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Hire Controller
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What you'll do
- Monitor the orders inbox and process bookings sent through by Account Managers
- Manage hire and off-hire requests by phone, email and in person
- Prepare quotes, contracts, delivery dockets and return dockets
- Maintain accurate customer and hire records in the hire management system
- Coordinate transport providers for deliveries and pickups
- Manage the daily run sheet for equipment going out, returning or awaiting collection
- Liaise with the yard and workshop to confirm equipment is ready for dispatch
- Support account setups, credit checks and customer payments
- Keep customers updated and resolve issues quickly
- Assist Business Development Managers with quotes and pricing
What they're looking for
- Experience in equipment hire, construction, civil, logistics, transport or fleet coordination
- Strong customer service skills and a confident phone manner
- Good systems capability, with Syrinx or similar hire software highly regarded
- High attention to detail with bookings, pricing and paperwork
- Ability to juggle competing priorities and follow through
- Calm, solutions-focused approach under pressure
- Current Australian driver's licence
- White Card, or willingness to obtain one
Nice to have
- HRW, Yellow Card, EWP, Forklift or First Aid licences are beneficial but not essential
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About the Role
Sharp & Carter is partnering with a well-regarded, family-owned equipment hire business to find a Hire Controller for their Western suburbs branch.
Our client has grown steadily into Victoria over the past few years and competes with the big national hire names on service and reliability. They are now building out the branch team and are looking to add more than one person over time. This is a hands-on coordination role at the centre of the branch, connecting Account Managers, the yard, the workshop, transport providers and customers.
They want a sharp, systems-minded operator who can keep orders moving and stay composed when priorities change.
Key Responsibilities
Click Apply now, or contact Leon Deegan on 0405 436 331 or ldeegan@sharpandcarter.com.au for a confidential conversation. All applications are treated in the strictest confidence.
Sharp & Carter is partnering with a well-regarded, family-owned equipment hire business to find a Hire Controller for their Western suburbs branch.
Our client has grown steadily into Victoria over the past few years and competes with the big national hire names on service and reliability. They are now building out the branch team and are looking to add more than one person over time. This is a hands-on coordination role at the centre of the branch, connecting Account Managers, the yard, the workshop, transport providers and customers.
They want a sharp, systems-minded operator who can keep orders moving and stay composed when priorities change.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor the orders inbox and process bookings sent through by Account Managers
- Manage hire and off-hire requests by phone, email and in person
- Prepare quotes, contracts, delivery dockets and return dockets
- Maintain accurate customer and hire records in the hire management system
- Coordinate transport providers for deliveries and pickups
- Manage the daily run sheet for equipment going out, returning or awaiting collection
- Liaise with the yard and workshop to confirm equipment is ready for dispatch
- Support account setups, credit checks and customer payments
- Keep customers updated and resolve issues quickly
- Assist Business Development Managers with quotes and pricing
- Experience in equipment hire, construction, civil, logistics, transport or fleet coordination
- Strong customer service skills and a confident phone manner
- Good systems capability, with Syrinx or similar hire software highly regarded
- High attention to detail with bookings, pricing and paperwork
- Ability to juggle competing priorities and follow through
- Calm, solutions-focused approach under pressure
- Current Australian driver's licence
- White Card, or willingness to obtain one
- HRW, Yellow Card, EWP, Forklift or First Aid licences are beneficial but not essential
- A key role in a growing, family-owned business
- Modern fleet and well-supported systems
- Training and licence support as the business grows
- A supportive team culture with variety every day
- Genuine scope to grow as the branch expands
Click Apply now, or contact Leon Deegan on 0405 436 331 or ldeegan@sharpandcarter.com.au for a confidential conversation. All applications are treated in the strictest confidence.
Company
Sharp & Carter
Melbourne, Australia
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