Workshop Based Service Technician or Mechanical Fitter

Precision Engineering Career | Rail Component Specialist | Rydalmere, NSW

Join a leading global manufacturer of high-value components for locomotives, freight, and passenger transit vehicles. This is a critical opportunity for skilled Mechanical Fitters or experienced Service Technicians to step into a specialised workshop environment in Rydalmere, focusing on the complex mechanical heart of the rail industry.

This role offers a chance to work with high-precision, safety-critical components, ensuring the quality and reliability that forms the backbone of public and freight transport networks across the country and the world.

The Role: Precision Maintenance & Assembly

Reporting to the Workshop Supervisor, you will be responsible for the accurate disassembly, inspection, repair, reassembly, and testing of highly engineered mechanical and rail components.

Key Responsibilities:

Service & Repair: Execute precision strip-downs, fault-finding, maintenance, and comprehensive repairs of complex rail components according to stringent technical specifications and engineering drawings.

Precision Fitting: Perform detailed fitting and assembly work, ensuring extremely tight tolerances are met for safety-critical parts.

Quality & Testing: Conduct rigorous functional and diagnostic testing on assembled components to ensure they meet operational, safety, and quality standards before deployment.

Troubleshooting: Apply advanced diagnostic skills to identify root causes of component failure and implement effective solutions.

Documentation: Accurately complete service reports, quality checks, and maintenance documentation to ensure full compliance and traceability.

Safety & Compliance: Maintain a proactive approach to workplace health and safety, adhering to all company and industry regulations.

What You'll Bring

You are a qualified professional with a passion for precision engineering and a commitment to maintaining the highest quality standards.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

Trade Qualification: Recognised Australian Mechanical Fitter Trade Certificate or equivalent relevant qualification/experience as a Service Technician

Workshop Experience: Proven experience in a heavy industrial, manufacturing, or specialised service workshop environment (e.g., rail, aerospace, automotive heavy vehicle)

Technical Proficiency: Strong mechanical aptitude, including the ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, schematics, and technical manuals

Hands on Experience: Strip down, repair, rebuild, and rigorously test major product lines, including air compressors, brake calipers, pantographs, and other essential control valve components

Tools & Equipment: Competence in using precision measuring instruments (micrometres, calipers, gauges) and specialised workshop tools

Diagnostic Skills: Demonstrated ability to perform effective fault diagnosis and component testing

Commitment to Quality: An uncompromising eye for detail and a commitment to completing tasks with accuracy and precision

Why Join Our Rydalmere Powerhouse?

This is an opportunity to leverage your trade skills in a highly secure and specialised sector, offering long-term stability and professional growth.

Specialised Industry: Work directly on safety-critical components for global rail networks, offering unique expertise not found in standard workshops

Stable Employer: Join a well-established global market leader known for its reliability and investment in its teams

Modern Facilities: Operate within a modern, purpose-built workshop that is dedicated to safety and efficiency

• Excellent Location: Conveniently based in Rydalmere, NSW, with on-site parking

If you are a driven Mechanical Fitter or Service Technician looking to apply your expertise to components that literally move the world, we encourage you to apply.

Click 'Apply' now or send your resume to Kathryn Mielekamp at [email protected]

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.