Casual MIG Boilermaker – Structural Steel Fabrication

Brightscope HR; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 61,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightscope HR in Melbourne’s western suburbs is seeking multiple Boilermakers for a busy workshop. The role is casual with direct employment from day one, offering ongoing work through the Christmas period and a 6:00am–2:30pm, Monday–Friday shift.

You will perform MIG welding on mild steel components, read drawings, and fabricate/assemble beams, columns and base plates. Suitable candidates have a Certificate III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade) and can pass a weld test.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade) or equivalent experience.
• Solid MIG welding experience essential (FCAW also useful).
• Structural steel fabrication background strongly preferred.
• Confident reading structural steel drawings.
• Physically capable of sustained hands-on trade work.
• Available to work through the Christmas/New Year period.
• Current Australian work rights and a White Card.
• Overhead crane, forklift or dogging/rigging tickets highly regarded but not essential.

Responsibilities

• MIG welding structural steel components to a high standard.
• Marking out and setting out fabrications from drawings to tight tolerances.
• Fitting and assembling beams, columns, cleats, base plates and trusses, tacking up square and true before weld-out.
• Reading and interpreting fabrication drawings, weld symbols and cutting lists.
• Managing distortion control and weld sequencing on larger fabrications.
• Working independently from shop drawings with minimal supervision.
• Maintaining a clean, tidy and safe workshop.

Skills

MIG welding

Reading fabrication drawings

Structural steel fabrication

FCAW knowledge

Education

Certificate III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade)

Tools

Overhead crane

Forklift

Dogging/Rigging

Job description

Brightscope HR in Melbourne’s western suburbs is seeking multiple Boilermakers for a busy workshop. The role is casual with direct employment from day one, offering ongoing work through the Christmas period and a 6:00am–2:30pm, Monday–Friday shift.

You will perform MIG welding on mild steel components, read drawings, and fabricate/assemble beams, columns and base plates. Suitable candidates have a Certificate III in Engineering (Fabrication Trade) and can pass a weld test.