Trades AssistantBundaberg, QLD | Casual with a genuine path to permanentAletek is an Australian-owned, family-run manufacturer building exhaust systems, thermal insulation blankets, diesel particulate filters and acoustic systems for the mining, oil & gas, marine and rail industries.
Our gear goes onto tier-one equipment across Australia, Asia, the Americas and Africa.
We're growing, and we need reliable people on the floor to grow with us.What you'll be doingWorking alongside our boilermakers, fabricators and sheet metal workers on the toolsPreparing materials, setting up jobs, and keeping product moving through the shopOperating workshop plant and equipment — plate rollers, band saws, guillotine, press brake, drills, grinders and other handtools.Safe use of the forklift and overhead crane to move material and finished productKeeping the work area clean, safe and organised — a tidy shop is a fast shopWorking to drawings and checking your own work against quality standardsDriving continuous improvement — if you spot a better way, we want to hear itWhat we're looking forReliability above all — you show up, on time, ready to goCurrent forklift licence (HRW LF) — essentialA willingness to learn — new processes, new equipment, new products; you ask questions, take feedback on the chin,



and keep getting better at the jobA continuous improvement mindset — you don't accept "that's how we've always done it," you look for the better way and you speak up when you find itConfidence operating large plant and machinery safelyStrong safety awareness: you look after yourself and the bloke next to youA team-first attitude — pick up the phone, ask the question, get it sortedReliable transportWorkshop, manufacturing or fabrication experience highly regardedHow we workQuality here isn't a gate at the end of the line — it's how we build.
Everyone on the floor is expected to bring ideas forward, get involved when we're chasing a root cause, and help make the next job easier than the last.What's in it for youAn in-house café — free coffee and food, on usA workplace with genuine atmosphere: a tight-knit crew, a bit of banter, and leaders who are on the floor, not hiding behind emailCasual to start, with a transparent pathway to permanent for the right peopleHands-on training across our full range of workshop plant and machinery — real, transferable skillsCross-skilling and trade pathways for people who show they want itVaried work — no two jobs the same, custom builds for major resource companiesStable, ongoing work with a modern facility and well-maintained equipmentLive and work in Bundaberg — short commute, coast on your doorstep, no big-city grindOur valuesFearless.
Motivated.
Optimistic.
Humble.
Loyal.Our promiseAssurance through Responsiveness, Innovation and Quality; no compromise.
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📌 Trades Assistant (Queensland)
🏢 Aletek
📍 Queensland