Title:  Trade Assistant

The Opportunity

Veolia is seeking an experienced Trade Assistant to join the Veolia team on an initial 12 week project based in the Gold coast region.

What’s on offer 

• Variety in daily work, opportunity to upskill, and exposure to new equipment
• Plenty of overtime with lucrative penalty rates
• Opportunities to work with the business on various projects and shutdowns in other regions

What you’ll be responsible for

• Assisting tradespeople to prepare surfaces using abrasive blasting and high-pressure water blasting along with mechanical methods.
• Area setup and cleanup activities
• Learning and developing painting and blasting skills by assisting qualified and experienced tradespeople.
• Ensuring quality workmanship on all jobs 
• Drive the ‘Always Safe’ Culture

What you’ll need to be successful

• Experience within construction or blue-collar roles. Industrial Painting & Blasting experience highly regarded.
• Current drivers licence
• A strong mechanical aptitude
• Strong communication skills and willingness to develop new skills
• Commitment to maintaining safe work practices
• Ability to work both in teams and independently

A Veolia Career

Veolia ANZ values employees and their health and well-being. All of our employees are entitled to:

• Our Veolia Cares policy enables parental leave to be offered from day one of your employment regardless of whether you’re on a permanent or fixed-term contract
• Employee share plan
• Support to pursue educational and development opportunities
• Access to endless career options and pathways, Veolia promotes from within
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Bupa health insurance discount
• Corporate Discounts
• Fitness Passport
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Salary sacrificing (i.e. super, novated leases)

We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to responding to every applicant.

At Veolia we value diversity, equality, and inclusion, we are committed to providing working environments where everyone is included and treated fairly and with respect. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, Veterans, people with Disabilities, mature age and early careers, members of the LGBTQI+ community, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Veolia is committed to conducting recruitment in a fair, ethical and transparent manner based solely on merit. Candidates with direct or indirect personal/professional ties to Veolia and/or any third party related to Veolia business (including but not limited to Veolia's suppliers, customers, partners and competitors) must disclose this information.