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About Your Role
Our Garden Island site is focused on naval ship repair for both defence and civilian vessels ranging from basic maintenance to major overhauls. Pipe Fabricators are required to provide manufacture and installation of pipework in relation to ship repair, this role is based in both a workshop, aboard all types of vessels and buildings with the use of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals in support of the Naval business in this wide and varied role.
Responsibilities include;
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Ability to Jig up, Mark off, bend and fabricate pipework.
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Operation of workshop machinery and operation of e.g. Hydraulic Benders, threading machines etc
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Work across a variety of environments on naval vessels
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Assist with developing the skills of apprentices
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Working a team environment which encourages new ideas and improvements
How About You?
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Cert III Plumbing essential
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Experience in MIG , TIG and Stick welding (Cert III Welding / Fabrication advantageous)
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Forklift, Dogman, working and heights and confined spaces tickets (advantageous)
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Safety conscious with sound problem-solving skills
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Experience in ship repair or heavy industry highly regarded
Good to Know
You’ll get an email acknowledgement after you’ve applied, Thales strives to provide a personalised experience for all suitable applicants.
As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain an appropriate clearance. To learn more about clearances please visit – http://www.defence.gov.au/AGSVA/
Prior to offer you’ll complete a pre-employment police and medical check
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What We Do
Fednav Limited, the largest Canadian international dry bulk shipping group and leader in the Arctic and Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway.
Founded in 1944, we conduct business worldwide with approximately 100 ships trading worldwide.
Fednav also operates a network of specialized subsidiaries
- FALLine (Fednav Atlantic Lakes Line), offering a regular general cargo liner service from Europe to ports along the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system for over 60 years.
- FMT (Federal Marine Terminals), operating multiple stevedoring facilities in the US East Coast and Gulf Coast and in the Great Lakes. A leader in the industry, FMT handles breakbulk, bulk, containerized, project, and general cargoes for its clients. The wide range of commodities handled includes cement, cocoa, containers, gypsum, machinery, steel, sugar, wood pulp and forest products.
- Fednav Direct, our logistics services offering value-added on-carriage services, inventory management, and 24/7 inland transportation of cargoes
