Mechanical Tradesperson

Industry: Water Utilities

Position Title: Mechanical Tradesperson

Wage: $95,000-100,000 Gross Per Annum

About Us:

Westwater specialises in design and construction solutions for water treatment infrastructure. Our expertise lies in assessing a client's specific needs and collating specialist treatment equipment into a best fit solution that can be easily integrated into existing site conditions. Internally, we have the capacity to execute all project requirements from engineering design through to commissioning and after care.

Across two major office locations in Perth and Brisbane, our business model and personnel skills give us the ability to service the water industry Australia wide. We often work as principal contractor to deliver projects in partnership with our clients across the following industries:

• Municipal

• Industrial

• Mining and Resources

• Aquatic

• Food and Beverage

• Health

We have built our reputation on designing and manufacturing at a high quality, providing both aesthetically pleasing and durable assets. Our goal is to provide the client exactly what they're expecting with hopes of exceeding these expectations. This culture is generated at the top and filtered right through our organisation.

The Role:

We are looking for a full time mechanical tradesperson with pipe fitting skills to join our team.

Key activities and role responsibilities include:

• Work enthusiastically in a team environment including supporting all colleagues to achieve manufacturing tasks to the desired quality of work within deadlines.
• Carry out mechanical work as designated by the appropriate supervisor to produce quality work within deadlines. This includes PVC pipe fabrication, general steel fabrication, mechanical assembly work and various acceptance testing.
• Provide technical input concerning the design, installation and maintenance with regards to WestWater projects and products.
• Read & follow mechanical drawings to produce the desired project or task outcome.
• Assistance with quality control of WestWater products and projects including red pen mark ups for ASCON drawings.
• Preparation and packing of equipment for site specific tasks, including installation, pipe laying, civil assistance/direction, service/maintenance and existing services upgrades.
• Adherence to WestWater and customers specific Occupational Safety and Health, quality and environmental policies.
• Assist electrical based colleagues where appropriate on project or production tasks both onsite and in house.
• Liaise with clients and contractors on site while maintaining professionalism and representing Westwater justly.
• Adhere to road rules and drive responsibly when driving Westwater owned or marked vehicles.
• Turning up fit for work, being well rested and free from drugs and alcohol

Selection Criteria:

Skills and Abilities

• General mechanical/plumbing ability with pride in the finished product
• Analytical and fault finding skills.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to liaise with people and fit into a team.
• Ability to read and follow process and instrumentation diagrams and general arrangement drawings
• Flexibility to work within the mechanical or service fields as required by current workload.
• Keen eye for detail
• Minor dogging and rigging ability

Experience

• Completion of mechanical trade preferred
• Water industry experience
• Manufacturing industry experience as opposed to simply maintenance
• Pipe fitting
• PVC & HDPE plastic fabrication

Qualifications

• Certificate 3 Mechanical Trade
• Valid driver's licence
• White/Blue Card
• Forklift Licence

Work Attendance Requirements:

Our workshop is based in Woodridge, QLD where we work 40 hour week minimum, Monday to Friday from 7am to 3:30pm. The role will involve away site work throughout QLD and NSW, at times for periods up to 3 weeks