Production Technician – Stainless Steel Manufacturing

Geelong Handrails & Balustrades is seeking a reliable and experienced Production & Installation Technician to join our stainless steel manufacturing and installation team.

This role focuses on workshop prep work including cutting, drilling, component preparation, and assisting our fabrication and installation team. This position suits someone with hands-on workshop or previous trade experience who takes pride in accurate work and maintaining a clean organised workspace.

For the right person, we also offer the opportunity to develop into stainless steel TIG welding and fabrication, providing a pathway to build a valuable specialist trade skill over time.

Immediate start available.

About Us

We are a specialist manufacturer and installer of stainless steel handrail and balustrade systems for residential and commercial construction projects.

We operate a clean and structured workshop with a strong focus on:

• Quality workmanship

• Safety

• Reliability and punctuality

• Organisation

• Consistent processes and standards

• Producing work we are proud to put our name to

The Role Includes

• Typical duties include:

  • Cutting stainless steel tube and components using a band saw

  • Drilling, marking out and preparing components

  • Deburring, grinding, polishing and finishing stainless steel

  • Assembly and preparation of handrail and balustrade systems

  • Packing and preparing jobs for installation

  • Installing handrails and balustrades on residential and commercial sites

  • Drilling and installing fixings into concrete, steel, timber and other substrates

  • Using hand and power tools safely and accurately

  • Reading technical drawings, measurements and installation instructions

  • Assisting experienced fabricators with production and installation

  • Maintaining a clean and organised workshop, vehicles and worksites

  • Completing quality checks and following established procedures

For someone with the right aptitude and attitude, there will also be the opportunity to progressively learn:

• Stainless steel TIG welding

• Stainless steel fabrication

• Fabrication and assembly

What We’re Looking For

This role would suit someone with previous experience in a workshop, manufacturing, construction, installation or trade environment.

You must have:

• Strong attention to detail

• Pride in producing accurate, high-quality work

• Good practical and mechanical aptitude

• Ability to measure, mark out and follow drawings or instructions

• Confidence using hand and power tools

• Physical fitness and the ability to safely lift 20kg+ repetitively

• Reliable attendance and punctuality

• A safety-first attitude

• Willingness to follow systems, procedures and quality standards

• Willingness to work both in the workshop and on construction sites

• Full Australian working rights

Experience in metal fabrication, stainless steel, welding, installation, construction or a related trade is highly regarded, but existing welding experience is not essential if you demonstrate the right aptitude and willingness to learn.

This is not an entry-level general labouring position. We are looking for someone capable, dependable and mechanically minded who can contribute to the team while continuing to develop their skills.

Requirements

• Driver’s Licence

• White Card

• Forklift ticket (preferred but not essential)

• Construction or trade experience highly regarded

What We Offer

• Full-time employment — 40 hours per week

• Competitive pay based on experience — $35–$42 per hour

• Stable, long-term employment

• Consistent hours

• Overtime opportunities

• Clean and organised workshop

• Variety between workshop production and site installation

• Structured training and development

• Opportunity to be trained in stainless steel TIG welding and fabrication

• Opportunity to progress into a higher-skilled stainless steel technician/fabricator role

Shortlisted applicants may be required to complete a practical trial.

How to Apply

Please send your resume to ••••@geelonghandrails.com