About this role
What We Offer
- FIFO Shutdowns from Perth to Tom Price
- Pay Rates (Flat Including Casual Loading):
- Trade Qualified Painter - $72.20 per hour
- Non-Trade Qualified Painter - $57.39 per hour
- Roster: 12-hour shifts working Days & Nights
- Project Start: March onwards
- Scope: Ongoing casual shutdowns with Downer
- Nightshift Allowance: 15% Uplift
The Opportunity
Downer’s Energy & Utilities business is seeking qualified and experienced Painter Blaster’s to join us for shutdowns in Tom Price, WA. You will be supporting the team with 2 upcoming projects, Stacker 82 and the Tractor Workshop upgrades. This role will see you responsible for preparing and protecting steel structures, piping, and fixed plant equipment through abrasive blasting and the application of protective coatings. This includes tasks such as grit or sandblasting to remove rust, scale, or old coatings, followed by applying primers and industrial-grade paint systems to meet corrosion protection standards. The successful candidates will also join our talent pools to be used in future works across remote and regional WA.
About You
- Trade Certificate
- Construction Induction / White Card
- Gas Test Atmospheres, Enter and Work in Confined Spaces, and Working at Heights within 3 years
- Fire Certificate within 4 years
- Prior experience in a FIFO role
- Current RTIO Inductions are highly desirable
About Energy & Utilities
Downer's Energy & Utilities business unit is an integrated trans-Tasman team, providing services and solutions that connect communities to essential networks and infrastructure. We design, build, operate and maintain today's critical assets and networks, delivering complete services across the water, electricity, telecommunications, industrial and power generation sectors. Our expertise spans in-house technical smarts, specialist engineering, integrated OEM partners, and dedicated crews of qualified tradespeople.
Downer Group is an employer that acknowledges and embraces the importance of our people's diverse experiences, talents, and cultures. As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from everyone.
How to Apply
Please submit your application online via the advertisement – email applications will not be accepted.
Other facts
About Downer
Enabling communities to thrive.
It’s what we’ve done for more than 150 years. Solving problems. Making the extraordinary run smoothly every day. We’re keeping the lights on and the water flowing. Running the hospitals that take care of us. Delivering the transport that takes us from A to B. Maintaining communication networks that keep people connected. Helping our Government and Defence customers keep them protected. Delivering train fleets. Building bridges, roads and streets. Now we’re building momentum too. Moving forward even faster.
Across Australia and New Zealand, we’re transforming the way we work. Unlocking our potential to lead by example. Using our passion and expertise to deliver complex projects and turn fresh ideas into solutions that make society a better place. Creating opportunities for our people, growth and value for our shareholders, and world-class solutions for our customers. Imagining. Innovating. Engineering. Enabling.
What you'll do
- You will be responsible for preparing and protecting steel structures, piping, and fixed plant equipment through abrasive blasting and the application of protective coatings. This includes tasks such as grit or sandblasting to remove rust, scale, or old coatings, followed by applying primers and industrial-grade paint systems.
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