Fitter - Defence

Wallangarra, Queensland March 25, 2026 Full Time Custom Australian Recruitment Portal

  • $46.09 an hour plus super
  • Full-time role working 38 hours per week Monday to Friday
  • Finish at 12 pm on Fridays! 
  • Relocation assistance
  • Work on unique Defence assets 
  • Training & Upskilling provided 
  • On-site Parking

 

Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. As an Australian Defence Force partner, Ventia works across some of Australia’s newest, most unique equipment including artillery, small arms, instruments, night vision equipment, high-tech armoured vehicles, personnel carriers, and propulsion equipment.  

An exciting opportunity for a Fitter to join our fun, collaborative, and hardworking Defence Maintenance Contract team based at Wallangarra, QLD, just north of Tenterfield, NSW. This is an opportunity to join Ventia in a role which provides a corridor for a great lifestyle outside of work! 

About the role 

As a Fitter, you will use your highly detailed workmanship to inspect, repair, and recondition military hardware. As a qualified Fitter, it will be your responsibility to provide direct embedded support and teamwork with Defence and Defence training activities to ensure hardware is functional and training objectives are achieved.

  • Perform maintenance, servicing, repairs, and preventative maintenance on military equipment, hardware and Defence armaments
  • Safely operate machinery to repair, manufacture or modify required parts
  • Certify plant and equipment as serviceable and fit for purpose
  • Provide occasional support to various Defence Bases across the state assisting with Armory maintenance. All travel, accommodation and Food paid for!

About you  

  • Possess a Trade Certificate III Mechanical Fitting
  • High Risk Forklift Licence- required
  • Hold a valid Australian Driver’s License
  • MR or HR License - Desirable
  • High Risk Dogging & Rigging, Overhead Crane, and Confined Space Entry - highly regarded, or must be willing to obtain
  • Physically fit and enjoy hands-on work
  • You must be an Australian citizen and able to maintain a Defence Security Clearance

About Ventia
As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.
   
Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.   

How to apply    
Click the Apply Now button to start the journey to find your further with Ventia.  

Position Reference Number: 164861 

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How to Get Hired at Ventia Services

  • Ventia Services Group (ASX: VNT) is a top-tier Australian and New Zealand essential infrastructure services business, formed in 2015 from the merger of Leighton Contractors Services, Visionstream, Thiess Services, and Silcar, listed on the ASX in November 2021, employing approximately 35,000 people, and reporting revenue of approximately A$5.6 billion in 2024.
  • The business is structured around Defence, Telecommunications, Transport, Infrastructure Services (utilities and environmental), and Resources, with major contracts including Australian Department of Defence Estate Maintenance and Operations Support, NBN Co network maintenance, Telstra and Vodafone telecommunications maintenance, motorway and tunnel operations, and water, electricity, and gas network services.
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