Fitter - Mobile Water Treatment Plant Service Centre Technician

Veolia; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Veolia is seeking a Fitter to service mobile water treatment plant equipment. The role is primarily based at the Northgate service centre in Brisbane and involves travel to remote sites across Oceania.

You will perform maintenance, repairs, and commissioning support on containerised water treatment systems and associated pump and dosing skids. The ideal candidate has a fitter trade qualification with hands-on mechanical/industrial experience; applicants with related experience are welcome.

Qualifications

• Fitter by trade with relevant hands-on maintenance experience.
• Experience with mobile water treatment or industrial equipment is a plus.
• Willingness to travel to remote sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain portable containerised water treatment plants and skid systems.
• Perform preventive maintenance and field troubleshooting across Oceania.
• Inspect assets on arrival and support retrofits as needed.
• Review technical drawings to ensure asset accuracy and safety.
• Source and track spare parts for mobile assets and ensure safe work.
• Adhere to Veolia Water Tech safety and conduct standards.

Skills

Fitter by trade

Mechanical fitting

Industrial plumbing

Field service

Education

Fitter trade certificate

Job description

Fitter - Mobile Water Treatment Plant Service Centre Technician

• Full-time
• Contract type: Standard

About Veolia Veolia group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. In 2022, with nearly 220,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and replenish them. In 2021, the Veolia group supplied 79 million people with drinking water and 61 million people with wastewater service, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 48 million metric tons of waste.

Job Summary

The successful applicant will be responsible for conducting the maintenance of a variety of water treatment technologies and ancillary equipment including but not limited to portable containerised water treatment plants, pump skids, chemical dosing skids, multimedia filtration units, ultrafiltration (UF), and reverse osmosis (RO) systems. Although primarily based at our Northgate (Brisbane) service center this role will also require some travel to provide support as required to different mobile water treatment applications deployed around Oceania including at remote mine sites.

The role is a hands‑on maintenance role suited to an individual with a background in mechanical fitting, industrial plumbing etc.

You will be employed by the Veolia Water Tech business within Mobile Water (MW) Oceania Team. Present on 5 continents, Veolia Water Tech is an industrial services and solutions company specialising in securing and recovering resources. Our employees are united to provide their contribution to the challenges of the resource revolution and our business is organised around 4 activities: Water; Waste recovery; Water treatment solutions; and Consulting.

Key Responsibilities

Initial inspection of mobile assets on arrival at the Northgate Service Centre.

Perform approved design upgrades to mobile assets.

Perform prescribed maintenance, repair and quality inspection works on mobile assets by providing technical supervision for retrofits and validation of performance increase.

Review engineering documents to confirm accuracy in relation to specific mobile assets.

Source and manage critical spares inventory at Northgate Service Centre for mobile assets.

Ensure safe work practices including the development and implementation of safe work method statements, risk assessments, injury and incident reporting and other WHS requirements for own area of work.

Maintain optimum housekeeping of the Northgate service centre.

Perform field inspections including but not limited to preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, mobile asset condition reporting and demobilization.

Perform services on mobile assets at a designated location across Oceania.

Assist with site mobile assets commissioning/decommissioning.

All procedures, process and behaviour comply with Veolia Water Tech Code of Conduct, EEO and Anti‑discrimination principles.

The ideal candidate will preferably possess a tertiary qualification as a fitter by trade.

Applicants with other suitable experience will also be considered.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

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