About Us

Established in 2003, Premium People is Victoria’s leading transport and logistics recruitment service provider. Our recruitment profile is further enhanced by a strong presence in the IT, manufacturing, and hospitality industries.

We are committed to providing our clients with the very best temporary and permanent staff, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Similarly, we offer our candidates the opportunity to maximise their career development and professional aspirations.

We create individual recruitment models to suit our clients’ staffing requirements and guarantee efficient, dedicated client service.

Premium People is dedicated to promoting and developing awareness of Occupational Health and Safety (OH & S) to ensure our clients’ operational efficiency and our applicants’ safety.

The People Team:

Tony Phillips, Managing Director

Tony has over twenty years’ management experience in the transport, logistics and manufacturing industries. He held senior positions in both operations and sales during tenures at the Toll group of companies, Brambles and the Patrick Corporation.

He founded Premium People in 2003 with a vision to create a specialist provider of staff from logistics and transport labour hire through to executive placement.

Tony has built a talented team from a cross-section of experienced recruiters and operational managers. The team is dedicated to delivering a service strategy to industry, which Tony believes is unique, efficient and unrivalled in the recruitment industry.

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Michelle Pintaudi, Administration Manager

Michelle has worked in service-related companies throughout her career. She firmly believes the success of a good business depends on strong customer service and is acutely aware sound administration principals are essential in delivering excellence to industry.

Armed with an accounting degree, Michelle began at Premium People three years ago. She is responsible for the smooth operation of Premium’s administration.

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IT Staff:

Darren Taylor, Principal Premium People

Darren Taylor brings with him over 20 years IT industry experience in both Melbourne and Sydney. His experience includes significant time spent in the financial services industry with a career that has spanned programming, business and systems analysis, consulting, and project management. Darren has spent the last 14 years in IT recruitment, working across varying industries with some of Australia’s leading organisations. During this time he has earned a reputation for developing strong relationships with clients and candidates alike, based on his honesty, service, work-ethic and a comprehensive understanding of the needs of his clients and candidates.

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Keith Currie, Principal Premium People

Keith Currie has worked in the IT industry for over 12 years both in Australia and overseas, with experience throughout Asia-Pacific region. Keith possesses a thorough understanding of the technical side of life and has worked for several consulting companies including Oracle Australia, Praxa and BCA. Keith is experienced in technical support, database and ERP functional consulting, and client management. His in-depth understanding of technical environments, coupled with first hand knowledge of client and candidate needs, has led to Keith develop a solid reputation as a specialist recruitment consultant in ERP Applications like Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and SAP.

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Premium People Jobs

  1. Experienced Screen Printers.....look no further Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 4:56 pm
    If you are an experience Screen Printer, then we want you!
  2. Office Admin Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 4:09 pm
    Calling all candidates with strong administrative skills. Immediate start.
  3. Insurance Broking Roles Friday, 13 August 2010, 4:20 pm
    We have a number of clients with positions available if you have Insurance Broking Experience.
  4. Receptionist Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 2:46 pm
    Fantastic oportunity to get involve with the Insurance Broking industry. Immediate start.
  5. Experienced HC Drivers Needed Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 11:48 am
    Are you an experienced HC driver? Then we want you......