Diesel Fitter | Component Rebuild Specialist

Competitive Remuneration and Benefits

About the Role

Take the next step, start something BIG and enhance your career

We have multiple opportunities for highly skilled Diesel Fitters to join our Cairns Team working in our Component Rebuild workshop. These are Permanent, Full Time opportunities working a 4 day work week.

As a Diesel Fitter, you will:

- Effective rebuild, repair and maintenance of a range of Caterpillar Equipment Componentry.
- Increase productivity by completing all repairs and overhauls in a safe and timely manner.
- Detailed inspections of all disassembled parts for reusability within specified guidelines.
- Accurately maintain detailed reports associated paperwork with rebuild or repair tasks.
- Ensure cleanliness and quality is of the highest standard at all times.
- Perform efficiently by working to a schedule of daily overhaul requirements.
- Promote and operate in a safe manner at all times.

Why Hastings Deering?
At Hastings Deering our people are our core focus - providing our employees with a wide range of career opportunities, exposure to unmatched training and development aligned to the world leading earth moving OEM - Caterpillar, all while being supported by a local team of specialists.

When you start something BIG with Hastings Deering, you'll have access to:

- Competitive market rates with scheduled increases thanks to our newly negotiated Enterprise Agreement
- Get that work/life balance with a 4-day work week.
- Benefits Plus -Discounts, Income protection insurance + more
- Up to 30 days flex leave on offer
- CAT Dealer Technician Training - enhance your knowledge
- Competency based wage increases
- Relocation support of up to $10,000* to move to sunny Cairns
- Dedicated programs and utilities to support your physical, mental, and financial health, such as our EAP, free health checks, and discounted private health insurance.
- A supportive, diverse, and inclusive team spread across Australia and internationally.

About You
A successful teammate will have:

- Demonstrated post trade component experience
- Computer literate, along with experience in SIS is desirable but not essential.
- Strong commitment to maintain a high level of workplace health and safety.
- The ability to work within a team and unsupervised.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Australian/NZ Citizen or AUS Permanent Resident applicants only

To Apply: Hit the 'Apply Now' button
Enquiries: [emailprotected]
Contact Person: Marta Markovic - Talent Acquisition Partner

Hastings Deering is one of the top 5 Caterpillar dealerships globally. We sell, rent, and offer support and parts distribution services for Cat products across a range of industries, including resources, general construction, civil transport and commercial construction, power systems, government, primary industries and marine.

We have more than 3,500 employees across 23 business service centres throughout Queensland, Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia, with our headquarters based in Brisbane, Australia.

We are Hastings Deering – where innovation meets infrastructure, and excellence reigns. As a leader in heavy equipment product and services across Asia-Pacific, we're more than a company – we're a heritage. Our cutting-edge machinery transforms construction and mining landscapes, from urban cores like Brisbane to the rugged terrains.

Hastings Deering is more than a name; we’re a commitment to innovation, career empowerment, BIG flexibility, and community engagement. As we shape terrains and redefine industries, we invite you to join our legacy. Together, with our parent company Sime, we build something BIG – a future that echoes with progress, ambition, and lasting impact.

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