As our South Australian Concrete and Quarries team ramps up for the significant Torrens to Darlington Project – the state’s largest infrastructure project – we are preparing to grow our workforce to meet the scale of work ahead.

To help jobseekers better understand what it is like to work at Boral, the team recently trialled a new approach to recruitment: holding interviews directly onsite.

Instead of a traditional meeting room, candidates were welcomed at our Burnside Concrete Plant, where frontline leaders showed them how a working site operates. Walking through the plant with Kevin Whelan, General Manager Concrete and Quarries SA, candidates saw batching in action and observed our Life Saving Rules being lived out in real time.

They also spent time in one‑on‑one conversations with site leaders, gaining a clearer picture of the roles on offer and what day‑to‑day life at Boral looks like. It was part interview and part immersion into our culture.

The approach proved effective. Within days, six candidates had moved through to pre‑employment checks.

Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive. Many said the onsite tour helped them feel more relaxed, gave them confidence about the opportunities available and made the interview process one of the most engaging they’d experienced.

Thank you to Kevin Whelan, Ryan Phillips, Ryan Low, Natasha Habel and Andrew Geue for helping showcase our sites and demonstrating how practical, people‑focused recruitment can support both candidates and our business.