Top Companies Hiring for Operations Jobs in Perth (Oct 2026)

You're hunting for an operations job in Perth and every listing you open feels like it was written for someone else's career, not yours. As of 14 October 2026, JobRise's live feed shows 11 open Operations jobs in Perth, and that's a small enough pool that you can work it properly instead of spraying applications into the void.

Eight of those 11 were posted in the last 30 days. Six landed in the last week alone, so the market isn't dead, it's just concentrated in a handful of employers.

What these numbers are: a snapshot of open listings on JobRise, counted on 14 October 2026. Not a market survey. Treat it like a weather report.

Who's actually hiring#

Two names dominate this slice of the Perth market and everyone else is a one-role employer, which means your targeting effort should go almost entirely into Catalyst Metals and Rentokil Initial before you spend energy anywhere else.

The full picture, from the titles on the listings:

• Catalyst Metals (4): Shutdown Planner, Process Technician, Warehouse Officer, Longhole Operator. All are 8:6 FIFO from Perth, gold mining, permanent or full-time.
• Rentokil Initial (4): titles include Initial Hygiene Installer. The listings don't name a roster.
• Stranger Soccer (1): License Owner & Operator, Perth.
• First Focus (1): Service Delivery Lead.
• Actionstep (1): Customer Support Analyst.

Read those titles closely. They tell you the shape of the market.

Four of the eleven are site-based FIFO mining roles with one employer. If you're not open to an 8:6 roster, you've realistically got seven listings to chase. That's the catch.

Some of these names may be recruiters or staffing firms rather than the end employer, and that's normal on job boards because it changes how you apply, who you message, and whether you should ask about other unlisted roles.

How Perth stacks up against the country#

Perth has 32 open listings across all categories on JobRise right now, and 11 of them are operations, so operations is roughly a third of what's on the board in this city.

Nationally there are 116 Operations listings across all of Australia, and Perth's 11 sits near a tenth of that, which tracks with the city's size but also reflects how much of WA's operations work sits in mining and industrial services.

For broader national context, the JobRise Hiring Report: Australia tracks how listings move over time across the country. Skim it before you decide whether to wait out a quiet week.

One more thing matters more than the totals. All 11 are full-time. No part-time, no casual, no contract.

Zero of the 11 have entry-level titles like intern, graduate, junior, or trainee, which means if you're early career you'll need to position adjacent experience and transferable skills rather than waiting for a junior tag to appear. Apply anyway.

Targeting each type of employer#

Mining operators and mining services (Catalyst Metals). These roles want ticketed, site-ready people, so mirror the roster and the fleet in your first line and don't bury FIFO experience in a job description from 2019. If the title says Sandvik Fleet and you've run Sandvik gear, that word belongs near the top.

Industrial services (Rentokil Initial). Installer and technician roles care about reliability, a clean licence, and physical work you can actually do on day one, because they're scanning for can-start dates and licence class rather than career narrative. Keep it short.

Small operators and franchises (Stranger Soccer). A License Owner & Operator role is closer to buying a small business than taking a job, so lead with cash handling, customer growth, and willingness to run something yourself. They want an operator. Write like one.

Tech and IT services (First Focus, Actionstep). Service Delivery Lead and Customer Support Analyst sit in SLAs, ticketing, and stakeholder management, and the recruiter skims for six seconds looking for resolution times and volumes you can prove. Skip the mining vocabulary entirely.

Referral and outreach scripts#

Cold messages work when they're short and specific. Two scripts you can adapt.

Reaching a hiring manager you don't know:

"Hi Sam, I saw the Shutdown Planner role at Catalyst Metals on JobRise. I've done 8:6 shutdown planning on gold sites for the last three years, mostly SAP-based. Happy to send a one-page summary if that's useful. Either way, thanks for your time."

Asking someone you know for an intro:

"Mate, quick one. I'm chasing the Warehouse Officer role at Catalyst Metals, the 8:6 FIFO one. Any chance you know someone on that crew? No drama at all if not."

Note what's missing from both: no "I'm passionate about", no life story, no attachments nobody asked for. One concrete detail. One clear ask.

The 7-step plan#

1. Sort the 11 listings into two piles: FIFO site roles and Perth-based roles. Be honest about which roster you'll actually take.
2. Rewrite your top third for the pile you picked. For FIFO that means roster, tickets, and fleet near the top. For Perth roles it means systems, SLAs, and team size.
3. Run each employer through the free company insights tool before you apply. Two minutes of context beats a generic cover letter.
4. Apply to the 6 roles posted in the last 7 days first. Fresh listings get read; three-week-old ones often already have a shortlist.
5. Find two people at each target employer and send the outreach script above. Aim for a conversation, not a favour.
6. Track everything in a simple sheet: company, role, date applied, contact, last follow-up. Follow up once at day 7, then leave it.
7. Recheck the feed every Monday. With 8 of 11 posted in the last 30 days, new roles do appear, and being early matters more here than being perfect.

FAQ#

How current are these Perth operations job numbers?

They're a snapshot of JobRise's live listings feed taken on 14 October 2026, showing 11 open operations listings in Perth. Counts move daily as roles are filled and new ones posted.

Are any of these operations jobs in Perth open to juniors?

None of the 11 listings carry entry-level titles like intern, graduate, junior, or trainee. If you're early career, apply where you meet most requirements and frame transferable experience in the first two lines.

Do these listings show salary information?

No listing in this slice shows a salary. For operations roles in WA, reported pay varies a lot by roster, tickets, and site, so check the official listing and Fair Work or the relevant award for current figures.

Should I apply to recruiters or direct employers?

Apply to both. Some names in the data may be staffing firms rather than end employers, and a good recruiter can put you forward for roles that never hit the boards.

What if I can't do FIFO rosters?

Then you're working with roughly seven of the 11 listings, the Perth-based ones. Focus on the service, support, and operations coordinator type roles and say up front that you're after a local roster.