Maintenance Fitter Fixed Plant - Afternoon Shift

Sims Metal (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling. With facilities across the globe, Sims plays an intrinsic role in the circular economy by making resources available for future use. As a responsible corporate citizen, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as at any time in our long history.

Sims Metal (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling. With facilities across the globe, Sims plays an intrinsic role in the circular economy by making resources available for future use. As a responsible corporate citizen, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as at any time in our long history.

Your new role

We have an excellent opportunity available for a motivated and experienced Maintenance Fitter - Fixed Plant to work for the WA maintenance team, based in Kwinana Beach.

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will assist in undertaking preventative maintenance, service and repairs on word class fixed plant whilst adhering to safety requirements.

You will be rewarded with ongoing mentoring opportunities, working for a sustainable growing business in a supportive and friendly team.

Hours of work are Monday - Friday 3.00pm to 12.30am

Your responsibilities will include:

• Participate in preventative and predictive maintenance to all fixed plant and equipment, including our hammermill shredder, downstream conveyor system , baler & metal sorters.

• Work in accordance with a daily plan for routine maintenance and complete relevant maintenance records

• Participate in various continuous improvement and other programs as required

• Ensure all work is completed in accordance with our site safety, environmental and quality procedures

• Provide assistance with plant and equipment breakdowns

To be successful in this opportunity, you will have:

• Trade qualified as a Fitter with desirable experience in Conveyors, Motors and Gearboxes
• A current driver’s license
• Proven experience in a similar role
• Familiarity with conveyor systems and metal processing equipment
• Excellent diagnostic and repair skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Forklift ticket advantageous
• Strong focus on safety, with sound understanding of Workplace health and safety
• Flexibility to work overtime as required

In Return, We Offer 

Benefits 

• Join an environmentally conscious company recognised as the most sustainable corporation in 2024 on Corporate Knights' Global 100 index. We are dedicated to ecologically sound practices, minimising waste, and protecting the environment.  

• Parental Leave: Sims is pleased to offer a paid parental leave policy, providing 12 weeks of paid leave for primary carer and 6 weeks for non-primary carer. This benefit is available to parents involved in the birth or adoption of a child, affirming our commitment to supporting employees through major life changes. 

• Novated Lease: Enjoy tax-effective vehicle leasing, providing both convenience and savings. 

• BUPA Discounts: Access exclusive health insurance discounts for you and your loved ones.  

• Prioritise your mental and emotional well-being with confidential counselling and support services through our tailored EAP program.  

• Access exclusive superannuation sessions tailored to enhance your understanding and management of superannuation benefits, providing valuable insights and support for your financial well-being.  

Interested? 

If you are ready to kickstart your career with us, please submit your resume and cover letter by clicking the ‘Apply Now’ button. We look forward to hearing from you! 

With a promote-from-within philosophy and a variety of programs available to support continuous learning, Sims offers the opportunity for a rewarding career. We are committed to the ecologically sound and sustainable use of resources and strive to operate in a manner that minimizes waste and protects the environment. 

A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organization whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. We are exemplary members of the communities in which we operate and are responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits. 

Sims acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past, present, and emerging. (australia jobs only) 

AT SIMS, TOGETHER WE ARE A DIVERSE GROUP OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY, WHICH VALUES THE BENEFITS OF OUR TALENTED WORKFORCE. WORKING TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CORE VALUES OF SAFETY, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, TRANSPARENCY, EXCELLENCE, AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.   

A career with Sims provides you with the opportunity to work with an organisation whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

At Sims together we are a diverse group of employees who are supported by our equal opportunity policy. To achieve our purpose to create a world without waste to preserve our planet, we are guided by our Principles of Purpose: Be Safe + Well, Band Together, Be Accountable + Transparent, Consistently Innovate, Inspire with Purpose, Celebrate + Have Fun.