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Form of work
Salary$40-45/hr + super + overtime (permanent role)
- Opportunity to run small fabrication shop in larger manufacturing plant
- Strongly growing production volume, great company & culture
- Build & develop your team, achieve results, make your mark!
Long-term role. Significant opportunity. Successful growing company. Commitment to investing in team, process improvement, and best equipment.
The Opportunity
Join our team as our Fabrication Leading Hand at our modern Salisbury workshop.
The Company
We are a proud Australian manufacturing company with the vision to become the world leader in our product range. We are growing strongly and continuously expanding our team to handle the growth in production volume.
We make high-performance products for the mining industry:
- Slurryflex: https://www.beaverprocess.com.au/slurryflex-hose/
- Abrasiguard: https://www.beaverprocess.com.au/abrasiguard-slurry-piping/
The Role
You will run our small fabrication shop as an integrated part of our manufacturing team.
You will run this shop like it is your own - leading the team, managing the work, hit production targets, fixing problems, and always trying to make the process better. You will start with an initial team of five, although we expect this to grow as our production volume keeps growing.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Lead small fabrication team (5 person)
- Run small fabrication shop (job allocation, tracking, results)
- Fabricate metal parts (‘on the tools’ player/coach role)
- Ensure team works safely (‘everyone goes home safe everyday’)
- Ensure quality work (incl coordinate NDE/NDT where required)
- Manage fabrication equipment & consumables (incl upgrades if required)
- Troubleshoot & fix issues (incl escalate if required)
- Identify improvements & implement (with engineering support)
- Recruit, train and develop team (with HR support)
We are expanding our Salisbury facility in the next 12 months and have a strong focus on investing in the right equipment and developing our team and processes to achieve outstanding results.
Why Join Beaver
It is a great time to join the Beaver team as we grow.
This role will have significant autonomy to keep developing and improving our fabrication shop.
Key reasons to join our team include:
- Opportunity to lead, develop & grow your own team
- Strong desire to invest in team, equipment & capabilities
- Successful business with growing volume
- Family-friendly shift structure (Mon-Fri, 6am to 2:30pm, for standard shift)
- Competitive pay rate + opportunity for overtime
- Permanent long-term job (strong company, 35-year history, successful, growing)
- Great team and culture (zero tolerance for bad behaviour)
- Convenient location in Salisbury with free on-site parking
- Australian manufacturer with high-quality product
Our workplace culture is very important to us and makes Beaver Process Equipment a fantastic place to work. Have a look at our Core Values video to understand what makes us different.
About You
You will be a great frontline leader, who likes leading and managing a small team. Someone with a positive attitude, who is hard working and leads by example. You will like the opportunity to lead a small team whilst still being ‘on the tools’ yourself. You will have a strong safety focus. You will take pride in the quality of your team’s work. You will have strong drive to achieve results and always be looking for a ‘better way’. You will take full responsibility for your team and its results.
You will need the following experience:
- Trade-qualified fabricator or boilermaker (capable of supervising apprentices)
- Experience operating full range of fabrication equipment (welder, lathe, plasma, roller, drill press, etc)
- Experience running small-medium sized fabrication teams (ideally workshop based)
- Ideally - pipe spool fabrication experience (including AS4041/AS3992 and/or ASME B31.3/ASME IX).
How to Apply
Please apply via the link with your resume and cover letter explaining why this role is appealing and why you are a good fit for it.
