Technical Trainer - Production & Assembly

Rheinmetall Defence Australia – Redbank QLD

The Technical Trainer is responsible for designing, developing, and delivering training for the Production workforce. In this role, you will create lesson plans, training materials, and qualification pathways that support production requirements. You will perform training needs analysis across the production environment and identify training gaps to be addressed. You will ensure all training aligns with relevant training packages and meets competency standards.

This position also involves developing training resources and conducting training sessions in support of the broader training team with day‑to‑day training activities and continuous improvement initiatives.

As a Technical Trainer, you can anticipate some of your day-to-day tasks to include:

- Audit and update Training Plans and ensure compliance across production;
- Provide subject matter expert advice on all aspects of technical production training;
- Conduct practical, on-the-job training and guidance for new hires and existing staff;
- Conduct needs and gap analysis to identify and address shortfalls in production operator training; and

About your new team

We are seeking an experienced Technical Trainer - Mechanical to support capability development within our manufacturing operations. This role is ideal for a mechanically qualified qualified who enjoys sharing knowledge, developing people and improving technical and safety standards on the shop floor.

Taking Responsibility

Our values of Safety, Partnership, Openness, Respect and Trust (SPORT) supports our team members to create a workplace environment where our employees value each other, live up to their promises, communicate openly and work safely every day.

The experience and skillset best suited to this role includes:

- Trade qualified mechanical fitter or similar;
- Experience training, mentoring, or coaching trades or operators;




- TAE40122 (Cert IV TAE) or willingness to obtain;
- Strong communication skills and safety-first mindset; and
- Ability to travel internationally and interstate, when required; and
- Eligibility to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance (Australian Citizenship required).

What we offer you

- Uniforms, tools and training provided;
- Long weekends every second week with a 9 day fortnight;
- Access to exclusive employee discounts with over 500 retailers to support cost of living;
- Market leading parental leave and loyalty leave accrual for every year of service;
- We are proud to be an Endorsed Employer for All Women with WORK180.

Our inclusive culture

Rheinmetall fosters a culture of equality, fairness, diversity and inclusion for all our employees and provides a safe and secure work environment where everyone can feel comfortable and supported to bring their unique self to work every day.

We know that when people from diverse backgrounds and different points of view work together, we create the most value - for our clients, our people and our community. If you do not think you quite meet all of the requirements of the position, we would still love to hear from you.

If you would like to know more information about how we are supporting our employees, you can view our policies and initiatives via our Work180 profile at work180.com/rheinmetall

To learn more about life at Rheinmetall, please visit: www.rheinmetall.com/career-au

Next steps

This role requires a Defence clearance, only Australian Citizens are eligible.

This role is subject to ITAR (International Traffic Arms Regulations), your nationality may affect eligibility.

Further information regarding clearances found at https://www.defence.gov.au/security/clearances

Diverse perspectives drive value - for clients, people, and communities. Even if you do not meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply.

Please note that we will not be accepting any recruitment agency applications for this role.

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📌 Technical Trainer - Production & Assembly (East Ipswich)
🏢 Rheinmetall Defence Australia
📍 East Ipswich