Painter and Blaster
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Brush Hand/Trade Assistant responsible for surface preparation, painting, general site maintenance, manual handling, and equipment operation in a naval/defence shipyard environment.
About this role
About Us:
Eptec delivers across a diverse range of industry sectors, including naval, defence, marine. Recent projects undertaken by the Eptec Group include Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs), Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), Collins Class Submarine Full Cycle Dockings (FCDs) in South Australia, and now the Hunter Class Frigate Program.
About the role:
We are seeking skilled Brush Hands/Trade Assistants to join our growing team, based at Larrakeyah, NT.
- Surface and paint preparation.
- General site maintenance
- Manual Handling/Laboring
- Usage of equipment's and hand power tools.
- Working in confined spaces
- Overtime and some weekend work available
- Opportunity for training & development
Skills/Experience:
- Industrial spray painter experience (Highly advantageous)
- Painting-decorating / Roller/brush experience
- Strong safety mindset
- Hold a Nationally Accredited OHS Card (White/Blue Card)
- High Risk Tickets e.g. FL, EWP, confined space (desirable)
- Minimum 2-3 years demonstrated experience ideally.
- Team player and safety-first attitude
Join a dynamic and diverse team
At Eptec, our values foster a collaborative, caring, performance-focused culture that supports a safe and secure working environment for all our teams, stakeholders and clients. We are committed to a workplace culture that strongly supports diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from across the community.
We are keen to invest in individuals with the right attitude, who want to progress their career. We will support the successful candidate with training and development, and we provide a great working environment, with and highly competitive remuneration.
The successful candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment process including a medical and police check.
To find out more about EPTEC please view our website at: www.eptec.com.au
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