Qualified Civil Plumber | Licensed Plumber - Civil Works
A & B Civil Contracting is looking for a trade-qualified Civil Plumber / Drainer to join our crew on the Lloyd Street Sewer Replacement Project for Mareeba Shire Council (Contract T-MSC2025-09).
This is hands-on civil plumbing - not domestic maintenance. You will be installing current sewer gravity mains, maintenance holes, rising mains and associated pump-station works in a live urban network. The existing sewer was damaged after Tropical Cyclone Jasper and later flood events. The job is to put a permanent, compliant system in the ground.
Work is based in Mareeba. Local Tablelands and Cairns-based trades are strongly encouraged to apply. Full-time site role with overtime as the program requires.
What you will be doing
Install gravity sewer pipework to line, level and grade from construction drawings and set-out
Build and connect maintenance holes, including benching, drops, covers and connections
Install sewer rising main pipework and associated fittings
Assist with civil works around FRP and reinforced-concrete sewage pump stations
Joint, bed, haunch and backfill pipe to specification
Carry out and record pressure, air and deflection testing as directed
Work around live sewer, existing services and traffic in a town-street environment
Read civil drawings,
set-out tables and ITPs; complete daily dockets and as-built mark-ups
Follow the site WHS plan, SWMS, confined-space and trench-safety controls
What you must have
Current QBCC Occupational Licence - Plumber and Drainer (Queensland). Provisional licences considered if you can work under a licensed plumber on this site
Construction White Card
Current Queensland driver licence and reliable transport to Mareeba
Proven civil plumbing / drainage experience - sewer or stormwater mains, not bathroom and tap work only
Comfortable working in trenches and around plant
Unrestricted right to work in Australia
Highly regarded
Enter and Work in Confined Spaces
Working at Heights, First Aid, traffic control
HR licence, excavator ticket, or top-man / pipelayer experience
Council or water-authority sewer upgrades, pump stations or rising mains
Poly welding and PVC / DICL / RC / PE experience
Local Mareeba / Tablelands / Cairns knowledge
What we offer
Competitive hourly rate + super + overtime (rate set on tickets and experience)
Named Mareeba Shire Council infrastructure project
Small contractor - you deal directly with the people running the job
PPE provided
Ongoing civil work beyond this project for the right person