Workshop Manager: Hands-On Leader for QA & Flow

Dawsons Engineering; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Dawsons Engineering in Townsville seeks a hands-on Workshop Manager to lead our shop floor operations. You will drive QA, supervise fabrication, and ensure ISO and other standards are met while mentoring the team.

Join a locally owned, family-style business with 37 years of experience in steel fabrication, industrial piping and mining support, and help maintain excellence as the technical heartbeat on the floor.

Qualifications

• Trade certificate required with 5–8 years of workshop experience.
• Strong drawing interpretation, steel fabrication and piping knowledge.
• Extensive knowledge of ISO 9001, AS 5131, AS 1554.1-6 & AS3992.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical heartbeat of the floor, overseeing daily workflow and QA processes.
• Create and implement ITPs and fabrication traceability sheets; compile MDRs with the Quality Coordinator.
• Physically check jobs to ensure high standards before leaving the shop.
• Identify bottlenecks with the team and drive real-time process improvements.

Skills

Hands-on

Technical literacy

Standards obsessed

Proactive problem solvers

Drawing interpretation

Steel fabrication

Piping

Education

Trade Certificate

Job description

Dawsons Engineering in Townsville seeks a hands-on Workshop Manager to lead our shop floor operations. You will drive QA, supervise fabrication, and ensure ISO and other standards are met while mentoring the team.

Join a locally owned, family-style business with 37 years of experience in steel fabrication, industrial piping and mining support, and help maintain excellence as the technical heartbeat on the floor.