2791 Agricultural Mechanic

Job Location:

Job Description:

We are working with an associate recruitment company
who has offices in New Zealand, Australia and Dublin. They are currently
seeking an Agricultural Mechanic to work in Australia.

You will diagnose
and repair John Deere, Kubota Krone farm machinery. (also various other brands
as required).

You will service and repair air conditioning
systems on various types of Agricultural Equipment including Tractors and
Harvesters.

You will carry out pre-delivery and setup New Agricultural Equipment.

You will set up and provide customer assistance of John Deere GPS systems.

You will carry out general preventative maintenance of farm machinery as per
factory servicing.

You will schedule refurbishment of traded in equipment i.e. second hand tractors, balers, harvesters etc.

Work sites include dealership workshops and on farms.

The position is offered initially on a 6 month contract. Thereafter new contracts
can be offered and if you wish to stay in Australia, the end client will offer
sponsorship.

Knowledge and Skills:

You will be an
accomplished Agricultural Mechanic with your career experience supported by a
relevant trade qualification in agricultural engineering.

You should be
familiar with repairing the common types of agricultural machinery e.g.
tractors, balers, harvesters etc.

You should be
able to work independently and unsupervised and within a team environment.

You will have
clear communication skills and must be able to listen closely to instructions
and respond effectively.

You must be
physically fit.

You should
possess a Drivers Licence.

Candidates other than
from Australia must be available to travel on a working holiday visa and have a
minimum of 6 months unexpired time on an existing working holiday visa or
alternatively able to gain a working holiday visa to Australia.

If successful, candidates will have to pay their own
costs of getting across to Australia i.e. visa £85, flights approx. £800, possibly
cheaper and also pay for their own accommodation.

Salary will be paid in Australian Dollars and will be
approximately 25 Australian Dollars per hour.

The end client will assist candidates secure
temporary accommodation for the first few
weeks after they arrive and will also assist getting bank accounts and tax numbers set up.

Please do not apply for this role unless you have around
£2000 in savings to fund your visa and flight costs and initial accommodation
costs .

Whilst we would like to
respond to all our on-line applicants, regrettably we are unable to do so due
to the high volumes of applications we receive.

If you have not heard
from us within 4 weeks from submitting your application, please assume on this
occasion your application has been unsuccessful.