Trades Assistant

Date Posted:
2025-07-09

Country:
Australia

Location:
LOC7005 : Unit 43, 25 Val Reid Crescent, Hume ACT 2620, Australia

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We are currently looking for a Trades Assistant to be based in Fyshwick, ACT.

About you

You will be the face of the Otis brand and responsible for installing lifts, escalators, and travellators in compliance with the relevant codes and Otis specifications and procedures.

This position will require you to travel across regional NSW as needed on a project basis. In this role, you will report to the Operations Manager and work closely with other Installers, Electricians, Adjusters, Trade Assistants & Field Engineers, and Construction Coordinators.

Key Responsibilities- Installation of New Equipment and Modernisation of lifts, escalators, and travellators and work to the highest safety and environmental standards while ensuring service targets are met.- Ensures work is performed per the relevant Codes, including SAA Lift Code AS1735 and AS3000 and relevant Award and/or Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.- Maintain company tools, equipment, and materials properly and safeguard such property.- Comply with the company's Environmental Health and Safety policies and procedures, including reporting any conditions that may impact the environment or any employee.- Maintain and work to the Quality System, performing work per the relevant lift industry codes and standards.- Attend customer handing over inspection/service inspections on installation and modernization projects.- Ensure timely completion of defects identified during service / handing over inspection in coordination with the Project Manager.- Identify process improvement opportunities and help facilitate continuous improvement to satisfy the customers of your processes.

What You Will Need To Be Successful- Have a Grade Electrical License with an Industry White Card.- Experience in Adjustment / Commissioning/ Fitting work would be beneficial.- Those with Asbestos and Silica awareness will be preferred.- Has experience in the elevator industry and proven ability to work safely as part of a team or independently.- Willing to travel in & out of the region and able to work unsupervised.- Enjoys communicating with various levels of stakeholders and working closely with others in the field.- Solutions-oriented, independent, and well-organized.- Has the ability to perform knowledge transfer on information and skills through training.- Able to plan and prioritize tasks and complete them on time

Key Benefits- Robust compensation and benefits packages- Be part of the Forbes 2024 World's Best Employers.- Meaningful career opportunities for people to grow through excellent Learning programs.
- If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.
- Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.
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- When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.
- We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.
- Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people - passengers, customers, and colleagues - at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes - prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click- here

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