Your role

As an Army Recovery Mechanic, you’ll be trained to operate a variety of specialist trucks and armoured recovery vehicles, with both wheels and tracks. This exciting and varied job will see you using winches, cranes and towing gear to salvage, recover and tow damaged or disabled vehicles and equipment.

Your Military duties include, but aren’t limited to:

- Using recovery vehicles and equipment along with your training in recovery theory to work out how to retrieve/extricate immobilised manoeuvre assets (wheeled and tracked). This may involve the use of winches, cranes, gas cutting equipment and even explosives to get the job done
- Providing assistance over rough going and/or boggy terrain in order to keep the fighting force advancing towards the objective.
- Providing technical maintenance of Army’s lifting, recovery and tie-down equipment.
- General soldiering duties, such as manning defensive positions, patrolling, traffic control, camouflaging of vehicles and field equipment, and navigation.

You will enjoy perks including, but not limited to:

- Free medical and dental, including access to allied health, rehabilitation, and mental health specialists
- Competitive salary package with incremental salary increases as you gain experience
- Generous Superannuation of 16.4% - a huge 4.4% over the Australian standard
- A subsidised home loan or rent allowance
- Allowances and bonuses which recognise specialist skills and employment types
- The ability to package your salary
- Job security
- Career progression and development
- Good work/life balance
- Travel opportunities
- Excellent social and fitness facilities
- Paid training

Salary





In the Army you'll get paid a competitive salary from day one regardless of your age, experience or qualifications. Upon commencing training, your starting salary will be approximately $60,517 per annum plus 16.4% superannuation and your pay will increase as you progress through training.

On completion of your initial military training and initial employment training, you could earn $90,919 per annum plus generous super.

Location

Following your initial military training, you could be posted to one of the many Army bases and units across Australia.

Eligibility:
For this role, you must:

- Be at least 17 at the time of enlistment, an Australian Citizen and have completed an Australian Year 10 education (or equivalent) with passes in English and Mathematics
- If you are not an Australian Citizen, please visit the ADF Careers Eligibility Page to confirm you meet the requirements for a career in the ADF https://www.adfcareers.gov.au/careers/joining/eligibility
- Be reasonably fit and healthy. Keeping fit is a big part of joining the ADF. You’ll need to pass a physical fitness test before you join, but don’t worry, we'll give you tips to help you prepare
- Be able to successfully obtain a security clearance

How to apply:

- Click ‘Quick Apply’ to express your interest and speak with a recruiter. An ADF Careers team member will call you within 5 business days.
- Ready to apply now? Visit the link below to view the full position description and submit your application today.

Recovery Mechanic - https://www.adfcareers.gov.au/jobs/army/recovery-mechanic

Pay: $90,000.00 – $100,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Recovery Mechanic (No Experience) (Australia)
🏢 Australian Army
📍 Australia