Your new organisation is an established structural steel construction company based in Melbourne's western suburbs, fabricating structural steelwork for construction projects across Victoria. With an experienced trade team and a strong reputation for quality workmanship, they're now looking to add a Welder to their busy workshop.
About this opportunity:
Sunshine West location
Pay rate is $44p/h
Temp to perm — direct employment with the client from day one, genuine ongoing work
6:00am – 2:30pm, Monday to Friday schedule
Join an established, experienced trade team in a busy structural steel workshop
Hands-on welding role working with structural steel (mild steel)
What you'll be doing:
- MIG welding structural steel components to a high standard, following weld symbols and specifications
- Welding beams, columns, cleats, base plates and trusses that have been fitted and tacked up,
ready for weld-out
- Reading weld symbols and cutting lists to ensure the correct weld type, size and sequence
- Managing distortion control on larger fabrications during weld-out
- Working from tacked-up assemblies with minimal supervision
- Maintaining a clean, tidy and protected workshop
To be considered for this role:
- Ability to pass a practical weld test as part of the selection process
- Confident reading weld symbols and basic fabrication drawings
- Physically capable of sustained hands‑on trade work
- Background in structural steel welding highly regarded
- Overhead crane, forklift, or dogging/rigging tickets highly regarded but not essential