Labourer

If you’re a skilled and safety-conscious labourer who takes pride in your work and wants steady, long-term employment, join McNab — a team that backs its people and builds with purpose.

Based on the Gold Coast, you’ll enjoy the stability of permanent, ongoing work across a range of commercial, industrial, and residential projects in and around the region — with the support of an experienced, down-to-earth team who take pride in doing things safely and well.

From multi-residential to industrial and social housing builds, there’s always something new and rewarding to get involved in.

At McNab, we offer career pathways for those wanting to progress in construction — many of our senior leaders started on the tools and worked their way up to become Foremen, Site Managers, Project Managers, and Construction Managers.

Duties:

You’ll carry out a variety of general labouring and site support tasks across different project types — no two days are the same!

Key duties include:

• Assisting trades and site teams with materials, setup, and clean-up
• Operating plant and equipment safely and efficiently
• Traffic management duties as required
• Forklift and telehandler operation (ticketed personnel only)
• Spotting for machinery and assisting with lifts and deliveries
• Site housekeeping and maintaining a safe work environment

You’ll also:

• Follow all site safety and environmental procedures
• Work effectively in a team and adapt to changing site environments
• Take pride in producing high-quality work every day

What We’re Looking For:

• Experienced Skilled Labourers
• Tickets ideal but not essential:
• Forklift
• Telehandler
• Traffic Control (Implement and/or Stop–Slow)
• Construction White Card (essential)
• Valid driver’s licence and reliable transport
• Safety-focused and team-oriented attitude
• Physically fit and capable of manual work
• Motivated with a strong work ethic and professionalism

In Return:

• Competitive hourly rate with consistent full-time hours and overtime opportunities
• Supportive and collaborative team environment
• Opportunities to gain more tickets and broaden your skills
• Training & Development Opportunities – Gain additional tickets and qualifications, broaden your experience, and develop new skills.
• Daily Travel Allowance – Currently $26.09 per day, paid for every day worked.
• PPE Allowance – Receive $500 per financial year towards personal protective equipment.
• Tool Allowance – Receive $2,000 per financial year towards tools and equipment.
• Health & Fitness Allowance – Receive $250 per year to put towards your health and wellbeing, including gym memberships, activewear, fishing gear and more.
• Paid Birthday Leave – Enjoy an additional paid day off each year for your birthday.
• Banked Hours – Choose to be paid for hours worked over 38 hours per week or bank those hours to use as additional leave.
• Unused Sick Leave Incentive – Receive a bonus equivalent to 50% of your accumulated unused sick leave each financial year, without losing a single hour from your leave balance.
• Paid Travel Time – Get paid for travel time when working on sites located more than 40km from your region’s base office.
• Support and systems that make it easy to do your best work — and go home safe every day

About Us:

McNab is one of the largest Construction, Development, and Property Groups in Australia, now turning over more than $1bn annually. Despite our growth, we’ve kept our small-company DNA — built on genuine care for our people, clients, and communities.

For us, success isn’t about size — it’s when our clients are so proud of our work they’d wear a McNab T-shirt on the weekend.

We genuinely care. We make it easy. We deliver certainty.

This is our promise — to our clients, our partners, and our team. Everything we do, from recruiting and training to promotion and performance, revolves around that promise.

By leveraging the strength of the entire McNab Group — from our own property developments to in-house manufacturing — we offer stability, opportunity, and a genuine career pathway for every member of our trades team.