Trades Assistant

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This position reports to:

Workshop Manager

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ABB Motion Services Business Area, based in Eagle Farm, Queensland, is seeking multiple Trades Assistants to join our team on fixed-term contracts, with the potential for contract extensions and future permanent opportunities.

As a Trades Assistant, you will support the delivery of high-quality repairs, maintenance, and service activities for ABB Traction Motor products. Working alongside experienced technicians and engineers, you will play an important role in ensuring timely and professional service delivery to our customers, while adhering to ABB Motion Services policies, procedures, and safety standards. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your technical skills and build a long-term career with a global technology leader.

The work model for the role is: Onsite #LI-Onsite

Your role and responsibilities

• Delivery of high quality, technical and timely repairs, and maintenance to our customers through your technical expertise and superior customer service focus

• Assisting with assembly and disassembly of Traction Motors.

• Repairing and maintaining of ABB Traction Motor in ABB workshop, whist minimised rework and at a high attention to detail.

• Providing repairs & maintenance on Traction Motor product range based on your certification with a focus on ensure customer satisfaction, high quality reporting and without warranty issues

• Following the zero-harm policy and process and ensuring that you understand your responsibilities in line with the business expectations, ensure safe working procedures and practices are always followed

• Completing submission of time records & IB reporting and other relevant documentation, including expenses etc

• Ensuring time records submitted according to guidelines, completed weekly prior to the deadline

• Delivering quality and consistency of all service work performed, through compliance to Motion Services process

• Understanding and follow the ABB and Motion Services policies and procedures and all ABB tools and systems required for day-to-day activities

Qualifications for the role

• Basic mechanical aptitude, with exposure to maintaining and repairing rotating equipment (Traction Motors desirable).

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Well-organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritise tasks.

• Customer-focused with effective communication skills.

• Commitment to safety and ABB work practices.

• Flexible, reliable, and eager to learn.

What's in it for you?

Join a team where your input is valued, and your work has a clear impact. You’ll have the support, tools, and autonomy to develop your skills and grow your career. We work collaboratively, share knowledge, and support each other, with leaders who respect your contribution and support your development.

Benefits
We also offer our employees the following benefits:

• Competitive salary

• 16% super

• Incentive bonuses

• Paid overtime

• Paid parental leave

• Salary sacrifice packaging

More about us

ABB Motion Service Division serves customers worldwide by maximising uptime, extending product life cycle and enhancing the performance and energy efficiency of their electrical motion solutions. The Division is leading the way in digitalisation by securely connecting motors and drives, increasing operational uptime and improving efficiency. The services offered make the difference for our customers and partners every day by helping keep their operations running profitably, safely and reliably.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world.

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Ready to make an impact?

Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.