Heavy Vehicle Body Builder / Trailer Mechanic
Visa sponsorship
Automotive · Perth, WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
One workshop in Perth, busy and well established, needs someone who can both build and repair: fabricating, mending structures and doing bodywork on a wide variety of trailers, and also inspecting, servicing and diagnosing them down to the brakes, suspension and running gear.
Overseas applicants with suitable qualifications could be considered for 482 sponsorship, as visa and occupation requirements permit.
Zimbabwean fabricators and trailer mechanics, including HEXCO-trained tradespeople, can put welding skills, trailer brands and tickets held at the top of the CV. Build AI CV helps you tidy it for the workshop manager.
Key Responsibilities
- Fabricate trailer parts
- Repair structures
- Complete bodywork
- Inspect and service trailers
- Diagnose faults and repair them
- Work on brakes, suspension and running gear
- Weld
- Read technical drawings
- Solve problems hands on
Requirements & Eligibility
- Strong welding and fabrication; experience with steel and aluminium
- Technical drawing skills
- Proven heavy vehicle and trailer experience, backed by strong mechanical fault-finding and repair skills
- Familiarity with running-gear brands like K-Hitch, BPW, SAF and Hendrickson, and with electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- Relevant trade qualifications and/or solid industry experience
- Nice to have: confined space certification, overhead crane experience, intermediate rigging, HR or other truck licence, forklift licence
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