Diesel Fitter
Visa sponsorship
Automotive · Brisbane, QLD, Australia · Full-Time · $60/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Keep construction and mobile plant working across Brisbane workshop and field assignments. The Diesel Fitter will maintain equipment including excavators, cranes and piling rigs, responding to breakdowns and diagnosing mechanical, hydraulic and electrical problems. The work needs independent repair decisions and testing before machinery returns to service.
Employer sponsorship is available for eligible overseas applicants.
Your English CV should connect the machines you maintain with your diesel trade qualification. build a construction and mobile plant fitter CV with examples of hydraulic component repairs, electrical diagnosis and field call-outs. Include the equipment makes and relevant verifiable employment behind those skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Service a varied heavy construction and mobile plant fleet through planned servicing and preventative maintenance.
- Diagnose mechanical faults and identify appropriate repairs, including hydraulic and electrical problems.
- Work on excavators, cranes, piling rigs and related plant in the workshop and at field breakdowns.
- Inspect site equipment for maintenance and repair needs and replace failed, damaged or worn mechanical and hydraulic components with appropriate tools and diagnostics.
- Test repaired machines for safety and reliability and record services, repairs, inspections and replaced parts.
- Prioritise breakdowns and independently attend remote or on-site call-outs, maintaining workshop safety and tidiness and following health and safety procedures.
Requirements & Eligibility
- A recognised trade qualification in Diesel Fitting, Heavy Plant Mechanic, Mobile Plant Mechanic or an equivalent.
- Demonstrable heavy mobile plant repair and maintenance experience supported by construction, earthmoving or specialised heavy equipment work.
- Practical familiarity with excavators, cranes, piling rigs or comparable machinery.
- Advanced mechanical diagnostics and fault-finding, sound hydraulic systems and component repair knowledge and mobile plant electrical diagnostics.
- Previous field servicing or breakdown response and ability to troubleshoot and repair without constant supervision.
- Comfortable working in a workshop and on construction sites; current Australian driver's licence or relevant eligibility to obtain one.
- Strong safety and professional practices, reliable, adaptable and self-motivated, with evidence of qualifications and professional experience.
- CAT, Komatsu, Hitachi, Liebherr, Tadano, Grove, Franna, Terex or comparable equipment experience will be advantageous.
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