Human Resources & Business Admin Traineeship - Yara Pilbara

Human Resources & Business Administration Traineeship – Yara Pilbara

📅 Start Date: Immediate
📍 Location: Yara Pilbara – Karratha, WA

ABOUT YARA PILBARA

Situated on the scenic Burrup Peninsula, Yara Pilbara operates one of the world’s largest ammonia production facilities, supplying fertiliser to support global agricultural needs. Adjacent to the fertiliser plant is the Technical Ammonium Nitrate Plant, which produces essential products for the Australian mining sector.

Yara Pilbara is also progressing initiatives to support the development of renewable hydrogen in the Pilbara.

Yara values diversity, equity and inclusion and encourages applications from people with different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and skills.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Are you interested in starting a career in Human Resources?

This full-time traineeships runs over 24 months and will see you work towards:

• Certificate III or IV in Business, and
• Certificate IV in Human Resources

This traineeship offers the opportunity to gain practical experience within Yara Pilbara’s Human Resources and Training team while completing a nationally recognised qualifications.

Working alongside experienced HR and training professionals, you will support a range of activities across recruitment, onboarding, employee administration, training coordination and employee engagement.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys working with people, is organised, has strong attention to detail and wants to build a career in HR or business administration.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

As the Human Resources Business Trainee, you will assist with:

• Coordinating interviews, medical appointments and candidate requirements
• Supporting the onboarding and offboarding of employees
• Creating and maintaining employee files, registers and HR records
• Updating employee and training information across HR and learning systems
• Coordinating employee training bookings and maintaining training records
• Monitoring HR and training email inboxes and responding to enquiries
• Supporting employee engagement activities, events and recognition programs
• Assisting with the preparation of newsletters and internal communications
• Preparing documents, reports, correspondence and training resources
• Processing purchase requisitions and invoices
• Assisting employees, contractors and visitors attending the HR office
• Supporting HR projects, annual activities and general administration

ABOUT YOU

You do not need previous HR experience, but you should have a genuine interest in working with people and developing a career in Human Resources.

To be successful, you will have:

• Completed Year 12, or be working towards an equivalent level of education
• An interest in Human Resources, recruitment, training or business administration
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organisation and attention to detail
• Basic computer skills and a willingness to learn new systems
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and follow through on commitments
• A professional approach and an understanding of confidentiality
• The confidence to communicate with employees, contractors and other stakeholders
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team and show initiative
• The ability to pass a pre-employment medical and ongoing drug and alcohol screening

Previous experience in customer service, administration, teamwork or a role involving regular interaction with people would be highly regarded.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

• Start your career in Human Resources within the resources industry
• Gain practical experience across HR, recruitment and training
• Earn a full-time wage while completing your qualification
• Complete a nationally recognised qualification with course fees covered
• Work Monday to Friday, with an RDO generally available each fortnight, subject to operational requirements
• Receive ongoing support, guidance and mentoring from Programmed and Yara Pilbara
• Access Programmed’s Employee Assistance Program

LOCAL OPPORTUNITY

Programmed and Yara are committed to creating employment opportunities within the local Karratha community.

Preference will be given to applicants who already live locally. Applications are also welcome from people with a connection to the Pilbara who are prepared to relocate to Karratha at their own expense.

Applications close: Friday, 24th July 2026. Programmed reserves the right to close the advertisement earlier should a suitable candidate be identified.

Who we are

As one of Australia's largest employers, we work with great companies all around Australia and New Zealand to give you the best opportunities to work when and where you want to.

At Programmed, we are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment which values and respects diverse styles, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We welcome and encourage women, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

So it's over to you. If you would like to join our team, APPLY now.

To learn more about working with Programmed, we encourage you to visit our website.