Workshop Supervisor (Mechanical/Structural/Piping) - Karratha

Full-Time Local Karratha Position with Excellent Remuneration and Benefits

Are you a focused, clear-thinking, and organised Workshop Supervisor looking for a career challenge rather than just a job? Are you driven by constant improvement and love seeing others and yourself succeed? If so, this could be your future.

About You:

People describe you as a strong leader, excellent communicator, highly organised, adaptable, and a team player. You have a natural ability to think ahead, foresee issues and risks before they appear, and have solutions ready to implement. You thrive on motivating and leading a team of tradespeople and apprentices to achieve the highest levels of quality and efficiency. You are driven, even-tempered, consistent, and unafraid of challenges. You enjoy being on the front lines and can quickly build deep rapport with your reports, colleagues, and external clients. You take a personal interest in health and well-being and see the benefit and satisfaction in what our company provides to its clients. You have a passion for the mechanical/structural industry and delivering projects with the highest levels of safety, quality, and efficiency.

Moreover, you are motivated by results and understand that through strategic direction, you add a competitive advantage to the overall success of the company. You believe that organizational success comes from managing yourself and empowering and supporting your people rather than micromanaging numbers.

Your history of personal development and demonstrated drive for personal growth and skill development will be evident in your CV. You have a background as a Mechanical/Structural Workshop Supervisor, showcasing your ability to work autonomously and motivate and empower your team.

Requirements:

Welding Supervision qualification meeting AS1554.1 Clause 4.12.1 (or willingness to obtain within the first 6 months)

Trade Qualification & Experience in Welding, Mechanical Fitting, or Machining

Current Australian Driver’s License

Experience supervising a Fabrication Workshop

In good health and have the fitness to deliver this role

Please list any additional tickets, qualifications, training, and competencies in your CV that may be favorable to the role.

Qualities and Characteristics:

You are a self-starter who is energetic, influential, and motivated. Your independence and integrity are matched by your honesty, loyalty, and strong communication skills. You are strategic, organized, efficient, and punctual, with a confidence that enables decisive and level-headed actions. Polite and pleasant, you are conscientious, practical, and spontaneous. You are thorough, diligent, and intelligent, with a mature approach to problem-solving. Compassionate and a good listener, you are attentive, patient, disciplined, and thoughtful. Flexible and capable of multi-tasking, you excel at balancing multiple responsibilities with ease.

Why Join Our Team?

Not only will you have the chance to grow and dramatically increase your skills and experience, but we also offer support and foster personal development and career growth. Our business is well-respected, well-resourced with excellent tooling and equipment, and positioned to help you excel in your role. We reward performance, and by joining us in such a consequential role, you will have a meaningful and significant impact on the ongoing growth and performance of the organization.

About KAW Engineering:

KAW Engineering (KAW) is the largest steel products manufacturer in the North-West of Western Australia. We have enjoyed 14 years of sustained year-on-year growth under current management, and the business has been operating in Karratha for over 40 years. We deliver Structural and Mechanical Engineering services from our workshops in the Karratha Industrial Estate and on-site across mine processing facilities, rail infrastructure, and ports of the Pilbara. We are leaders in the field, with numerous awards and recognition for innovation and excellence, unmatched equipment and facilities in the region.

We have an excellent reputation in the industry, leading in safety, performance, values, innovation, team execution, and customer satisfaction.

The Role:

As a Workshop Supervisor, your responsibilities will include:

Conduct pre-starts, safety meetings and lead the team in safety, quality & efficiency (Drive the culture of the workshop)

Organizing the execution and delivery of structural/mechanical jobs through the workshop

Work with the projects team to execute project requirements

Manage your resources and schedule, plan daily tasks, develop project execution strategies

Understand, communicate and deliver technical and quality requirements

Fulfil the role of Responsible Welding Supervisor

Working positively within a team

Participate and lead in safety, audit and compliance activities

Manage routine maintenance tasks and stock control of consumables

Innovate and improve processes and deliver more efficient performance

Provide training and support for trades and apprentice staff

Next Steps:

Please send your CV and a Covering Letter addressing the role, your skills and experience, the unique benefits you would bring to the role, and “how you would oversee a workshop that is the benchmark for safety, quality, and efficiency” via the Apply Now button.

Timing:

Initial interviews will be held in person or by Google Meet within 5 days of notification. This is a full-time role and will commence as soon as practical thereafter.