Trainee Plant Manager

The role

The Trainee Plant Manager is responsible for supporting the effective management, leadership, and coordination of concrete plant operations to achieve production targets, customer satisfaction, and budget outcomes, while ensuring all company health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures are implemented and maintained.

This is a full-time opportunity, reporting to the Production Manager to develop your career with one of Australia’s leading construction materials producers, with comprehensive training provided as you grow into the role.

This role is located in Deer Park, Victoria and you may be required to travel.

Responsibilities

• Undertake training to obtain licences necessary for the role
• Taking and input of concrete orders within the Melbourne concrete business
• Schedule & allocate jobs
• Provide supervision to Concrete Agitator Drivers (company & Lorry Owner Drivers)
• Coordinate plant maintenance & perform basic maintenance
• Batch and dispatch concrete
• Manage stocks of raw materials
• Ensure safety, health, environmental and Chain of Responsibility requirements are met

What you will need to succeed

• Exhibit a strong commitment to environment, quality, health, safety and well being
• Possess a desire for further career development with a proactive and positive attitude
• A strong customer service focus
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, organisational and problem-solving skills

Benefits of working with us

• Supportive, inclusive, and safety-focused team environment
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Opportunity to build long-term career pathways within the business

Our business

Central Pre-Mix Concrete is an integrated concrete and aggregate operation. We own five concrete plants, a hard rock aggregate quarry & modern batch plants are located at Deer Park, Campbellfield, Hallam, Port Melbourne and Gisborne. We also have a fleet of agitator trucks & an aggregate and cement cartage fleet.

Central Pre-Mix Concrete is a fully owned entity of Adbri Limited; a construction materials and industrial minerals manufacturing company. Adbri's portfolio of respected brands employs over 1500 people nationally and provides the cement, lime, concrete, aggregates, masonry products and industrial minerals essential for the transition to a low carbon economy. 

A safe and supportive environment

Central Pre-Mix Concrete puts safety first and recognises that diversity in our workforce drives innovation, encourages creativity and better equips us to be always ready. We are committed to increasing diversity within our workforce and our industry.

Applications close Friday 6th March 2026

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