Trades Assistant / Labourer - Steel Construction

Upspec Patios and Sheds; Penrith City Council; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Upspec Steel Buildings in Penrith, NSW is seeking a Trades Assistant / Labourer to join a small crew from slab to completion. You’ll work across the entire build, including earthworks, roofing, cladding and roller doors, with site access via White Card and a valid driver’s licence.

Expect outdoor work in varied conditions across multiple sites within Western Sydney. Prior steel erection or elevated work platform tickets are preferred but not required.

Qualifications

• White Card required for site access.
• Current driver licence and reliable transport to site.
• Reliability and teamwork in small crews.
• Willingness to work outdoors in all conditions on a construction site.
• Experience in steel erection or tickets preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Work on portal frames, purlins, roof sheeting, wall cladding, guttering, flashings and roller doors
• Perform site set out and footings
• Work at height on scissor lifts
• Use a wide range of power tools
• Work across the whole build from slab through to completion

Skills

White Card

Driver Licence

Reliability

Outdoor work willingness

Teamwork

Tools

Elevated work platform ticket

Forklift ticket

Job description

Trades Assistant / Labourer - Steel Construction

You will work in a small crew taking a building from the slab through to completion. Portal frames, purlins, roof sheeting, wall cladding, guttering, flashings and roller doors. Site set out and footings one week, roof and cladding the next. You will work at height on scissor lifts, use a wide range of power tools, and move between sites regularly. One project might be a rural shed on open acreage, the next an industrial building, the one after that a residential carport. Because Upspec carries out its own earthworks and operates its own crane truck, you work across the whole build rather than one stage of it. All of our work is within about an hour of Penrith. No fly in fly out, and no accommodation away from home.

Key responsibilities

Work on portal frames, purlins, roof sheeting, wall cladding, guttering, flashings and roller doors

Perform site set out and footings

Work at height on scissor lifts

Use a wide range of power tools

Work across the whole build from slab through to completion

About you

A current White Card (legal requirement for site access)

A current driver licence and reliable transport to site

Reliability and ability to be counted on by others in small crews

Willingness to work outdoors in all conditions and take direction on an active construction site

Experience in steel erection, elevated work platform ticket or forklift ticket (preferred but not required)

About us

Upspec Steel Buildings is a licensed builder based in Penrith, delivering rural, residential, commercial and government projects across Western Sydney. Over more than ten years we have completed in excess of 1500 buildings, we hold a 4.9 star rating on Google, and we build exclusively in Australian made BlueScope steel. We are a registered Buy NSW supplier and a principal builder for NSW Department of Education projects.

Hours 7:00am to 3:30pm with paid fifteen minute morning break at 9:00am and half hour lunch at midday

Pay is weekly, every Thursday

The last Monday of every month is a paid rostered day off

The business closes the last Friday before Christmas and reopens the Monday after New Year

We pay for your tickets: Elevated work platform, forklift, and anything else the work requires

Career progression: Upspec promotes from within. Skilled Assistant, Leading Hand, Supervisor, Construction Manager positions are filled from our own crew