Afternoon Fitter

MAYDAY Recruitment Group; Blacktown; On-site; AUD 69,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Afternoon shift

4 weeks annual leave

Overtime + 20% shift loading

Strong safety culture

Job summary

MAYDAY Recruitment Group is seeking a skilled Mechanical Fitter for a large-scale Blacktown facility. You will join the maintenance team to perform preventative and scheduled maintenance on heavy fixed and mobile plant within a busy workshop and production environment.

The role offers an afternoon shift on a 6-day week, with overtime and a 20% shift loading, plus four weeks of paid annual leave and a strong safety culture. Trade qualifications and experience in heavy industry are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience performing preventative and planned maintenance on heavy plant and processing equipment.
• Ability to fault-find and service heavy fixed and mobile plant equipment.
• Welding exposure with MIG or stick welding considered a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative and planned maintenance on heavy plant and processing equipment.
• Support shutdown maintenance, equipment rebuilds and reliability improvements.
• Install and commission new equipment and plant upgrades.

Skills

Preventative maintenance

Fault finding

Maintenance planning

Education

Mechanical Fitter trade qualification

Tools

MIG welding

Stick welding

Job description

Company

This established heavy industrial company plays a key role in supplying essential materials into the construction, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors across NSW. Operating out of a large-scale processing facility in Blacktown, they offer stable long-term employment within a busy operation where maintenance reliability is critical to keeping production moving.

Benefits

• Permanent full-time role: Afternoon shift


• 6-day week: Monday – Friday 1pm–11:30pm | Saturday 1pm–6pm


• $50–$52 per hour depending on experience + 20% afternoon shift loading


• 4 weeks paid annual leave


• Strong safety culture and well-resourced maintenance team


• Busy, team-oriented workshop and production environment

Pay Rate / Salary Package

Based on the standard 56-hour working week, including 18 hours of overtime:

• $50/hr: circa $182,000 + super annually


• $52/hr: circa $189,000 + super annually

The Role

Working within the maintenance team, you'll play a key role in executing planned maintenance, equipment upgrades and reliability improvements across a busy industrial site. The role offers exposure across both heavy fixed plant and mobile plant equipment within a workshop and production environment.

Day to day you will be involved in

• Preventative maintenance and planned maintenance activities across heavy plant and processing equipment


• Shutdown maintenance, equipment rebuilds and reliability improvement projects


• Installation and commissioning of new equipment and plant upgrades


• Fault finding, servicing and maintenance on heavy fixed plant and mobile plant equipment


• Supporting continuous improvement and plant reliability initiatives


• Workshop-based repairs, fabrication support and onsite maintenance activities

Requirements

• Trade qualified Mechanical Fitter


• Experience within heavy industry, recycling, manufacturing, mines or tunnels


• Strong preventative maintenance and reliability maintenance experience


• MIG & stick welding exposure highly regarded


• High Risk tickets highly desirable: EWP, Forklift & Confined Spaces