Trades Assistant

4 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Weir Group Full time

Trades Assistant

Weir Minerals

Artarmon

Onsite

Purpose of Role:
Weir Minerals requires two highly motivated and safety focused Trades Assistants to build timber forms that will be fed into the state of the art 5 axis CNC machine to be precision cut to the shape of a patternmaker's CAD model.

Why choose Weir:
At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It's a big challenge - but it is exciting.

Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual's contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:
- Repair and maintain the fleet of existing patterns with high attention to detail, under the guidance of skilled tradespersons.- Build timber forms in consultation with tradesperson patternmakers with accuracy and strength using general woodworking construction techniques.- Patterns that have been cut will need hand finishing to a high level.- Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.- Be able to work to safe operating procedures with high level of diligence, to achieve Zero Harm in the workplace.- Work to an agreed delivery schedule to ensure there is no down time of CNC work center.- Work in tandem with tradespersons on shop floor to supply high quality tooling to the foundry.

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:
- 3 years' experience in woodworking environment - carpentry, cabinet making, furniture making.- Understanding of basic measuring equipment.- Understanding of basic wood joinery techniques.- Use of machinery including but not limited to bandsaws, table saws, disc sanders and drill presses.- Use of powered and non-powered hand tools including but not limited to sanders, jigsaws, grinders, chisels and gouges.

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir's technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our

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- Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status._

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