NexVentur is urgently looking to recruit Diesel Mechanics for a busy civil/demolition contractor in Adelaide, South Australia. You will be working on several plant machinery & fleet vehicles.

Hours would be Monday-Friday 3pm-11pm, Saturday off & Sunday 9am-5pm

Role and responsibilities

• Find and suggest efficiency and improvements
• Share the workload – help colleagues
• Suggest improvements for product, procedures and equipment
• Complete repairs and maintenance on fleet
• Keep a detailed record of all repairs or routine checks
• Ensure fleet are running efficiently at all times
• Maintain comprehensive communication with Management, other drivers, Office Staff and all site employees
• Operate vehicles and machinery in a safe manner with care and responsibility
• Maintain all company property at a high standard including vehicles, warehouses, tools and machinery.
• Improve and maintain an organised and safe working environment to company expectations

Key Areas of Responsibility

Duties

• Ensure safety standards are upheld
• Ability to handle various tools and heavy equipment
• Volvo Trucks and Excavators
• Komatsu Excavators
• Hyundai Excavators
• Isuzu Trucks
• Western Star Truck
• Skidsteer
• Inspect trucks, excavators, skid steers and other heavy equipment for proper performance,
• Perform mechanical and hydraulic repairs as well as preventative maintenance
• Diagnosing faults and repair/replace faulty parts, diagnostic machine available onsite to assist this process
• Cleaning, lubricating and conducting routine maintenance on all vehicles and machines with assistance of the yard hand
• Examine parts for damage or excessive wear and repair/replace as necessary
• Perform major works when necessary
• Consulting with machine and trucks manufacturers when required
• Reporting in writing damages or faulty equipment to management and keep maintenance registers
• Refilling excavators and machines when required
• Driving vehicles to service centres if licenced to do so
• Attend to urgent call outs from time to time using the fully equipped service vehicle
• Communicate effectively
• Provide exceptional customer service
• Be courteous at all times while wearing uniform
• Communicate with your supervisor

Site Management

Safe use and care of all maintenance equipment and tools supplied
Complete regular maintenance and organisational checklists as per instruction from management

OH&S

• Maintain a safe working environment to demonstrate a duty of care toward all employees in adherence with company policy
  All incidents to be reported immediately to your supervisor as per incident policy

Security

• Monitor site security
• Open and secure site when required
• Incidents to be report immediately to your supervisor as per incident policy

Tools and Property

• Ensure all tools and machinery are kept in good working order
  Fully equipped toolbox that must remain locked when not in use
  Report any damage or loss immediately to management

Training and Induction

• Assist with new employee induction through on the job training and assessment

Skills & experience

• HC Licence and advantage but not essential
• Reliability is a must
• Physically Fit
• Good understanding of safety awareness
• High level of organisation and time management skills
• Ability to work effectively alone as well as within a team
• Ability to pass a drug and alcohol test
• Diesel Mechanic or Heavy Vehicle Mechanic qualifications
• Heavy Vehicle repairs experience
• Rights to work in Australia

Benefits

• Benefits
• Excellent Salary & superannuation
• Full time role
• UTE
• Sponsorship for the right candidate

What’s next

If you are interested or would like to hear more information on this role, please apply through the link.

Why apply through NexVentur

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