Construction Technicians Wanted in Canterbury

JobSpace; Ashburton; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Extrastaff, a Labour Hire Company, is recruiting full-time Construction Technicians for deployment on infrastructure and commercial projects across New Zealand. Roles are based on project demand with nationwide deployment. Applicants must be able to travel or relocate as needed and pass background checks.

Join a dynamic team delivering scaffolding, concrete work, formwork, carpentry, and general site labour across multiple regions in New Zealand.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction preferred but not essential.
• Commitment to learning and developing skills in the industry.
• Sound knowledge of H&S procedures.

Responsibilities

• Erect scaffolding or ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
• Create structures, forms or chutes and pour concrete.
• Cover subfloors with building paper and lay floors.
• Fill cracks or patches in plaster and sand surfaces.
• Secure steel bars, rods, or mesh in concrete forms.
• Load/unload materials and transport on site.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and efficient workspace.
• Collaborate with other trades as needed.

Skills

Time management

Team player

H&S procedures

Fabricate & install joinery

General framing

Criminal checks pass

Tools

Scaffolding knowledge

Concrete pouring tools

Measuring & cutting tools

Hand & power tools

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Construction Technicians Wanted in Canterbury

Extrastaff, aLabourHire Company, is hiringfull-time Construction Technicians for deployment on infrastructure and commercial construction projects throughout New Zealand.Positions are full-time and permanent, with site location based on project demand

Key Responsibilities:

• Tasks required of you that is within your skills and capabilities that is necessary for thebusiness of the company.
• Comply with all aspects of any contract, project or task and deliver customer services thatmeets or exceed the expectation of the customer or the Extrastaff business.
• Erect Scaffolding or ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
• Creating structures, forms or chutes and pouring concrete.
• Cover subfloors with building paper to keep out moisture and lay hardwood, parquet, orwood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphaltbase.
• Fill cracks or other defects in plaster or plasterboard and sand patch, using patchingplaster, trowel, and sanding tool.
• Position and secure steel bars, rods, cables, or mesh in concrete forms, using fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, or hand tools.
• General labouring cleaning construction sites as required by managers
• Loading and unloading building and construction materials, tools and equipment andtransporting them around building sites.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills and experience required:

• Some experience in construction industry is preferable, but not essential.
• Friendly, with good time management, & excellent work ethic are essential
• A commitment to learning and developing your skills within the industry
• Sound knowledge of H&S procedures
• Reliable and hardworking
• Fabricate and install custom joinery and cabinetry
• General framing, fix-outs, door hanging, skirting and architraves
• Measure and cut materials with precision
• Work as part of a team
• Maintain a clean, safe, and efficient workspace
• Collaborate with other trades where needed
• Must be able to pass Criminal Check and Drug Test

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Nationwide Opportunity and Travel:

Although this role is listed in Waikato, we are recruiting forpositions to be deployed across all regions of New Zealand,depending on project requirements.For for clarification, these regions are

North Island:Northland, Auckland,Waikato, Bay ofPlenty,Gisborne,Hawke'sBay,Taranaki,Manawatu-Whanganui,Wellington.

South Island:Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast,Canterbury,Otago,Southland.

Applicants areinvited to apply from any of these regionsandmust be willing to travel or relocatewithin the country as needed,relocation costs will becovered by the company