Mechanical Fitter

**About Us**:
Welcome to The Perth Mint, where golden career opportunities await.

The Perth Mint is an iconic Western Australian organisation operating on a truly global scale. Situated in East Perth for 125 years, The Perth Mint is a premier tourist destination, an award-winning exporter, and a key supplier of precious metals to markets throughout the world.

There’s no organisation quite like it, with a variety of roles available, from engineers and chemists to artists and technicians.

Foster your fascination and pride in our work. Get inspired every day by the world-class precious metal products we work together to refine, design, produce and then distribute all over the globe. Connect to the rich history of our industry in a workplace firmly rooted in the present — as leaders in sustainability and inclusion.

At The Perth Mint, you’ll be supported in a diverse team where differences are celebrated and your well-being matters — striking the right work-life balance with compassionate team benefits. And if your career goals change, you’ll be empowered to change roles with training and internal mobility.

**Our Benefits**:

- Competitive salaries and employee discounts
- Flexible work options available
- Extended leave options including purchased leave, leave at half pay and access to pro-rata long service leave
- Opportunity to work for an endorsed WORK180 employer
- Paid parental leave and secondary carer’s leave available after 6 months service. 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers and 6 weeks paid secondary care giver’s leave
- Training and development opportunities
- Opportunities to be part of our wide and active range of Employee Resourcing Groups: Reconciliation, Gender, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), Disability, Mental Health and Neurodiversity, and Perth Mint with Pride
- Charity and volunteer initiatives
- Income protection after an accident or illness
- Health and wellness programs, including an Employee Assistance Program, ongoing wellbeing initiatives, and workplace community building spaces
- Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by WORK180 can be seen on the WORK180 website

**Your role as a Mechanical Fitter will involve**:

- Diagnose and repair breakdowns using advanced problem solving techniques and strong technical expertise
- Provide mechanical preventative maintenance
- Operate hand tools, power tools, welders and general machining, including an EWP, and a Forklift
- Complete daily work records, machine log books and preventative maintenance work sheets
- Complete a Safety Take 5 for each task undertaken and JSA as required
- Implement a program of continual process improvement
- Comply fully with all relevant company, national and state policies, codes of practice, regulations and laws
- Maintain skills and experience as required in a contemporary work environment
- Ensure own safety and health at work and avoid adversely affecting the safety or health of any other person through any act or omission at work
- Avoid adversely impacting the environment through any act or omission at work and report identified environmental hazards and incidents

**Experience**:

- Demonstrated experience in Mechanical Engineering
- Relevant Trades Licenses are desirable (eg. Forklift, Working at Heights, etc.)
- Australian Recognised Trade Certificate is desirable
- Sound stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong time management

**_
Our Commitment to Inclusion:_**

Inclusion is at the core of what we do. We are committed to equality and celebrate the diversity of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all characteristics that make us unique as individuals.

To learn more about our diversity and inclusion initiatives please visit our website.

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