Hide & Skin Grader

Geelong Leather situated in Culcairn, NSW produces wetblue leather & pickled skins and currently require 20 Hide/Skin Graders within the production department for Immediate start. This role is integral to the preservation & preparation of bovine hides to grading & packing of the hide leather and pickled skins.

What the role requires:

• Inspect, test, and sort green, salted, and wet blue hides and skins based on size, cleanliness, colour, thickness, and overall quality
• Grade and categorise hides and skins, under direction, and record data related to quantity and quality
• Inspect wet blue leather hides or tanned skins for thickness, size, weight, and quality, and sort into lots for further processing or dispatch
• Participate in the collection and stacking of hides, skins, or leather products
• Load/unload, hook up, or feed hides and skins into machines and operate production equipment such as conveyor belts and production chains, as directed
• Check products, reject defective hides or skins.
• Pack skins and hides in the required manner, as per production requirements
• Perform safe knife handling to trim and open hides and skins.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment
• Assistant in trimming, stacking, folding and baling
• Record information such as quantity and quality of hides

We are looking for Applicants who can:

• Work Monday to Friday with some optional overtime Saturdays.
• Be available for varying work hours from 8 – 10hr days (start/finish times vary depending on department).
• Be physically capable of repetitive manual labour including sorting, lifting up to 20kg, trimming and packing of cattle hides, wetblue leather and small skins.
• Willing to undertake a pre-employment functional assessment and Drug & Alcohol Testing prior to starting.
• Be vaccinated for Q-Fever or willing to be.

What we can offer:

• We offer the security of a Full-time position of 38 hours a week that pays above the current Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award, with an annual salary of $56,197.44 (this does not include overtime/allowances or bonuses).
• Annual leave, sick leave, and long service leave are also inclusive of the Full-time position as is superannuation.
• Overtime is available.
• Any external training requirements will be paid for by Geelong Leather.

This job will be open till the 14th of August 2026 and employment starts immediately once pre-employment procedures are completed and approved.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $56,197.44 per year

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to attend a pre-employment medical assessment?
• Do you agree to Drug & Alcohol pre-employment testing?
• Do you agree to undergo vaccination for Q-Fever?

Work Authorisation:

• Australia (Required)

Work Location: In person