TBS Workforce

What TBS Workforce does

TBS Workforce is a specialist recruitment and workforce solutions company serving the Australian mining and resources sector. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, the company provides labour hire, permanent placement, and contractor management services focused on three core disciplines: drill and blast, exploration, and maintenance and engineering. Its target customers are mining employers operating primarily in the Pilbara region with national reach for FIFO and Perth-based roles. The company serves both sides of the labour market — employers seeking site-ready, compliance-cleared personnel, and mining professionals (drillers, shotfirers, MPU operators, tradespeople) seeking placements — through a combination of direct consultant engagement and a self-serve job seeker portal.

The company's underlying technology is modest in scope: an online timesheet management system integrated with Astute Payroll for contractor hour tracking, payslip delivery, and payroll administration, plus a job portal for candidate browsing and filtering. There is no proprietary AI, no API platform, and no SDK or developer-facing technology documented. The core operational value is delivered through human consultants managing candidate screening, competency verification, mobilisation logistics (travel, accommodation, medicals, drug screening), and ongoing compliance. TBS Workforce is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aquirian Limited (ASX: AQN), an ASX-listed mining services company whose portfolio includes Western Energetics, TBS Mining Solutions, Maglok, and Modular Training, providing corporate backing and cross-portfolio synergies within the Australian mining services ecosystem.

The business model operates across three revenue streams: usage-based labour hire (charging employers for duration of placement), transaction-fee permanent placement, and managed services for contractor administration including compliance, induction, and PPE management. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Customer acquisition runs through direct enterprise engagement with mining operators, an enquiry form on the employer portal, and inbound candidate flow via the job seeker website. Named enterprise customers include Rio Tinto (continuous supply to Pilbara operations for 18+ months), with multiple additional unnamed mining clients across Pilbara operations and drill and blast engagements.

Name

TBS Workforce

Legal name

TBS Workforce Pty Ltd

Website

https://tbsworkforce.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TBS Workforce is a Perth-based specialist recruitment firm providing labour hire, permanent placement, and contractor management for the Australian mining sector, focused on drill and blast, exploration, and maintenance disciplines. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX-listed Aquirian Limited.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mining Recruitment and Workforce Solutions

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Contingent Workforce / Contractor RPO (Contractor Recruiting) (BPACABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Management & Scheduling (BPACAPAI), Workforce Management & Scheduling Outsourcing (Non-payroll) (BPACAKAJ)

Keywords

• Mining recruitment services
• Labour hire staffing
• Workforce mobilisation
• Permanent placement mining
• Contractor management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Perth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Labour Hire / Temporary Staffing: Provides temporary workers to mining operations, charging employers for the duration of placement. Supports FIFO and Perth-based workers.
2. Permanent Placement: Recruits candidates for long-term positions across mining disciplines, charging placement fees upon successful hire.
3. Contractor Management: Manages casual and temp-to-perm candidates including compliance, induction, PPE, and timesheet administration services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TBS Workforce provides specialist recruitment and workforce solutions for the Australian mining and resources sector, delivering temporary labour hire and permanent placements across drill & blast, exploration, and maintenance disciplines. The company rapidly mobilises site-ready, compliant personnel to FIFO and Perth-based mining operations, supported by an online timesheet management system integrated with Astute Payroll for contractor administration.

Product overview

TBS Workforce is a specialist mining recruitment and workforce solutions company operating as a single integrated service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering consists of three specialist recruitment service areas—Drill & Blast Services, Exploration Services, and Maintenance & Engineering Services—which provide skilled personnel for the mining and resources sector. These core services are complemented by four supporting service modules: Contract & Labour Hire (temp-to-perm solutions), Permanent Recruitment, Mobilisation & Onboarding, and Compliance & Safety Screening. For job seekers, the company offers additional support including mobilisation assistance and career guidance. The company primarily serves the Australian mining sector with FIFO and Perth-based opportunities, connecting employers with workers across various mining disciplines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drill & Blast Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Placed candidates consistently secure full-time employment with clients after temporary period
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Aquirian Limited (ASX: AQN)coreOthersTBS Workforce is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aquirian Limited, an ASX-listed mining services company that delivers cutting-edge drill and blast solutions to clients worldwide. This ownership provides operational backing and strategic alignment within the mining services sector.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Programmed: ASX-listed Australian staffing and maintenance services provider with significant resources sector exposure. Competes with TBS for blue-collar mining labour hire and onsite workforce solutions across WA.
• Chandler Macleod: Major Australian staffing firm with a dedicated Resources & Mining division providing temporary, contract and permanent recruitment to mining employers — overlapping head-to-head with TBS Workforce's blue-collar mining placements.
• Skilled Group: Australian workforce solutions provider (now part of Programmed) placing skilled trades, operators and maintenance staff into mining and resources — direct competitor for maintenance and engineering placements TBS supplies.
• WorkPac: Australia's largest privately-owned mining, resources and infrastructure staffing specialist. Directly competes with TBS Workforce in labour hire, permanent placement and contractor management for Pilbara and broader WA mining operations.
• Workforce Australia (WA mining recruiters): Smaller specialist WA-based mining recruitment operators (e.g. Elite Mining, Pilbara-focused recruiters) competing for the same drill & blast and operator talent pool in the Pilbara.
• Hays (Australia): Global staffing group's Australian arm operates a Resources & Mining specialism recruiting across trades, technical and operational mining roles — comparable in offering to TBS, but with deeper geographic coverage and larger candidate network.

Regional players

• Airswift: Global workforce solutions provider for the energy, process and mining sectors. Comparable technical and trade recruitment offering to TBS, primarily serving international project sites.
• Brunel: Global specialist staffing firm with mining and resources practice recruiting engineers, operators and tradespeople. Comparable recruitment service model, predominantly serving international markets rather than competing head-to-head in Pilbara.
• Fircroft: International technical recruitment firm serving mining, energy and infrastructure. Comparable technical-role recruitment model to TBS, but primarily operating outside Australia — a relevant benchmark rather than direct WA competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half (Australia): Large global recruitment firm with a presence across white-collar and select blue-collar roles in Australia, including mining-adjacent finance, supply chain and technical support. Less specialist than TBS in drill & blast but competes for adjacent talent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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