Forklift & Yard Operator – Steel Fabrication

Outdoor Fabrications Pty; Sydney; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Outdoor Fabrications Pty seeks a hands-on Yard/Dispatch Assistant to support our workshop and keep the yard, store and dispatch operations running safely and efficiently. This role involves forklift-based loading/unloading, stock organising, and assisting with orders and deliveries in a steel fabrication environment.

You will work closely with production and workshop teams, ensure safe lifting practices, and maintain tidy storage areas.

Qualifications

• Valid forklift licence and practical forklift operating experience.
• Tower crane licence is a plus.
• Dogging or rigging qualifications are advantageous.
• Experience in yard, stores or dispatch, preferably in steel fabrication.
• Ability to handle long or heavy materials with safe lifting practices.

Responsibilities

• Loading and unloading trucks and moving steel materials and fabricated components using a forklift.
• Receiving deliveries, checking quantities against delivery dockets and reporting shortages or damage.
• Maintain an organised, clean and safe yard and storage areas.
• Assist with stock control, material identification and inventory management.
• Organising and identifying stock, keeping materials allocated to the correct jobs and assisting with stocktakes.
• Preparing orders, including packing and assisting with safe loading and load restraint.
• Supplying materials to the workshop and maintaining clean, orderly yard and storage areas.
• Completing equipment pre-start checks, reporting defects and operating lifting equipment only where appropriately licensed, trained and authorised.

Skills

Forklift licence

Tower crane licence

Dogging/rigging

Yard/dispatch experience

Safety-conscious

Job description

Outdoor Fabrications Pty seeks a hands-on Yard/Dispatch Assistant to support our workshop and keep the yard, store and dispatch operations running safely and efficiently. This role involves forklift-based loading/unloading, stock organising, and assisting with orders and deliveries in a steel fabrication environment.

You will work closely with production and workshop teams, ensure safe lifting practices, and maintain tidy storage areas.