Mechanical Fitters

Wespine Industries Pty Ltd are seeking Mechanical Fitters to join our Maintenance team!

As the leading softwood timber processor in Western Australia, Wespine is a key business and employer in the Dardanup and South-West communities, working safely as a team to manufacture timber for distribution throughout Australia.

Our people are integral to our success, and we believe in investing in our employees through offering career pathways, learning opportunities and a culture based on engagement and support. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strongly encourage candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

About the Role:

We are currently seeking Mechanical Fitters to join our team on a permanent full-time basis. We have a number of different roster options available including shiftwork and dayshift only.  

The Mechanical Fitters’ day to day work consists primarily of preventative maintenance tasks as well as rapid response to breakdowns and deeper level maintenance conducted in shutdown periods. 

Duties will include:

• Identify safety hazards before commencing tasks and putting controls in place to minimise risks
• Identify opportunities for improvement encountered around site and report hazards to your Supervisor
• Preventative maintenance activity
• Visual inspections
• Attend breakdowns to resolve mechanical issues to enable speedy resumption of production
• Utilise production shutdown opportunities to perform maintenance on plant and equipment
• Use trade skills to improve plant and equipment on projects as required
• Use maintenance computer system to locate parts and maintenance manuals
• Update actions on work orders
• Ensuring thorough record keeping through the maintenance management system
• Project work from time to time installing new modern manufacturing equipment.

About you:

We are seeking hard-working team players who have the following:

• Trade certificate (Mechanical)
• Employer sponsorship can be considered
• Previous experience as a Mechanical Fitter
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting aptitude
• Excellent ability to learn new skills
• Ability to read and comprehend technical manuals and interpret engineering drawings.

It would be highly regarded if you had the following but not essential:

• Experience with materials handling plant and equipment
• Experience in manufacturing / milling fixed plant maintenance
• Hydraulics maintenance experience
• Pneumatics maintenance experience
• NDT - strong visual Inspection skills - find problems before they cause downtime
• Basic Welding skills
• High risk Work licence, EWP, confined space, working at heights, forklift licence

What we Offer:

• Competitive salary package
• Career development, training and upskilling opportunities
• Employee discount options
• On-site physio
• Weekly pay
• All PPE supplied

The Opportunity:

This is an opportunity to join a great team, working for a market leader.  If you believe you have what it takes to be a success in this role, then apply now.  

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.