Global foundry supplying wear parts and equipment to mining operators
Bradken is a 3,200-person foundry and equipment manufacturer serving the world's largest mining companies from nine countries. The tech stack is enterprise-heavy (SAP, Oracle, Epicor, Salesforce) with emerging automation (RPA), reflecting a manufacturing-at-scale operation working through legacy component disposal and vendor accountability challenges. Current hiring skews engineering and HR, suggesting capacity expansion and internal process consolidation.
Bradken designs and manufactures custom wear parts, ground-engaging tools, mining buckets, mill liners, and crawler system components for the mining industry. The company operates foundries and service centers across Australia, North America, South America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, supporting customers through localized sales and support teams. A 101-year-old privately held business, Bradken employs 3,200 people and runs a complex global supply chain with active projects spanning capital planning, inventory forecasting, payroll modernization, and regional sales expansion.
Bradken operates SAP, Oracle, and Epicor across its global manufacturing and sales operations, complemented by Salesforce for sales management and RPA for process automation.
Bradken operates foundries and workshops in Australia, the USA, Canada, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, China, and South America, with headquarters in Mayfield West, NSW.
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