WORKSHOP FOREMAN

Levey Engineering; Nyora; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime available

Competitive pay

Job summary

Virtue Engineering is seeking a Workshop Foreman to take charge of the floor and keep production moving. You'll work directly with the Director and have real input into how the workshop runs.

You should hold a trade qualification in fabrication or machining, with 5+ years of workshop experience, including leadership. A current driver’s licence is required, and overtime is available to reflect the busy metalworking environment.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification in fabrication or machining (Cert III in Engineering).
• 5+ years' workshop experience with some time as leading hand or foreman.
• Good organisation and ability to stay calm when deadlines are tight.
• Current driver's licence.

Responsibilities

• Plan the week, allocate jobs to the team, and keep work flowing through the workshop.
• Check work against drawings to ensure it leaves the workshop right the first time.
• Organise and follow up work with external suppliers to return on time.
• Ensure materials are ordered and allocated to each job before it starts.
• Monitor due dates and escalate issues to hit deadlines.
• Lead the team, set daily priorities, support the crew, and assist on the tools.

Skills

Team leadership

Production planning

Quality control

Workshop coordination

Education

Cert III in Engineering

Job description

Virtue Engineering is looking for a Workshop Foreman to take charge of the floor. You'll keep production moving, hold the quality bar high, and make sure customers get what they need, when they need it. You'll work directly with the Director, and you'll have a real say in how the workshop runs.

Key responsibilities

• Run production: plan the week, allocate jobs to the team, and keep work flowing through the workshop
• Own quality: check work against drawings and make sure every job leaves the workshop right the first time
• Manage out jobs: organise and follow up work sent to outside suppliers, such as galvanising, coating and heat treatment, so it comes back on time
• Look after materials: make sure the right materials are ordered on hand and assigned to each job before it starts
• Hit deadlines: keep a close eye on due dates, spot problems early, and make sure jobs are completed when promised
• Lead the team: set daily priorities, support the crew, and lend a hand on the tools when it counts

About you

A trade qualification in fabrication or machining (e.g. Cert III in Engineering)

5+ years' workshop experience, with some time as a leading hand or foreman

Good organisation, and you stay calm when deadlines are tight

A current driver's licence

About us

Virtue Engineering is an engineering manufacturing business. We do fabrication, jobbing machining and production machining, so no two weeks look the same. We're a close team where good ideas get heard and good work gets noticed.

A key role with real responsibility, working with the Director

Varied work across fabrication and machining

A supportive, down-to-earth team

Competitive pay, with overtime available