Trade Assistant
Shadbolt Group Pty Ltd
Contract/Temp
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Hands-on role supporting fabrication, warehouse, and site operations.
Join a trusted Australian engineering and manufacturing leader.
Great team culture, training, and long-term career opportunities.
Hands-on role supporting fabrication, warehouse, and site operations.
Join a trusted Australian engineering and manufacturing leader.
Great team culture, training, and long-term career opportunities.
Join Shadbolt Group, a leading Australian fabrication and engineering company delivering major Defence, Energy, and Infrastructure projects nationwide. We’re expanding our Burton workshop and looking for motivated Trade Assistants to support our growing workload.
About the Role
As part of the Shadbolt team, you’ll be the hands-on support behind our trades, warehouse, and site operations. The role is dynamic — one moment you’re assisting with fabrication, the next you’re handling logistics or supporting external sites.
Key Responsibilities
Workshop & Trade Support
About the Role
As part of the Shadbolt team, you’ll be the hands-on support behind our trades, warehouse, and site operations. The role is dynamic — one moment you’re assisting with fabrication, the next you’re handling logistics or supporting external sites.
Key Responsibilities
Workshop & Trade Support
- Help trades (boilermakers, welders, fitters) with fabrication, preparation, and assembly
- Use hand and power tools safely (with supervision)
- Move, cut, grind, clean components and materials
- Take basic measurements, layout marking
- Load/unload materials and components for production
- Receive, store, and dispatch goods and materials
- Keep the warehouse neat, organised, compliant
- Assist in stock control, labelling, inventory checks
- Operate forklifts / lifting gear (if licensed)
- Pack and prepare tools, consumables, equipment for project use
- Support maintenance and general labour on Shadbolt external sites
- Help with equipment setup, relocation, basic repairs
- Groundskeeping, cleaning, and site upkeep
- Adhere to Shadbolt’s safety systems, policies, procedures
- Take part in pre-start meetings, toolbox talks, safety inspections
- Report hazards, near misses, incidents promptly
- Maintain PPE, cleanliness, and safe work areas
- Assist trades and supervisors with daily operations
- Participate in training, upskilling, assessments
- Perform other duties as required within capability
- Hands-on, reliable “doer” with a strong work ethic
- Some experience working with tools, in workshop, warehouse, or labouring roles
- Ability to follow direction, measure, mark out, and perform physically demanding work
- Forklift / lifting licence is a plus
- Good safety awareness and willingness to follow procedures
- Comfortable working across workshop, warehouse, and external sites
- Be part of a respected engineering firm working on major national projects
- Exposure to cross-disciplinary skills (fabrication, logistics, site work)
- Training, development, and career pathways
- Safety and quality are core values, not just buzzwords
- Work in a supportive, high-performance team environment