Heavy Vehicle Body Builder / Trailer Mechanic
Visa sponsorship
Automotive · Perth, WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
This is a full-time, hands-on trade role in Perth, Western Australia. A busy trailer workshop with an established name needs a Heavy Vehicle Body Builder / Trailer Mechanic, and the work covers both building and fixing.
Expect fabrication and welding, structural repairs and bodywork across a wide mix of trailer makes and models. Expect mechanical work too: inspections, servicing, fault diagnosis and repairs, including brakes, suspension and running gear. You will read technical drawings and solve problems practically, on the job.
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Key Responsibilities
- Fabricate and weld
- Carry out structural repairs on many trailer makes and models
- Complete bodywork on a wide range of trailers
- Inspect and service trailers
- Diagnose faults and repair trailers
- Repair and maintain brakes, suspension and running gear
- Interpret technical drawings and solve practical problems hands-on
Requirements & Eligibility
- Strong skills as a welder and fabricator
- Able to read and interpret technical drawings
- Proven experience on heavy vehicles and trailers
- Experience with steel and aluminium
- Strong at mechanical fault-finding and repair, with experience across electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- Knowledge of trailer running-gear brands such as BPW, SAF, K-Hitch and Hendrickson
- Solid industry experience and/or relevant trade qualifications
- Ideally also: an HR or other truck licence, a forklift licence, confined space certification, intermediate rigging, overhead crane experience
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