Trades Assistant

RISsafety; Sydney; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above award pay rates

Job summary

RISsafety is seeking a hands-on tradesperson/trades assistant to join our Wetherill Park workshop. The role involves cutting, assembling, drilling, milling, machining, and even light welding, with operating tools safely and maintaining a tidy workspace.

You will work with components, prepare parts per drawings, and support packaging while upholding WH&S standards and showing a strong attention to detail. Immediate start offered in a full-time capacity.

Qualifications

• High quality of workmanship and attention to detail.
• Ability to understand and work to manufacturing drawings.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area in compliance with WHS/EMS.
• Good written and verbal communication.
• Willing to work to RIS business needs including overtime when offered.

Responsibilities

• Operating hand tools and general workshop machinery like bandsaw, bench drill, linisher and angle grinder safely.
• Sub-Assembly of components.
• Preparing parts for fabrication as per drawing requirements.
• Maintain housekeeping in workshop and help with packaging.
• Comply with RISsafety WH&S standards.
• Some physical lifting of Aluminium extrusion materials up to 20Kg.
• Opportunity to learn/perform some minor welding operations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Drawing interpretation

Communication skills

Overtime flexibility

Job description

RISsafety (RIS) is the leading Australian owned company engaged in designing, manufacturing and supplying height safety access and fall protection solutions all over Australia and abroad. With more than 55 years in the business, our product quality and building standard speaks for itself.

Due to current growth in business, we are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic tradesperson/trades assistant to join our growing team at Wetherill Park.

Do you like each day to be interesting and different? This could be the job for you!

About the Role:

You could be cutting and preparing material for welding; assembling components and sub-assemblies, drilling/milling/machining or even doing some occasional welding.

What your new role will involve:

Operating hand tools and general workshop machinery like bandsaw, bench drill, linisher and angle grinder safely.

Sub-Assembly of components.

Preparing parts for fabrication as per drawing requirements.

Maintain housekeeping in workshop and help with packaging.

Comply with RISsafety WH&S standards.

Some physical lifting of Aluminium extrusion materials up to 20Kg.

Opportunity to learn/perform some minor welding operations.

About You:

High quality of workmanship and attention to detail.

Ability to understand and work to manufacturing drawings.

Maintain a clean and safe work area in compliance with company standards WHS / EMS and regulatory requirements

Good communication skills both written and verbal.

Willing to work to RIS business needs such as tight deadlines and supporting overtime when offered

What’s on offer:

Work in a friendly, established and supportive team.

Above award pay rates.

Opportunity to join a growing organisation that encourages up skill and personal growth.

Fulltime role and immediate start.

Our culture is centered on our values of: Respect, Innovation, Solutions-Oriented and Safety. We work safely, consistently, as one team, and take responsibility.