Labour Hire Scoresby, Rowville and Knoxfield

Bluestone Labour Group supplies storepersons, pick packers, forklift operators and production hands to warehouses, manufacturers and business parks in Scoresby, Rowville, Knoxfield, Ferntree Gully and Wantirna South. Below is the work we see in this part of Knox, the roles that fit it and how a booking works.

Knox City Council calls this the Scoresby, Rowville and Knoxfield significant business location. At the council's 2018 count it was the largest concentration of jobs in the municipality, about 15,400, on more than 450 hectares of industrial and commercial land. It is newer than the Bayswater precinct to the north: business parks, office warehouses and advanced manufacturing, in estates strung along EastLink, Ferntree Gully Road, Stud Road and Wellington Road. Council policy steers it from large format manufacturing towards electronic equipment, pharmaceuticals and specialised machinery, and manufacturing produces about three quarters of Knox's exports. EastLink gives the most direct run to the Monash and Dandenong employment areas.

Roles

What the Knox business parks ask for

Warehouse roles first, then production for advanced manufacturing.

Storepersons and pick packers

Receival, picking and despatch for office warehouses and distribution sites in the business parks, including the online retail fulfilment that has spread through Knox's industrial zones.

Forklift and reach truck operators

LF holders for docks and reach trucks and LO holders for order pickers, with the licence class matched to your machines first.

Production hands

Assembly and packing hands for electronic, pharmaceutical and machinery manufacturers, where clean work areas and quality checks matter.

Stock controllers and despatch coordinators

For wholesalers and manufacturers holding high value components, where the stock count and the consignment paperwork have to be right.

Forklift operator moving a pallet of boxed stock at a warehouse door

Coverage

Suburbs we cover from here

Not an exhaustive list. If your site is nearby and not named, ask.

Scoresby

EastLink and Ferntree Gully Road

Rowville

Wellington Road and Kelletts Road

Knoxfield

Stud Road and Bunjil Way

Ferntree Gully

Mountain Gate and Edina Road estates

Wantirna South

Knox Central

Lysterfield

Local demand

The work we see in Scoresby and Rowville

Office warehouses and business parks such as Caribbean Park and the Enterprise Business Park, where sites are smaller and a request is often for one or two people.
Online retail and distribution from smaller warehouses across Knox's industrial zones, with peaks that follow sales events and the end of the year.
Advanced manufacturing of electronic equipment, pharmaceuticals and specialised machinery, the direction the council's planning sets for the area.
Established industrial estates in Ferntree Gully, at Mountain Gate and Edina Road, with older light industry and trade supply.
Wholesalers and manufacturers sending product out along EastLink to the south east and beyond.

Bluestone Labour Group is licensed by the Labour Hire Authority, licence VICLHL11535. Using an unlicensed provider is an offence for the host as well as the provider, so it is worth checking the register before anyone starts.

Engagement

How we staff business parks and smaller warehouses

Sites in the Knox business parks are usually smaller than the big estates in the west, with office warehouse units, tight docks and a handful of staff, so a request is often one or two people who can work without much supervision. We ask about the stock, the systems and the machines before offering anyone, and keep the same people on your site where we can.

Every worker is a casual employee on our payroll: warehouse roles under the Storage Services and Wholesale Award 2020 at the grade that matches the duties, and production roles under the award that covers the work. We pay the wages, superannuation and WorkCover, and you receive one weekly invoice from the timesheets your supervisor approves.

Rowville has no train line, so tell us the start time and we only put forward people who can get to your site for it. Right to work is checked and High Risk Work Licences are sighted before anyone is offered. Give us as much notice as you can, and if we cannot fill a request we tell you. There is no sign up fee and no lock in contract.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Storepersons, pick packers, forklift and reach truck operators, stock controllers and despatch staff for warehouses and business parks in Scoresby, Rowville, Knoxfield, Ferntree Gully and Wantirna South.

Tell us early. Give us the dates, the expected volumes and the roles, and we start recruiting ahead of the busy period rather than in the week it starts, and tell you early if the numbers look short. Our guide to planning warehouse labour for the peak season covers what to send us.

We supply production and packing hands and ask about gowning, clean work areas and quality system experience before offering anyone. Your site's good manufacturing practice training and product induction stay with you.

Yes. The Bayswater Business Precinct, across Bayswater, Bayswater North, Kilsyth and Croydon, has its own page.

Other areas

Nearby areas we cover

All areas we serve · How we work with host employers

Labour hire in Scoresby, Rowville and Knoxfield