Rides Mechanical Leading Hand Rebuild
$55.08 per hour |Full Time
Sea World, Main Beach, Gold Coast

The Opportunity

Join the team behind Sea World's iconic rides and attractions. This hands-on leadership opportunity offers the chance to combine your mechanical trade expertise with team coordination while playing a key role in the rebuild, refurbishment and ongoing reliability of our rides and attractions.

As a Rides Mechanical Leading Hand – Rebuild, you'll work closely with the Maintenance leadership team to coordinate ride rebuild activities, support the performance and development of the mechanical trades team, and provide technical expertise across rides, attractions, plant and equipment. You'll also help ensure rebuild components meet required quality standards while supporting accurate spare parts, OEM and maintenance documentation.

Key Responsibilities

Behind every safe and reliable ride is a team making sure every component is ready to perform. You'll be:

- Planning, coordinating and leading ride rebuild activities to ensure work meets OEM and VRTP standards
- Organising and delegating rebuild tasks across the mechanical trades team
- Overseeing the quality of rebuild components and completed works
- Coordinating with relevant trades teams to ensure rebuild repairs and scheduled maintenance are completed on time
- Mentoring, buddy training and assessing the competencies of Ride Mechanical Tradespeople where required




- Actively looking for ways to improve current processes and procedures to increase department efficiency
- Ensuring all work is carried out safely and in accordance with VRTP procedures
- Maintaining appropriate stock levels for rides, attractions and equipment
- Assisting with updates to spare parts, OEM and SharePoint documentation

What We're Looking For

A hands‐on mechanical leader with a strong eye for quality who enjoys solving problems, supporting their team and keeping our rides performing at their best. You'll bring:

- Certificate III in Mechanical Trades or equivalent Mechanical Trade Certificate
- Previous experience supervising or leading staff
- Solid mechanical knowledge and experience in rebuild, repair and maintenance work
- Strong focus on quality control and attention to detail
- Strong safety focus and sound understanding of Occupational Health & Safety requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated initiative, self‐motivation and ability to work with minimal supervision
- Basic electrical safety awareness and understanding
- Welding and fabrication skills would be highly regarded
- A current forklift licence
- A current manual driver licence
- Elevated Work Platform (EWP) licence would be beneficial
- Knowledge of SAP and Maximo would be highly desirable
- Knowledge of rides, attractions and VRTP maintenance procedures and policies would be advantageous
- Theme park experience would be advantageous

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