Plastic/Rubber Fabricator - US Deployments

ASC Pty Ltd; Pearl City (HI); On-site; AUD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid overseas deployment

Navy submarine training experience

Relocation and housing support

Secure future with ASC

Job summary

ASC Pty Ltd in Australia is offering an international placement for skilled trades professionals to undergo long-term, world-class training in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA. Placements are February 2027 to approximately 27 months, with deployment to support US Navy submarines.

Selected candidates will receive extensive on-the-job and instructor-led classroom training, with repatriation to Western Australia upon deployment completion.

Qualifications

• Minimum Cert III Trade Qualification.
• 1-5 years’ experience working in a Trade.
• Comfortable with working in restricted areas.
• Proven ability to be flexible and an eagerness to learn and develop new skills.
• Australian Citizenship
• An ability to obtain and maintain a NV1 defence clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and fabricate templates, patterns, wood moulds and form blocks of various shapes and sizes used in the forming of plexiglass, fiberglass and various plastic and rubber items.
• Repair hard bottom rubber inflatable boats (RIB).
• Layout, template, manufacture and install various deck and wall coverings such as rubber matting, lonmat, ceramic floor tiles, stratica, terrazzo, vinyl tiles, Formica laminates, fiberglass and ensolite insulation.
• From plans and technical documents, lay out and manufactures, repair various wooden articles such as cabinets desks, tables and chairs of fine quality and finish.
• Shaping, forming, and casting to plan and manufacture various plastic and rubber items.
• Interpret and check plans, blueprints, and sketches.
• Set-up and adjust basic machinery such as band saw, table saw, drill press, shaper, lathe, routers, mortise/tenon machine, thickness planers and jointers, and other equipment.

Education

Certificate III Trade Qualification

Job description

Plastic and Rubber Fabricator - International Placements

Have you always wanted to work overseas? Are you looking to expand you career with the opportunity to receive world-class training?

An exciting career awaits you at ASC, Australia's submarine company - the sustainer of Australia's conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines in the AUKUS partnership. To deliver on this new and exciting work, we are seeking skilled trades individuals to undertake long-term, world-leading training in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S.

Placements are available February 2027 and will be approx. 27 months in duration.

Responsibilities

As a Fabricator you will:

• Design and fabricate templates, patterns, wood moulds and form blocks of various shapes and sizes used in the forming of plexiglass, fiberglass and various plastic and rubber item.
• Repair hard bottom rubber inflatable boats (RIB).
• Layout, template, manufacture and install various deck and wall coverings such as rubber matting, lonmat, ceramic floor tiles, stratica, terrazzo, vinyl tiles, formica laminates, fiberglass and ensolite insulation.
• From plans and technical documents, lays out and manufactures, repair various wooden articles such cabinets desks. Tables and chairs of fine quality and finish.
• Shaping, forming, and casting to plan and manufacture various plastic and rubber items.
• Interpret and checks plans, blueprints, and sketches.
• Set-up and adjust basic machinery such as band saw, table saw, drill press, shaper, lathe, routers, mortise/tenon machine, thickness planers and jointers, and other equipment.

Eligibility Criteria

The successful applicant must possess:

• Minimum Cert III Trade Qualification
• 1-5 years’ experience working in a Trade
• Comfortable with working in restricted areas.
• Proven ability to be flexible and an eagerness to learn and develop new skills.
• Australian Citizenship
• An ability to obtain and maintain a NV1 defence clearance.

Additional Details

During deployment, you will receive on the job training combined with instructor led classroom training. This training program and work is carried out in accordance with company and US Navy processes and procedures.

At the completion of your deployment, you will return to Western Australia (WA) to carry out the planning, management, and in-water maintenance activities on the United States Navy Virginia Class Submarines. Repatriation to WA is non-negotiable, so please consider this when applying.

Whilst ASC will accept all applications for this role, as this role requires an ability to access protected US defence technology, applicants holding nationality of certain foreign countries will not be eligible.

To check your eligibility please visit the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency website.

Please note: This is a Civilian role and recruitment processes will differ from those undertaken in Active Service Defence recruitment.

Benefits

We’re here to support you prior to departing for the US and when you are overseas. As an ASC employee working in the US, you will have access to a host of great benefits:

• Be paid to work, train, and live in the United States
• Work on US Virginia Class nuclear-powered submarines and learn cutting-edge nuclear technology
• Have access to benefits and entitlements to support relocation and your time living and working in the US (such as cost of living allowances, housing assistance, family assistance)
• Return home to a secure job with ASC in the future nuclear-powered submarine program
• Access to ASC’s extensive employment benefits

Next Steps

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted to organise a phone call for a further discussion to the opportunity.

Early applications are encouraged as shortlisting may commence immediately.