Labour Hire in Melbourne — Your Metro-Wide Staffing Partner
SMS Personnel is headquartered in Dandenong South and has supplied skilled workers to Melbourne businesses for more than 20 years. From the CBD to the southeast manufacturing belt, the western logistics corridor, the northern growth zones and the bayside — we’ve placed people across every part of Greater Melbourne.
Request Staff Now
One City. Many Workforces. One Local Partner.
Melbourne isn’t one labour market. It’s many. The southeast runs on manufacturing and logistics, the west on freight and warehousing, the north on production and food, the east on light industrial and commercial services, the inner city on corporate and hospitality. Each region moves at its own pace and demands its own skill mix.
SMS Personnel has spent two decades placing people across all of them. Headquartered in Dandenong South — close enough to act fast for southeast clients, and connected enough to deploy across Tullamarine, Laverton, Box Hill or Frankston on the same day a brief arrives.
Local presence. Metro-wide reach. Same-day response across Greater Melbourne.
Our Expertise
Labour Hire Across Melbourne’s Key Industries
We supply skilled and semi-skilled workers across the industries that drive metropolitan Melbourne.
How We Engage
Labour Hire Services From One Day to Ongoing
Labour Hire & Casual Staffing
Access a pre-screened pool of Melbourne workers ready to start at short notice. We handle payroll, super, WorkCover and all employment obligations.
- Workers available within 24–48 hours
- Full payroll and compliance managed
- Scale up or down with no lock-in
Permanent Placement
When you’re ready to hire permanently, we manage the search, screening, and reference checks to find a long-term fit for your team.
- End-to-end search and screening
- Money-back guarantee on placements*
- Reference and background checks included
Flexsperts
Need specialists for a defined project? Our Flexsperts model delivers scalable expertise with flexible engagement terms.
- Project-based specialist placements
- Flexible engagement terms
- Experienced industry professionals
Compliance First
Licensed, Compliant, and Trusted in Victoria
SMS Personnel holds a current Victorian Labour Hire Licence (VICLHL01068). Every worker we place across Melbourne is covered by appropriate WorkCover insurance, and we maintain full compliance with the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2018 (Vic).
Engaging an unlicensed labour hire provider carries significant penalties for Victorian host businesses. Working with SMS Personnel removes that risk entirely.
Protect your business from the penalties applied to hosts that engage unlicensed operators.
Coverage
Servicing All of Greater Melbourne
Six regions. Hundreds of suburbs. One workforce partner. Wherever your operation sits in Melbourne, our team can be there.
CBD & Inner Melbourne
Melbourne CBD, Southbank, Docklands, Carlton, Fitzroy, Collingwood, Richmond, South Yarra, Cremorne.
Dandenong & Southeast Corridor
Dandenong, Dandenong South, Noble Park, Springvale, Hallam, Keysborough, Mulgrave, Clayton, Notting Hill. See our dedicated Dandenong labour hire page for local response times and industry specifics.
Western Industrial Belt
Laverton, Truganina, Derrimut, Altona, Sunshine, Footscray, Tullamarine, Tottenham, Brooklyn.
Northern Growth Corridor
Campbellfield, Thomastown, Epping, Broadmeadows, Coburg, Preston, Reservoir, Craigieburn.
Eastern Commercial Precincts
Box Hill, Ringwood, Bayswater, Knoxfield, Mitcham, Nunawading, Scoresby, Rowville. See our dedicated Bayswater labour hire page for local response times and industry specifics.
Bayside & Outer South
Cheltenham, Moorabbin, Mordialloc, Carrum Downs, Seaford, Frankston, Mornington.
What Our Clients Say
“SMS personnel is a great company dedicated to assisting our business with its ever changing requirements and growth. SMS personnel provide a great client relationship and interact with the company so it understands its needs and wants as the business develops. Dion’s down to earth and hands on approach to finding the right candidate that will not only perform well, but fit in within the dynamics of the business is excellent. I have used SMS personnel’s services for over 7 years now and would highly recommend them to any company.”
“SMS personnel is a fantastic company with quality people. VicTas Freight Express has been using casual staff on a daily basis for the past 3 years and we could not be happier with the service Faye and Dion provide. SMS personnel always has people available at short notice when we have staff cancel, and are a great asset to our business. VicTas Freight Express highly recommends SMS personnel and would endorse them at any opportunity. Thanks guys keep the good work.”
“I have been hiring employees from SMS personnel for the past 12 years first at ARB 4X4, and now as manufacturing Manager at Burn-Brite lights. Working with the team at SMS personnel has been great, the quality of people they send to us is terrific and in 99% of cases we will put them on as permanent. At ARB 4X4 most of their permanent personal have come from SMS personnel. I have always been happy to recommend SMS personnel to other companies and Managers I meet with, such as the Operations Manager at Jardan Furniture.”
“My journey started with SMS personnel in December 2013. When I was looking for full time work I sent my resume in, than got the phone call for an interview. I landed a great opportunity for a foreman roll with Jardan Furniture. I have had the pleasure of an on going relationship with SMS personnel with there recommendation of many employees through labouring and skilled workers. Definitely recommend SMS personnel for those looking for work and businesses requiring staff.”
“I have been dealing with Faye and her team for a few years now and have always found them to be responsive, rather than reactive, to my business needs and its requirements. Whether it’s retail, clerical or warehousing staff you are after, we here at TWW Knoxfield and TWW Berwick believe that SMS personnel will have you covered for the part we all find hard in small business and that is choosing the right candidate to fit into the role you are trying to fill. So then you can focus on the things that matter most and that’s running your own businesses. We have no problems in recommending Faye and her team for finding the right persons for the right jobs.”
Companies that trust us
Talk to Your Melbourne Labour Hire Specialists
Ready to fill a role or scale your workforce? Our team is based locally in Dandenong South and ready to deploy across all of Melbourne.
