Trade Assistant

**About the business**

Proquip is an established earthmoving equipment hire and sales business supplying machinery to clients across Australia.

**About the role**

We are seeking a Trade Assistant who is positive, dynamic, keen to learn and loves working in a high performance customer centric team.

This role will operate on a full-time basis working five days a week.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Preparing new equipment for the hire fleet which includes fitting different safety components(estops, battery isolators, etc).
- Assisting the pre delivery team in getting new and used equipment ready for sale which includes basic welding and fabrication.
- Unloading containers (generally excavator buckets and machinery)
- Other yard and workshop duties as required
- Maintaining a safe and clean workspace at all times.

**Qualifications/Skills**:

- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Forklift License - preferred
- Basic Metal Fabrication skills - Welding
- Competent computer skills
- Current Motor Vehicle Driver’s License

**Experience/Competencies**:

- Demonstrated ability to follow existing processes/procedures.
- Safety conscious & thorough understanding of work safety standards.
- Practical/Hands-on approach to tasks - including problem solving.
- Self motivated and can work alone or part of a team
- A strong work ethic, attendance and punctuality.
- Ability to priorities and juggle conflicting tasks under pressure
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Previous experience with the earthmoving machinery(or similar) - preferred

**Job benefits and Culture**
- Brand new purpose built facility which has room for growth.
- Great team environment and state of the art amenities.
- Open and clear communication from management.
- Flexible remuneration packages.

If you are humble, hungry and smart, We are keen to engage with you to explore this opportunity and learn about our company as we simply love great people and personalities here at Proquip.

**Salary**: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ravenhall, VIC: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Order Picking Forklift Licence (preferred)
- Forklift Licence (preferred)
- Driver Licence (required)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)