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Years in Mining
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Award-Winning Delivery
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International Regions
Built from experience.
Designed for mining.
HWS Recruitment is a specialist blue-collar mining recruitment business built on 15 years of recruitment experience across project delivery, maintenance, operations and workforce planning.
Established to offer a more practical and specialist alternative to generalist recruitment, the business is grounded in a clear understanding of site demands, hiring pressure points and what strong delivery actually looks like in mining.
The aim has never been to become a broad generalist agency. It is to provide specialist support in an area where operational understanding matters — where workforce gaps carry real commercial consequences.
Selected Recognition
RCSA Recruitment Professional of the Year
Multiple Recruiter of the Year — Mining, Resources & Energy
Finalist — TIARA, SEEK SARA, APSCo
Operationally grounded.
Recruitment shaped by real mining site experience.
15+
Years specialist mining recruitment
3
International mining regions
Founder-led. Direct access. Every time.
Who we recruit
Production Operators
Surface and underground mining operators across drill, blast, load and haul, and ancillary equipment operations.
Mobile Plant Maintenance
Trades and field service personnel supporting heavy mobile equipment across mining operations and shutdown environments.
Fixed & Process Plant
Fixed plant, process plant and shutdown teams delivering scheduled and unscheduled maintenance across site.
Site Support Roles
Site administration, training, mobilisation coordinators and operational support personnel.
Production Operators — Surface and underground mining operators across drill, blast, load and haul, and ancillary equipment operations.
Mobile Plant Maintenance — Trades and field service personnel supporting heavy mobile equipment across mining operations and shutdown environments.
Fixed & Process Plant — Fixed plant, process plant and shutdown teams delivering scheduled and unscheduled maintenance across site.
Site Support Roles — Site administration, training, mobilisation coordinators and operational support personnel.
Permanent Recruitment
Targeted search and selection for permanent blue-collar positions across mining operations, maintenance and site support.
Retained Search
Dedicated search for critical-to-fill and specialist mining roles requiring focused effort and deep market access.
Project Recruitment
Volume and project-based recruitment for shutdowns, construction, commissioning and mobilisation-driven hiring.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Embedded recruitment support integrated with your internal processes for end-to-end workforce delivery.
Freelance Recruitment Support
Flexible contractor-style recruitment capability for businesses needing specialist support without permanent overhead.
Africa
Expanding mining operations across the continent create sustained demand for skilled blue-collar workforces and specialist recruitment support across gold, copper and critical minerals.
Asia Pacific
A major mining region with growing international investment and increasing need for operational workforce delivery across nickel, copper, gold and coal operations in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and beyond.
North America
Renewed mining activity and critical minerals investment drive workforce demand across the United States and Canada, with growing need for operational and project-based hiring.