About the Agency
Zeal Personnel is a leading labour hire and recruitment company operated by industry professionals with extensive experience who truly understand the unique demands of their clients. The company delivers comprehensive, end-to-end workforce solutions ranging from management and engineering positions to skilled trades and administration roles, ensuring clients have access to the best talent in the market. Zeal Personnel promotes diversity and fosters inclusive work environments that reflect the rich variety of backgrounds and perspectives in today's workforce.
Zeal Personnel specialises in the mining and minerals, oil and gas, energy, and infrastructure sectors. The company provides both blue and white collar permanent placements alongside labour hire services, with a focus on delivering qualified, competent, compliant, and reliable resources. Their approach includes proactive recruitment, thorough screening, seamless onboarding, and swift mobilisations powered by enterprise-level software, systems, and procedures.
Based in Mount Pleasant, Western Australia, Zeal Personnel serves clients across the resource and infrastructure industries with a commitment to maintaining the highest safety standards and ensuring the well-being of candidates. The company distinguishes itself through reduced administrative burden for clients, cost-effective solutions that avoid permanent employment costs, faster hiring processes with a pre-vetted pool of candidates, and comprehensive compliance and risk management handling all legal and regulatory obligations including worker safety and workers' compensation.
Performance Summary
Zeal Personnel comes across in these reviews as easy to deal with and fast moving, with Karen Harris named again and again. Candidates describe clear, concise communication, prompt answers to queries and being kept informed at every step, one noting a surprisingly quick turnaround and another that a minor onboarding issue was sorted quickly. Role briefings are said to be clear, covering timings and concerns before interview. Employers point to candidates selected against their criteria and close fits that saved time sifting unsuitable matches.
Recent Reviews
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“Perfect, despite the tight schedule ! Thanks a lot Charlotte”
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“The process was easy and personal was good to deal with”
“I would like to thank you for your excellent support and for helping me find a job so quickly. I really appreciate your professionalism, kindness, and the opportunity you have given me. Your help has made a big difference to me. I highly recommend this agency to anyone looking for work. Thank you very much for everything!”
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Our Team
Jay Daviot
Managing Director
Jay is an engineer with 20 years of experience managing complex projects and leading teams. His deep knowledge of resource management and its critical role in daily operations allows him and his team to deliver practical, tailored workforce solutions that drive results for each client.
Brad Wiese
Business Development Manager
Born and raised in country South Australia, Brad brings over 20 years of hands-on experience across the Trades, Oil & Gas, Mining, and Civil industries. Building on this extensive field background, he has spent the past four years specialising in Business Development within the labour hire and recruitment sector. Brad draws on practical industry insight and strong client relationships to deliver effective workforce solutions and drive sustainable business growth.
Charlotte Rufus
Senior Recruitment Specialist
Dedicated Senior Recruitment Specialist helping candidates find their dream roles.
David Mavrick
Senior Recruiter
Recruitment professional with expertise in end-to-end recruitment strategies for technical, high- risk, and regulated industries. Proven ability to bridge the gap between complex operational requirements and talent acquisition, stakeholder management and candidate pipeline development. Technology-driven recruitment and talent specialist across various HRIS and ATS platforms, using them to automate sourcing and enhance candidate engagement. Proficient in system integration along with a unique ability to adapt quickly to emerging AI-recruitment tools.
Karen Harris
Senior Recruitment Specialist
With over 20 years' in recruitment, Karen has a wealth of knowledge and experience. Specialising in mining and construction, she has worked with Tier 1 clients and major EPCM's to source Blue, White and Grey Collar candidates for projects across Australia and a diverse list of commodities.
Tsvetelina Basheva
Recruiter
Dedicated recruiter helping candidates find their dream roles.