Boilermaker / Heavy Fabricator | Queensland

STAND UP; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free temporary accommodation

Family-friendly long-term Townsville生活

Job summary

Townsville fabrication operation seeks experienced boilermakers or heavy fabricators for complex one-off projects. Work includes platework, structural steel, machinery fabrication, and repair across high-end scopes. You will be assessed on floor layout, transitions, and reading drawings.

Standard hours are Monday to Friday, with no FIFO or rosters. Top performers can lead crews as part of a three-tier pay progression; accommodation may be provided for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Recognised trade qualification as Boilermaker or Fabricator
• Experience in high-end fabrication, layout, transitions, and platework
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Welding across MIG, TIG, MMA to a high standard

Responsibilities

• Lay out developments on the floor and fabricate transitions and platework components
• Read and interpret welding symbols, drawings, and specs
• Weld across MIG, TIG, MMA to high standard on structural and platework
• Work with stainless steel including duplex and 2205 grades
• Roll, press, and form plate for complex fabrication scopes
• Progress to leadership as you advance through pay tiers

Skills

MIG welding

TIG welding

MMA welding

Reading engineering drawings

Weld symbols and specifications

Platework fabrication

Layout on factory floor

Stainless steel fabrication

Education

Recognised trade qualification as a Boilermaker or Fabricator

Job description

Boilermaker / Heavy Fabricator | Queensland

Earn 90k-100k AUD plus penalties as a boilermaker in Townsville. Monday to Friday, home every night, and genuinely unique high-end fabrication

Tired of welding cleats on beams and calling it fabrication? The company is one of North Queensland's largest and most technically advanced fabrication operations, based in Townsville with approximately 250 tradespeople across five divisions including steel fabrication, rail, material handling, petrochemical fuel piping, and a crane depot. They build reservoirs, sugar mill locomotives, stainless steel conveyors, abattoir equipment, and more. This is high-end, complex, one-off fabrication work and they need boilermakers who can actually do it.

• Earn 90k to 100k AUD/hr plus penalty rates, with a clear three-tier pay progression where top performers reach the highest rate and lead crews
• Free temporary accommodation for the right candidate
• Monday to Friday, home every night, no FIFO, no rosters, no swing shifts, and no mining camps
• Genuinely unique fabrication work across reservoirs, sugar mill locos, stainless conveyors, petrochemical pipework, and complex one-off projects, no two jobs the same
• Five divisions across structural, rail, petrochemical, stainless, and material handling, expand your skill set every single year
• 250-person operation with 30-year tenures, father and son teams, flat management, and a family-oriented culture where people are looked after
• Townsville lifestyle, affordable living, warm weather year-round, and a genuine long-term base for a family

The Role

You will be working in the fabrication and workshop division of a large, technically advanced industrial fabrication operation in Townsville. The work is complex and varied across platework, structural steel, machinery fabrication, and repair across one-off projects. Wayne is not after run-of-the-mill boilermakers. He needs tradespeople who can lay out developments on the floor, build transitions, lobster backs, and read plans. If you cannot do this, you will not pass the floor manager's assessment.

Day to day you will be:

• Laying out developments on the floor and fabricating transitions, lobster backs, and complex platework components
• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings, weld symbols, dimensions, and specifications independently
• Welding across MIG, TIG, and MMA processes to a high standard across structural and platework applications
• Working with stainless steel including duplex and 2205 grades across conveyor and process equipment fabrication
• Rolling, pressing, and forming plate across complex one-off fabrication scopes
• Building toward and taking on leadership responsibilities as you progress through the three-tier pay system

Standard hours are Monday to Friday. No FIFO. No rosters. Home every night. If you are an experienced boilermaker, heavy fabricator, or platework specialist from a high-end fabrication, pressure vessel, tank building, or process piping background, this is the role to apply for.

What We Need

• Recognised trade qualification as a Boilermaker or Fabricator, non-negotiable
• Demonstrated high-end fabrication experience, layout, transitions, lobster backs, rolling, pressing, and platework, structural cleat-and-beam-only backgrounds will not be considered
• MIG, TIG, and MMA welding competency across all three processes
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, weld symbols, and specifications independently, this is tested at interview
• Stainless steel fabrication experience, strongly advantageous given the volume of duplex and 2205 stainless work in the shop
• Financially prepared to relocate, candidates must have funds for flights, initial accommodation, and personal transport
• Genuinely committed to settling in Townsville long term, candidates considering mine work or FIFO in the future are not the right fit for this role
• Family-oriented, settled mindset, Monday to Friday workshop life is the lifestyle on offer here

Why This Role

At 90k to 100k AUD plus penalties, with a transparent three-tier pay progression and some of the most technically interesting fabrication work available in North Queensland, this is a role that rewards genuine skill and keeps experienced tradespeople engaged year after year. Monday to Friday, home every night, in a city that is affordable, warm, and genuinely liveable for a family.

For Kiwi boilermakers and heavy fabricators who want to do real work, be paid properly for it, and build a long-term life in a city worth settling in, Townsville and this role are worth a serious look.