Sheetmetal Worker

The Phoenix Unit Trust t/a Phoenix Metal Group

Sheetmetal Worker (ANZSCO ****** - Sheetmetal Trades Worker)

Full-time/Permanent

$76,515 - $80,000 (salary will be commensurate to qualifications and experience)

Duties and responsibilities:

1. Read and apply job sheets, workshop instructions, measurements and customer specifications to complete sheet metal fabrication tasks.
2. Prepare metal materials for production, including mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium and other metals used in the company’s fabrication work.
3. Use fabrication machinery and workshop equipment to cut, fold, bend, punch, press and process sheet metal components.
4. Produce and assemble metal items such as panels, brackets, trays, covers, bins, frames, perforated components and customised sheet metal products.
5. Assist with the manufacture of the company’s product range, including purlins, battens, stud framing, scaffold planks, perforated metal products, core trays, street furniture components and other steel items.
6. Complete workshop finishing tasks, including drilling, fastening, grinding, deburring, smoothing edges and preparing fabricated products for coating, dispatch or further production.
7. Operate CNC machinery, guillotines, folders, presses, punching machines and other fabrication equipment in accordance with workplace procedures.
8. Check completed work against job requirements, measurements and customer specifications to ensure the product has been made accurately.
9. Identify fabrication errors, material faults, incorrect measurements or equipment issues and report them to the supervisor or production manager.
10. Maintain hand tools, machinery and fabrication areas in a clean, safe and organised condition.
11. Work with production, sales and dispatch staff to ensure customer orders are completed accurately and within required timeframes.
12. Follow the company’s procedures for workplace safety, material handling, machine operation, quality control and safe lifting.

Qualification:

1. AQF Certificate IV or AQF Certificate III, including at least 2 years of on-the-job training
2. At least 3 years of relevant work experience, which may substitute for the formal qualification.
3. Applicants with qualifications must demonstrate 1 year of relevant experience.