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Workshop Manager

Sydney, New South Wales💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-28

Core

Supervise a Defence workshop, manage machinery maintenance, ensure safety compliance, and conduct mechanical fabrication/repair work.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC Workshop Manager

Builds

Mission-critical systems and components for Defence and national security

Domain

Defence engineering and manufacturing

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

mechanical trade qualification, manual and CNC machining, mechanical fabrication and fitting, assembly, forklift operations, workshop supervision, preventative and corrective maintenance planning, WHS/OHS compliance, risk assessment, safety procedures, documentation and compliance, work scheduling, resource allocation, project tracking, quoting and procurement

Preferred skills

experience managing workshop standards, housekeeping, productivity, safety culture, performance management, stakeholder interaction

Technologies

CNC machinery, manual machining tools, forklifts

Responsibilities

Day-to-day supervision of the workshop, maintaining machinery maintenance requirements, maintaining WHS system compliance, performing facilities management activities, estimating and quoting materials, generating and reviewing machinery SOPs and RA, scheduling and project tracking, conducting workshop inductions, conducting mechanical fabrication and repair work, assembly and integration of components, forklift operations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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