Stainless Steel Fabricator - Sydney

Job Purpose: The Stainless-Steel Fabricator role is responsible for the production of stainless-steel equipment to meet customer specifications, quality standards and production schedules. The role works from engineering drawings and job documentation to manufacture high-quality products while maintaining safe work practices, supporting efficient workshop operations and contributing to continuous improvement across the workshop. Key Responsibilities: Fabricate, weld, and assemble stainless steel tanks, vessels, pipework, and associated equipment in accordance with engineering drawings and job specifications.Read and interpret fabrication drawings, sketches, and work instructions to ensure accurate and efficient manufacturing.Safely and efficiently operate fabrication equipment, hand tools, and workshop machinery.Complete stainless steel welding and fabrication to a high standard, ensuring precise fit-up, quality workmanship, and compliance with specifications.Perform fitting, alignment, and assembly of fabricated components as required.Inspect completed work to ensure it meets required quality standards and rectify any defects before progressing to the next stage of production.Work collaboratively with the Workshop Foreman and team members to meet production schedules and customer deadlines.Identify and promptly communicate fabrication issues, material shortages, and potential production delays.Maintain a clean, organised, and safe work environment in accordance with OH&S requirements.Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to improve workshop efficiency, quality, and productivity.Qualifications and Competencies:Trade-qualified in boilermaking, fabrication, or a related trade.Experienced in stainless steel fabrication and welding, with fitting experience preferred.Food and beverage industry experience is advantageous.Strong knowledge of fabrication techniques, tools, equipment, and materials.Able to interpret engineering drawings, sketches, and job documentation.High attention to detail and quality workmanship.Can work independently and effectively as part of a team.Strong problem-solving and prioritisation skills.Committed to workplace safety and OH&S compliance.
Additional required qualifications:
Food-grade tank fabrication: Experienced in building food-grade tanks from start to finish, including marking out, cutting, fitting, tack welding and polishing. Experience with:Forming shallow cones and knuckling conesFlaring tank walls for fittingsFitting and seal welding cladding to vesselsFabricating and fitting pop-riveted cladding with lock-seamed joints and jennied/swaged edgesFitting dimple plateTube welding: Experienced in setting out, tacking and purge welding, including “walking the cup” welding.Reading drawings: Able to read and understand fabrication and engineering drawings.Stainless steel: Familiar with different grades of stainless steel, including 304, 316, 2205, 2507 and 904L.Pressure vessels: Experienced in fabricating pressure vessels, following welding procedures, carrying out dye penetrant testing and performing hydrostatic testing.Ribbon and paddle blenders: Experience fabricating and assembling ribbon blenders and paddle blenders.Platforms and access systems: Experience fabricating platforms, staircases and handrails.Skid-mounted systems: Experience fabricating and assembling skid-mounted systems, including tanks, pipework, pumps and controls.Conveyors: Experience fabricating flat-belt and wire-belt conveyors, including fitting take-up bearings and aligning shafts.Augers: Experience fabricating augers, including welding flights to shafts and straightening augers when required.Transitions and bends: Experience fabricating square-to-round transitions, lobster-back bends and branches in materials ranging from 1.5 mm to 6 mm thick.Tube and pipe fittings: Able to identify and work with BSM, BSP, tri-clamp (T/C) and Swagelok connections.Valves: Able to identify and work with butterfly, ball, slide-gate, gate and iris valves.Fitting and machining: Experience with:Machining shafts to tight tolerances, cutting keyways and slots, drilling and tappingMachining flanges, and fitting gearmotorsAligning shafts and couplingsFamiliar with centrifugal, lobe, gear, monoRepairing, refurbishing and replacing parts on customer equipmentLicences and qualifications: Hold a current car licence, along with relevant licences and qualifications for:ForkliftConfined spacesWorking at heightsEWPCraneDogging