At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a fab team while getting hands-on with welding and fabrication.
- Company: Join a dynamic workshop in Bibra Lake with a strong culture.
- Benefits: Stable full-time role, overtime opportunities, and leadership experience.
- Other info: Great chance for career growth and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while guiding a supportive team in a creative environment.
- Qualifications: Strong welding skills and leadership experience required.
The predicted salary is between 62100 - 75900 $ per year.
Our client is seeking an experienced Workshop Leading Hand to join their fabrication team based in Bibra Lake.
This is a full-time opportunity suited to a senior fabricator or welder looking to step into a leadership role while remaining hands-on.
Reporting to the Workshop Production Manager, you’ll lead from the floor, support the team, and ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.
What you’ll be doing
- Performing hands-on fabrication, welding, and container modification work
- Supervising and supporting fabricators, trade assistants, and contractors on the workshop floor
- Allocating and prioritising daily tasks in line with production requirements
- Providing real-time technical guidance and troubleshooting support
- Ensuring all work is completed safely and meets quality standards
- Assisting with short-term workflow planning and job scheduling
- Monitoring team productivity and addressing workflow issues
- Coordinating with the Workshop Production Manager on job progress and priorities
- Ensuring materials, tools, and equipment are ready for upcoming work
- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives within the workshop
- Supporting safety compliance and maintaining high workshop standards
What you’ll need
- Strong fabrication and welding experience, particularly with structural steel
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and plans
- Experience in container modification or heavy fabrication (highly regarded)
- Proven experience as a Leading Hand or in a senior trade-based role
- Understanding of workflow coordination and job scheduling
- Strong knowledge of workplace health and safety practices
- Confident leadership skills with the ability to guide and support a team
- Hands-on, practical approach with a willingness to lead by example
- Strong problem-solving ability and a solutions-focused mindset
- Reliable, decisive, and confident in directing others
- Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate with management and team members
What’s in it for you
- Full-time, stable opportunity with long-term potential
- Leadership role with the ability to stay hands-on
- Supportive team environment with a strong workshop culture
- Overtime opportunities available
- The chance to take ownership and make a real impact on workshop operations
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Workshop Leading Hand employer: Wood Recruitment
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