Hands-on Fabrication Specialist for Naval Vessels

Austal; Cockburn; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits package

Career development

Job summary

Austal is seeking a Fabrication Specialist to provide hands-on engineering support within our shipbuilding production environment in Western Australia. You will work with Fabrication Supervisors, Planners, Quality and Design Engineering teams to help construct naval and commercial vessels.

Focused on steel and aluminium fabrication, you will identify production issues, optimise processes and implement engineering changes while driving continuous improvement across the fabrication value stream.

Qualifications

• Provide day-to-day engineering support to fabrication and structural production teams.
• Review fabrication packages, structural drawings, welding documentation and work instructions for production readiness.
• Serve as production-based SME for structural fabrication and assembly activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day engineering support to fabrication and structural production teams during vessel construction.
• Review fabrication packages, structural drawings, welding documentation and work instructions to ensure readiness for production activities.
• Act as the production-based SME for structural fabrication and assembly activities.
• Liaise with Design Engineering to clarify technical requirements and resolve fabrication and construction issues.
• Support welding, plate preparation, cutting, forming, assembly and module construction activities.
• Identify and remove production constraints impacting safety, quality, schedule or fabrication efficiency.
• Develop practical solutions to fabrication and assembly challenges while maintaining design and regulatory compliance.
• Support planning and sequencing of fabrication activities to optimise production flow and resource utilisation.
• Raise, track and manage technical queries, concessions, non-conformances and engineering changes.
• Assist with development and improvement of fabrication methodologies, work instructions and welding processes.

Skills

Shipyard fabrication

Welding processes

Production engineering

Safety focus

Communication skills

Job description

Austal is seeking a Fabrication Specialist to provide hands-on engineering support within our shipbuilding production environment in Western Australia. You will work with Fabrication Supervisors, Planners, Quality and Design Engineering teams to help construct naval and commercial vessels.

Focused on steel and aluminium fabrication, you will identify production issues, optimise processes and implement engineering changes while driving continuous improvement across the fabrication value stream.