Mechanical Fitter

Hunter Water Corporation Limited; Newcastle; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

5 days Carers Leave per year

Community Service Leave

Parental Leave 14 weeks

Hybrid work options

Fitness passport

Discounted health fund

Employee Assistance program

Job summary

Hunter Water Corporation Limited is seeking a temporary Mechanical Fitter to join the Maintenance team in the Customer Delivery Division. The role is predominantly workshop-based for a fixed term of one year.

The position requires a current Mechanical Trade certificate, a Class MR Driver’s Licence, leadership training, and at least four years in the mechanical trade. The role involves safe work practices, documentation, and site risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Current Mechanical Trade certificate.
• May include related WHS training and license requirements.

Responsibilities

• Planned and corrective maintenance, condition assessment, fault finding/diagnosis and rectification of mechanical equipment.
• Assisting treatment plant maintainers as required.
• Liaising with contractors and internal staff.
• Accurate documentation in FSM, Ellipse and TRIM.
• Ensure safe work procedures and site risk assessments.
• Complete statutory paperwork including permits.
• Assist in training of staff and apprentices.
• Maintain tooling and safety equipment.
• Flexibility to work across Hunter Water network.
• Willingness to participate in after-hours roster.

Skills

Mechanical trade

Leadership training

WH&S knowledge

Fault finding

Documentation

Education

Trade certificate

Tools

Ellipse

Field Service Model (FSM)

TRIM

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Contribute to a sustainable Lower Hunter for future generations
• Join a team that are proud of their work

We are seeking a temporaryMechanical Fitter to join our Maintenance team within our Customer DeliveryDivision. This fixed term opportunity will be for a period of one yearand will be predominately workshop based.

Our Company

At Hunter Water our Values define who we are as an organisation and how we behave. We strive to live these Values and it is shown in the work we do and the way in which we interact with each other. Please click here to learn more about Hunter Water’s Values .

We fundamentally believe in and commit to diversity and inclusion. We value anindividual's unique capabilities, backgrounds, experiences and characteristics. We rely on these diverse perspectives to drive innovation and collaboration, to deliver the best outcome for our customers and communities.

It is this diversity of perspectives that will enable Hunter Water to meet the challenges of the future. We strive to create an inclusive environment where there is genuine equality of opportunity regardless of people's gender, age, cultural background, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and/or family status. We encourage you to apply and welcome all applications.

We have embarked on a new strategic direction to build a more innovative, collaborative and resilient organisation that is a thought leader in developing a sustainable water and wastewater future. Please click here to learn more about Hunter Water's Corporate Strategy .

At Hunter Waterwe offer a range of employee benefits. For this position, these will include, but are not limited to:

Excellent flexible working and additional leave benefits including:

• Additional Public Holidays, RDOs
• 5 days additionalpaid Carers Leave per annum
• Paid Community Service Leave
• 14 weeks paid Parental Leave for both parents
• Access to hybrid work and other flexible options
• Fitness passport
• Access to discounted health fund and health services
• Access to the Employee Assistanceprogram

Remuneration & Hours:

• Reward and Recognition Program
• Base salary up to $93,943 plus 12% Superannuation

The Opportunity

As the Mechanical Fitter you will beprimarily responsible for the maintenance, repair and operationalfunctions of all mechanical assets within Hunter Water’s area of interest.

What you'll do:

• Planned and corrective maintenance, condition assessment, fault finding/diagnosis and rectification of mechanical equipment.
• Assisting treatment plant maintainers as required.
• Working and liaising with contractors and other internal Hunter Water staff.
  
• Accurate initiation and completion of all relevant documentation in Field Service Model (FSM), Ellipse, and TRIM, in a timely and appropriate manner.
  
• Ensure safe work procedures are followed by all staff including undertaking site-specific risk assessments and inductions for staff and / or contractors.
  
• Completion and submission of statutory paperwork (or digital form) including but not limited to confined space permits, hot work permits, permit to work.
  
• Assist Field Supervisor in training/development of Hunter Water staff and apprentices in mechanical awareness.
  
• Assist in the development of Picture Process mapped Work instructions.
  
• Ensure care and compliance of all personally allocated tooling and safety equipment.
  
• Flexibility to work in any geographical area within the Hunter Water network of operations, as directed by the Mechanical Supervisor or nominee.
  
• Working in confined spaces and/or at heights is a requirement of this role.
  Relieve as Area Co-ordinator or Field Supervisor as required to build leadership skills and maintain resource requirements.
  
• Willingness to participate in an after-hours response roster if required.

What you'll need to be successful:

• Current Mechanical Trade certificate
  
• Class MR Driver’s Licence (or higher)
  
• Leadership training
  
• Demonstrated minimum 4 years’ recent experience in the Mechanical trade field
  
• Sound knowledge of technical and WHS requirements in order to achieve satisfactory completion of works allocated
  
• Demonstrated skills with mechanical maintenance systems
• Knowledge of water and wastewater equipment, system and processes.

The following qualifications are not essential but will be highly regarded. Where they are not held the successful candidate must be willing and able to attain:

• Confined Space entry and rescue
  
• Experience using computerised maintenance management systems (e.g. Ellipse)
  
• Intermediate skill level with Microsoft suite
  
• Emergency First Aid
  
• Working at Heights
  
• Elevated work platform licence
  
• CPR
  
• Low Voltage Release and Rescue
  
• Environmental Incident Management – Field Response and clean up
  
• General Environmental Awareness – Field based (Identifying and managing environmental risk)

Application Steps:

To be considered for this position applicants must submit a cover letteraddressing the Selection Criteria above and provide a current resume.

We are proud to be an Inclusive Employer committed to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity. People with disability, women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are encouraged to apply. Applicants can request a reasonable adjustment at any stage during the recruitment process by getting in contact with the recruiter.

Employment with Hunter Water Corporation may be subject to pre-employment checksincluding but not limited to criminal background checks, functional assessment,drug and alcohol testing and psychometric assessment for preferred externalapplicants.