the business needs at that time.
Each Cadet will move through four of our operational divisions: Concrete, Quarries, Workshops (Fabrication and Mechanical) and Technical. Position descriptions are attached which outline the cadets duties and scope of work for each division. We seek cadets who are confident, enthusiastic and enjoy meeting new teams and learning new skills. Whilst we try to place cadets in work sites that are nearest to their residential location, there are periods of the program where cadets may be required to work away from home for the week. Mawsons cover accommodation and travel expenses as required. Each Cadet will be assigned a workplace mentor for the duration of the program to provide guidance and support. Cadets will receive a competitive wage while gaining valuable industry and workplace knowledge from our friendly and professional Mawsons teams.
Cadets from 2024 talk about their experiences at Mawsons
“Since I began my cadetship at Mawsons in March this year, I have really enjoyed working in the different areas of the business.
I have found a liking in each of the area’s I have rotated through and I also enjoy the varied type of work and processes behind what is done and how tasks are performed.
Specifically, I have enjoyed meeting new friendly faces and my favourite task would be driving the heavy vehicles at the quarries.
The cadetship has been fantastic and I have really enjoyed my time here.
I have learnt many new skills through the cadet program and I look forward to what the future holds.”
– Joe
I have enjoyed the opportunity that the Mawsons Cadetship program has provided. During my time as a Cadet I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of credible people and am grateful for the time they have taken to teach me new skills.
I have enjoyed working in the quarry at Glenrowan with a great variety in daily tasks and a good insight into the quarry operations. The Concrete laboratory gave an interesting insight into the technical science behind producing concrete.
I am very thankful for the opportunity that Mawsons have given to the Cadets for the 2024 Cadetship Program. I am looking forward to the future with Mawsons.
– Zac
The 2024 Mawsons Cadetship Program interested me to apply for as I could see how it would provide a huge opportunity to learn and develop new skills across an interesting and respected business in the region. Over the course of the Cadetship Program, I have been able to work in the Concrete, Quarries, Mechanical and Engineering areas of the business and each one has provided the opportunity to learn and develop new skills. The way each department of the business interacts as one was really interesting. The staff at each site took time to show me different tasks and were always very helpful. I look forward to the journey ahead.
– Jake
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