Drainlayer
Visa sponsorship
Construction · Queenstown, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Queenstown has openings with a civil contractor for Drainlayers, Drainage Operators, Drainage Labourers and 20T Excavator Operators, with multi-skilled operators holding a Class 4 licence especially welcome. The work spans drainage, wastewater, stormwater, utilities, earthworks and roading.
The days are physical and varied, which suits anyone who likes working out practical answers more than repeating the same job.
Your CV should cover the plant you drive, the pipe and drainage jobs behind you and your licences. Build AI CV can help you put together a drainlayer CV where those details stand out.
Key Responsibilities
- Lay and maintain stormwater and sewer drainage
- Construct gravity and pressure drainage networks, pipelines and related civil infrastructure
- Take on jobs at wastewater pump stations, treatment sites and water treatment installations
- Drive 20T excavators safely on civil sites, plus loaders, compactors and comparable plant
- Excavate, trench, backfill and prepare sites
- Do PE welding when the job needs it
- Do approved confined-space work
- Install telecommunications and power utility infrastructure
- Place and finish concrete, and assist with landscaping and putting sites back as they were
- Read project requirements and deliver to specification
- Spot site challenges and propose practical solutions while keeping output up and quality high
- Team up with fellow operators and drainlayers, supervisors and the broader site crew
- Stick to health, safety and environmental procedures, keeping the effect on neighbours and the environment small
- Take care of equipment, work areas and sites
Requirements & Eligibility
- You have worked in civil construction, drainage or something closely related
- Practical experience as a Drainlayer, Drainage Operator, Excavator Operator or Drainage Labourer
- Where applicable, experience running construction machinery
- Hold a current, clean Class 2 driver's licence
- A Class 4 licence is beneficial
- A WTR endorsement is beneficial
- Time on excavators, loaders, compactors or other heavy machinery is beneficial
- Solid practical and technical grasp of construction work
- A reliable, professional worker who adapts across projects and tasks, works well with others and solves problems in practical ways
- Thinks about safety in everything done on site and takes pride in quality workmanship
- Comfortable with physically demanding construction work
- Valid New Zealand work rights are needed, unless you meet the requirements for employer-supported visa sponsorship
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