Fitter General

Are you a skilled and experienced Hydraulic Fitter / Technician looking to take your career to the next level? Join **Statewide Hydraulics**, a respected name in hydraulic systems and service across multiple industries, including construction, transport, timber processing, food production, and pharmaceuticals.

We are offering a full-time position, tailored to match your current skills and support your professional growth through hands-on work and structured training.

**About the Role**

As a Hydraulic Fitter / Technician, your responsibilities will include:

- Stripping, assessing, and repairing hydraulic cylinders and components
- bending and installing hydraulic pipes and tubes.
- Manufacture of hydraulic hose.
- Identification of all hydraulic threads and fittings and able select correct fittings
- Read and understand hydraulic and pneumatic circuit drawings.
- studying drawings and specifications to determine suitable material, method and sequence of operations, and machine settings
- Screw cutting and threading rods and shafts.
- diagnosing faults and performing operational maintenance of machines, and overhauling and repairing mechanical parts and fluid power equipment
- Troubleshooting hydraulic systems across a range of industries
- Working with truck PTO drives, hydraulic pumps, DC hydraulic systems, vehicle-mounted cranes
- Maintaining specialised systems such as gearbox/motor drives for refrigerated trailers and hydraulic dust suppression units
- Site visits and customer liaison, including diagnostics and hands-on servicing
- Managing and delivering projects from start to finish, including sourcing parts and writing job specifications and service reports
- Supporting technical sales activities and assisting during periods of staff leave

Participating in both workshop and office-based tasks

**Qualifications & Skills Required**

**Essential Qualifications**:

- Cert III or higher in Mechanical Engineering (maintenance, installation & commissioning)
- Welding certification (Cert II or better)
- Computer skills (word, excel etc), qualification desirable (functional skills ICT)
- Valid Victorian full driver’s licence
- Heavy Rigid (non-synchromesh) licence
- Forklift and White Card
- Mobile hose technician certification (preferred)
- Hydraulic technician certification or equivalent

**Essential Experience**:

- 5+ years in hydraulic cylinder manufacture and repair
- 4+ years in welding and fabrication
- 1+ years as a hydraulic service technician or equivalent
- 1+ year as a production line maintenance fitter
- 1+ year in quoting, customer service, and cost estimation
- Strong report writing and documentation skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage entire projects and liaise with clients
- Fluent spoken and written English communication skills. To fulfill this requirement, we would expect that the applicant would have English as their first language

**Desirable Attributes**:

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Self-motivated, reliable, and trustworthy
- A proactive team player with leadership potential
- Competence in solo and collaborative work environments
- Organisational and time management skills

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $98,500.00 - $105,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

- Are you an Australian citizen ?
- It you are not and Australian Citizen, give details of your Australian work rites and permits?

Licence/Certification:

- Australian driver's licence (preferred)
- Forklift and White Card (preferred)
- Heavy Rigid (non-synchromesh) licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person