Why Work With Whelans?
At Whelans, we’re more than just a company — we’re a family. As a proudly family-owned business, we’ve built our reputation on trust, integrity, and a genuine commitment to our people. When you join our team, you’re not just filling a role; you’re becoming part of a supportive community that values your growth and well-being.
What We Offer
We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, empowered, and inspired to succeed. From fostering long-term careers to encouraging innovation and collaboration, Whelans is dedicated to helping you thrive both professionally and personally. We offer many diverse careers in the following fields:
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Join our major projects team and play a key role in delivering large-scale, complex works from planning through to completion. These roles involve coordinating resources, managing timelines, ensuring quality standards, and working closely with clients and stakeholders to bring ambitious projects to life.
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Be part of our engineering and estimating team, where precision and problem-solving are key. These roles focus on designing practical solutions, preparing accurate cost estimates, analysing technical requirements, and working closely with project managers to ensure feasibility and efficiency from start to finish.
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Join our environment team and help ensure projects are delivered sustainably and responsibly. These roles involve environmental planning, compliance monitoring, impact assessments, and working closely with project teams to protect natural resources and meet regulatory requirements.
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Be part of our stakeholder and communications team, where building strong relationships and clear messaging is key. These roles involve engaging with clients, community groups, and partners, managing project communications, and ensuring transparency and collaboration throughout every stage of delivery.
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Join our quarry team and keep operations running smoothly. Roles such as foreman and weighbridge operators involve overseeing daily production, ensuring safety and efficiency, managing material flow, and maintaining accurate records for deliveries and dispatch.
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Join our Logistics and Assets team and help keep operations running seamlessly across the region. You’ll be part of a crew that manages the movement of materials, equipment, and plant, working closely with our truck drivers to transport essential resources safely and efficiently between sites. From coordinating transport schedules to overseeing asset tracking and maintenance, ensuring compliance, and supporting the reliability and longevity of our fleet — this team plays a critical role in keeping projects supplied, connected, and moving forward.
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Join our civil infrastructure team and help deliver essential projects that shape communities. These roles involve planning and constructing roads, drainage, and other critical infrastructure, ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency while working closely with engineers and project managers.
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Join our WHS operations and reporting team and help keep safety at the heart of everything we do. These roles involve monitoring workplace health and safety compliance, conducting audits and inspections, managing incident reporting, and supporting continuous improvement to ensure a safe environment for all.
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Join our business services team and keep the backbone of our operations strong. These roles involve providing administrative support, managing documentation, coordinating office processes, and ensuring smooth communication across departments to help the business run efficiently.
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Join our roads maintenance team and help keep vital transport networks safe and efficient. These roles involve inspecting and repairing road surfaces, managing drainage systems, performing routine upkeep, and responding to maintenance needs to ensure quality and safety standards are met across all projects.
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Join our workshop team and keep our equipment and facilities in top condition. These roles involve performing routine servicing, troubleshooting issues, carrying out repairs, and ensuring machinery and infrastructure operate safely and efficiently to support smooth project delivery.
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Join our finance team and help drive the financial health of the business. These roles involve managing budgets, processing accounts, analysing financial data, and providing insights that support strategic decision-making and sustainable growth.
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Join our HR team and play a key role in supporting our people. These roles involve managing recruitment processes, onboarding new team members, handling payroll and employee benefits, and ensuring a positive workplace culture where everyone can thrive.
Our Current Opportunities
Heavy Vehicle Diesel Mechanic
As a Heavy Vehicle Diesel Mechanic at Whelans, you’ll be responsible for maintaining and repairing a diverse fleet of heavy vehicles, plant, and equipment. You’ll work alongside a dedicated team to ensure our machinery operates at peak performance, supporting the delivery of high-quality, efficient services across our projects.
Operations Manager
If you are a driven and experienced Operations Manager who is ready to take on a new challenge, we encourage you to apply now.
The Operations Manager is a full-time on-site position, based at our Operations Centre in Bairnsdale, Victoria. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the efficient and effective deployment of labour, plant and machinery to support Whelans Group's construction projects, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety and profitability.
Civil HC Truck Driver (must have tipper experience)
Full time position
You will drive Auto Ejekta and/or Manual End Tipper Quads
Most work will be local to Bairnsdale, with occasional working away
What We’re Looking For
Minimum HC Licence with strong tipper and truck and dog experience
Able to drive manual and auto gearboxes
Willingness to work locally and work away when required
Holds a Construction Induction Card
Experienced Civil Engineer
Join our Engineering team and play a key role in shaping the future of regional infrastructure. We’re looking for a Civil Engineer with strong civil construction experience who’s excited to take on diverse, meaningful projects that directly support our growing communities. If you thrive in a hands‑on environment and want your work to make a visible difference across the region, we’d love to hear from you.
Project and Systems Administrator
Are you an organised, detail‑driven Administrator with Project and/or Systems experience, looking to take the next step in your career? We’re seeking a motivated professional to support our commercial, contract and business support management functions across a diverse range of civil projects.
As our Project and Systems Administrator, you will play a key role in supporting the full contract lifecycle - from tender preparation and procurement through to contract administration, reporting, and close‑out. You’ll work closely with our Director Commercial and Strategy, and Business Services Manager, as well as our project teams, suppliers, and subcontractors to ensure our commercial processes run smoothly and efficiently.
Civil Construction Surveyor
Melbourne | Full Time | $110,000 per annum, plus super
Are you passionate about precision, land development, and making an impact on civil projects? This could be the role for you! We're looking for a skilled Surveyor with a strong background in civil construction to join our dynamic team and positively contribute to a variety of projects throughout Victoria and beyond.
Let’s Work TogetherIf you’re looking for a career with a company that cares, invests in its people, and celebrates shared success, Whelans is the place for you.

