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Products
People
Growth
Offices
Financials

How Bradken hires

Truth index
B 84/100
Median time to fill
39 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
65%
Reposted roles
0%

Bradken scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 17 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 65% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 39 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Bradken is an Australian engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in Newcastle, New South Wales, that designs and makes wear solutions for mining and heavy industry, including mill liners, ground engaging tools, crawler systems, wear piping and rail products. Founded in 1922 and owned by Hitachi Construction Machinery since 2017, it employs more than 3,000 people across foundries and service sites in Australia, the Americas, Asia and Africa, and offers the Bradken Insite digital wear monitoring platform. It hires foundry and press operators, boilermakers, metallurgists, design and applications engineers, software developers, sales managers and HSE staff.

News

News Australian Financial Review 10 years ago
Bradken takeover to bring $25m payday to Litespeed Management
A New York hedge fund will make $25 million on the $689 million takeover of Bradken.
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News abcnews 10 years ago
Bradken foundry postpones closure plans, must abide by new environmental conditions
A South Australian foundry that was due to close last year has put those plans on hold, prompting the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to clamp down on its odour emissions.
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News Australian Financial Review 11 years ago
Bradken goes solo as Sigdo Koppers, CHAMP Private Equity fail to make bid
An angry CHAMP and Sigdo Koppers says a decision by Bradken to forge ahead on its own after merger talks was unexpected and it only wanted a short extension of time.
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News abcnews 11 years ago
Bradken shares crash as mining engineering company sinks to $93m loss
Shares in metals processor Bradken crash after the firm reports a $93 million first-half loss.
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News news 12 years ago
Bradken to cut more than 500 jobs
THE head of Bradken has warned that he cannot see a medium-term turnaround in the company's fortunes as he announced the cutting of more than 500 jobs.
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News theaustralian 12 years ago
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News dailytelegraph 12 years ago
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Bradken over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
18
Postings analysed
13
Stack modernity
67/100
Languages
C#8%
SQL8%
TypeScript8%
Frameworks & libraries
Entity Framework Core8%
Cloud & platforms
.NET8%
Azure8%
Power BI8%
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
51/100
Stable
Open positions
43
6 opened / 9 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
47 days
faster than 28% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Marketing
17% ▲
Field & Service
17%
Industrial Engineering
17%
HR
11%
Administrative
9%
Finance
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Marketing (+6 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Innisfail Oct 2026
New location: Peru Oct 2026
New location: Newcastle Oct 2026
New location: Santiago Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Oct 2026
Added Copilot to stack Sep 2026
New location: Merlimau Sep 2026
New location: Arequipa Sep 2026
New location: Quebec Sep 2026
New location: Lima Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added Service Desk to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
31
Hiring now
16
Countries
14
Busiest office
Newcastle
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Newcastle Australia
HQ
Australia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Lima Peru
Plant / site
Chilca
10 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Finance, Field & Service
seen since Oct 2025 careers board, job postings
Merlimau Malaysia
Plant / site
Merlimau
6 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Management, Industrial Engineering, Field & Service
seen since Jun 2025 careers board, job postings
Quebec Canada
Plant / site
Mont-Joli
4 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Field & Service, Management, Early Careers
seen since Sep 2026 careers board, job postings
Edmonton Canada
Plant / site
Edmonton
2 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Administrative, HR
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
Brisbane Australia
Plant / site
Port of Brisbane
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Administrative, HR
seen since Jun 2026 careers board, job postings
Perth Australia
Plant / site
Bassendean
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for HR, Field & Service
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Toronto Canada
Regional office
Toronto
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Industrial Engineering
seen since Jul 2026 careers board, job postings
Ipswich Australia
Plant / site
Ipswich
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for HR, Industrial Engineering
seen since Apr 2026 careers board, job postings
Accra Ghana
Sales office
Ghana
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Oct 2026 careers board, job postings
Panama Panama
Regional office
Panama
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Apr 2026 careers board, job postings
Mesa United States
Regional office
Arizona
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since May 2026 careers board, job postings
Santiago Chile
Regional office
Chile
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Sep 2026 careers board, job postings
Almaty Kazakhstan
Sales office
Almaty
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Oct 2026 careers board, job postings
Arequipa Peru
Sales office
Remote - Perú
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Innisfail Australia
Plant / site
Innisfail
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Coimbatore India
Regional office
Coimbatore City Office
2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
seen since Sep 2026 careers board
Johannesburg South Africa
Regional office
Johannesburg
10-50 est. staff
39 Kelly Road, Jet Park
seen since Jul 2026 company site, careers board
Xuzhou China
Regional office
Xuzhou
10-50 est. staff
seen since Mar 2026 careers board
Jakarta Indonesia
Regional office
Jakarta
careers board
Adelaide Australia
Regional office
Adelaide
careers board
Mackay Australia
Regional office
Mackay
careers board
Townsville Australia
Regional office
Townsville
careers board
Balikpapan Indonesia
Regional office
Balikpapan
careers board
Kitwe Zambia
Regional office
Kitwe
careers board
Orange Australia
Regional office
Orange
careers board
Kalgoorlie Australia
Regional office
Kalgoorlie
careers board
Wodonga Australia
Regional office
Wodonga
careers board
Las Condes Chile
Regional office
Santiago
careers board
Peru United States
Regional office
Remote - Perú
careers board
Mayfield Australia
Regional office
Newcastle
careers board
Earlier presence
Phoenix, United States 1 open roles · last posting Jun 2026
Calama, Chile 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026