Maintenance Fabrication Technician

About the Company

Every day our people provide reliable and trusted water services for more than 1.8 million South Australians. Our work helps ensure this state is a sustainable and healthy place to work and live.

Our business supports our states prosperity and is significant in both size and impact. With a commitment to being climate-ready, we are guided by environmental goals and practices that enable continued service delivery, not just for todays community, but for future generations.

For more than 165 years we have been delivering services for South Australians. Ongoing adaptation is necessary, and our people are encouraged to share and develop innovative solutions and fresh ideas.

In short, we make a positive different to the lives of South Australians and the communities they live in every day.

About the opportunity

The workshop is nestled in the beautiful South Para Reservoir and we are on the hunt for a skilled Maintenance Fabrication Technician, to join the team of professional fabricators and mechanical fitters to deliver quality fabrication solutions.

This isnt a role where you will be stuck in a workshop all day everyday, you will be travelling to different sites as far as Swan Reach and Auburn and also across the metropolitan area to conduct maintenance, repairs, modifications and installs on new and old infrastructure. As part of a large, statewide business, this role offers the opportunity to apply your skills to a variety of projects and challenges. A fair amount of capital work happens onsite in South Para Workshop.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Participate in asset maintenance and capital delivery works, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our equipment
• Contribute to effective works management, promoting collaboration and coordination within the team
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and performance monitoring, fostering a culture of excellence
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, maximizing service delivery and revenue opportunities
• Champion workplace safety with a proactive approach and exemplary safety behaviours
• Participation in an on-call roster will after a qualifying period
• Work in remote and isolated locations will be required from time to time

About you

Ideally you will have experience fabricating a variety of materials including aluminium and stainless steel. Experience with welding MSCL and stainless steel pipework is highly desirable. Strong communication skills coupled with the ability roll your sleeves up and deliver outcomes for our customers.

• Relevant Trade Certificate or Tertiary Qualifications, demonstrating your technical expertise (essential)
• Current Australian driver's license (essential)
• Display a proactive approach to workplace safety and model excellent safety behaviours
• Ensure all work is completed in line with legislative requirements and SA Water policies and standards
• Willingness to learn and adapt, embracing new skills and undertaking further training as required
• Competency with computer software and applications

Benefits

• Work with a variety of assets
• Company vehicle (for business use)
• Tool and Metal Trades allowances
• Training
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A focus on wellbeing and work-life balance, including two 'wellbeing days per year

Further information can be found in the attached PD: Maintenance Trade Technician (SAW4).docx

To apply, click 'Apply'. Please submit and complete the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries, please contact Rebecca Darling from the Talent Acquisition team ***************@sawater.com.au

Applications close 11pm, Tuesday 9th April 2024.

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au