Careers at STIHL Australia

WHY STIHL

We are an organisation that provides you with clarity about what success looks like and how to get there. STIHL is a family-owned company, with a global reach and a large Australian presence. Supported by over 19,500 employees worldwide. In Australia, we employ 115 people across the country with our field employees working in every state. Our head office is in Knoxfield, Victoria but we also have Sales offices and Warehouses in WA and QLD.   

Known for our high-quality products and a strong reputation for reliability and state-of-the-art German engineering technology, STIHL has grown to be a household name, and is the number one chainsaw brand worldwide. Voted as Australia’s most trusted brand of Outdoor Power Equipment distributing through an extensive network of more than 620 specialist dealers in both rural and metropolitan markets.

We believe that it is only when we improve ourselves that we can also help others to do the same and this is where you come in. If your passion is being part of a community that seeks to strive and be better every single day, the opportunities are there for those who want to take them.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

To view our current opportunities, click here.

LIFE AT STIHL

At STIHL you will work as part of a successful, global, family-owned company Because you can be part of making an impact from day one. We are looking for team players and colleagues who are passionate about their ideas, actively take responsibility and want to pursue personal growth. We offer exciting tasks, fascinating products and excellent prospects in a vibrant corporate culture that targets your personal as well as professional development, and mutual success.

OUR AUSTRALIAN VALUES

FAMILY represents the positive nature of the relationships we have with our dealers, colleagues and suppliers.
TRUST is built by providing psychological safety, mutual respect, and open communication
COLLABORATION means listening and evolving together, helping and supporting each other for the sake of a collective goal
PASSION for our dealers success, our brand, our products, our jobs and the success of STIHL globally
INNOVATION enabling employees at every level to use and develop their skills, knowledge, experience and creativity to the fullest possible extent

OUR DEFINITION OF TEAM

RESILIENT – we respond to change and disruption in a flexible and innovative manner.
COOPERATIVE – we are intentional about working within diverse teams, work groups and across the organization to achieve group and organizational goals. We understand and respond effectively to other people from diverse backgrounds with diverse views.
INNOVATIVE – we collaborate to generate creative ideas, discover unique solutions, and successfully implement these ideas.
MOTIVATED – we give our absolute best effort with high levels of commitment and energy.
FOCUSED – we work together in synchronization towards a common goal.
HARDWORKING – we make the most of our time and consistently produce good work.

LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

Training is a longstanding tradition at STIHL. This is based on the mindset that good employees are the foundation of success. And this is why we offer a variety of learning and development activities including but not limited to internal/external training courses, seminars, conferences, mentoring, or on-the-job learning. We also support you if you want to uptake further studies.

Although training is encouraged by STIHL, development is a joint responsibility and as such we want you to take a level of responsibility for your own career. That is why we encourage employees to provide input into their development plan.

OUR BENEFITS

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS

WHAT TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT IS ON OFFER? 

At STIHL we offer permanent full-time and part-time roles as well as maximum-term contracts. In addition, we offer casual work in our warehouses via our labour hire partnerships.

To find out more about casual opportunities, contact hr@stihl.com.au.

HOW DO I APPLY?

All our current vacancies are advertised on SEEK and all applications need to be submitted through this portal. Once you have identified a job that you're interested in, simply click ‚Quick apply‘.  As part of the application process, we will ask you some standard questions upfront.

You may also contact our HR Team for a confidential discussion via email hr@stihl.com.au.

WHAT CAN I EXPECT OF OUR PROCESS? 

If you are shortlisted as meeting the eligibility requirements of the role, our HR team will give you a call for a short screening conversation to understand if you have the prerequisite skills and experience required for the position.  We can also answer any questions you may have regarding the role.

You may then be shortlisted for a face-to-face interviews. The interview isn't just about us seeing if you're right for the role; it's also the perfect chance for you to see whether we're right for you.

After your first interview you may be asked to complete a competency and cognitive online assessment which may lead to a 2^nd Interview process depending on the role.

If we think you are a great match, we will request that you undertake pre-employment checks which will include all or some of the following:

• Reference checks
• National Criminal History check
• Entitlement to work check
• Pre-employment medical check

Privacy Collection Statement

Your personal information is being collected by STIHL Pty Ltd (ABN 76 004 881 145) (“STIHL”, “we”, “our” or “us”) as part of your job application, recruitment or employment relationship with STIHL.  We collect your information for the purposes of processing your job application, managing our recruitment and talent acquisition, managing our employment onboarding process, and administering our engagement with you (such as payment of salary, superannuation and reporting to authorities such as the Australian Taxation Office).

We will collect your personal information from you where possible, but we may also collect your information from third parties such as your referees and recruitment agencies. 

We are required by some laws to collect certain personal information from you such as information relating to your eligibility to work in Australia.  If applicable, we may also need to collect other personal information if we are legally required to do so, such as complying with our work health and safety requirements.  If you do not provide us with the requested personal information, we may not be able to assess your job application, administer our engagement with you or may need to withhold additional tax from payments to you.

We may give your personal information to our related entities and third party service providers in connection with the purpose of collection, and to government and regulatory authorities where required by or authorised by law.  Some of these recipients may be located overseas such as in Germany.  

Our Employee Privacy Policy contains information how we process and handle your personal information, our data access and correction procedures, and our privacy complaint handling process.