Job Description
Buildability Group Trades and Labour Roles - Sydney NSW
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Full time, Permanent
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8d ago , from Buildability Group Trades and Labour Roles
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Job Title: Workshop Supervisor - Structural Steel
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Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time
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Location: Sydney
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Job Published: 14/09/2026
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Job Description
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Workshop Supervisor (Boilermaker) - Structural Steel
n We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established structural steel company delivering Tier 2 new build construction projects across Sydney's CBD and western suburbs. With a strong pipeline of work ahead, they're looking for an experienced Workshop Supervisor to lead their Smithfield workshop full-time, on an ongoing basis.
n About the role You'll run the day-to-day floor of a busy structural steel workshop - supervising a team of boilermakers and tradespeople, managing fabrication schedules, and ensuring every piece leaving the workshop is built to spec and ready for site. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll need to be across the tools yourself as much as you're managing the team around you.
n What you'll be doing
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Supervising and coordinating workshop staff, including boilermakers, welders and fabricators
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Reading and working from structural drawings and shop details to plan fabrication sequencing
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Managing workshop scheduling to hit fabrication deadlines aligned with site delivery programs
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Maintaining quality control across welding, fabrication and finishing to relevant Australian Standards
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Overseeing workshop WHS, housekeeping and equipment maintenance
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Liaising with project managers and site teams on fabrication progress, delivery timing and any
design/documentation
queries
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Managing materials, consumables and equipment ordering for the workshop
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What we're looking for
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Trade-qualified Boilermaker (essential)
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Proven experience in structural steel fabrication, ideally within Tier 2 construction or similar commercial building projects
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Prior experience supervising or leading a workshop team
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Robust ability to read structural and shop drawings
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Solid understanding of welding standards, quality control and workshop safety requirements
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Well organised, with the ability to manage competing fabrication deadlines
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Current White Card
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What's on offer
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Full-time, ongoing position for the right candidate
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Based at a well-equipped workshop in Smithfield
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Join a company with a steady, long-term project pipeline across Sydney's CBD and western suburbs (20+ years established)
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Genuine opportunity to lead and shape the workshop team
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Handover period alongside the current Foreman before his retirement
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📌 Workshop Supervisor - Structural Steel (New South Wales)
🏢 Buildability Group Trades and Labour Roles
📍 New South Wales