Excavator Operator Jobs, Demolition

We are hiring excavator and plant operators for demolition and early works. Volvo excavators from 5 to 48 tonne with shears, grapples, hammers and pulverisers, plus skid steers, loaders and rollers, on commercial, industrial and civil sites in Sydney, Brisbane and regional New South Wales.

Demolition operating is not digging. You are reading a structure while you take it apart, keeping the machine on solid ground and the dust down, and working with a spotter and a supervisor every minute. If you have done it, we want you. If you are a good civil operator who wants to learn it, we will teach you.

Fill in the form below and someone will ring you back within one business day. It takes about two minutes. The more you tell us about your tickets, the faster we can put you on a job.

What the work is

• Structural and detail demolition with shear, grapple, hammer and pulveriser attachments.
• Processing and sorting demolition material on the ground for recycling: steel, concrete, timber and mixed waste.
• Bulk and detail excavation, loading trucks, and early works on the same sites.
• Daily prestarts, attachment changes, greasing and reporting faults before they become downtime.
• Working to the demolition sequence and stopping when the structure or the ground is not doing what the plan said.

Tickets and experience we look for

Tell us what you actually hold. Missing one or two is not a problem.

• Excavator ticket or verified competency, and real hours on 20 tonne plus machines.
• Demolition attachment experience with shears or grapples is what we are chasing hardest.
• White Card. Skid steer, loader, roller or truck licences add to your value.
• Sydney Metro, Sydney Trains or Sydney Water inductions get you working sooner.
• A driver licence and your own way to site.

What it pays

Pay depends on experience and tickets. Tell us what you are on and we will be straight with you. Travel work pays more, and there is interstate work for people who want it. People tend to stay with us once they start: the crew is energetic, dedicated and good to work alongside, and we back them.

Other names for this job

Companies label this role differently and so do candidates. If your last job was called excavator operator, plant operator, machine operator, digger operator, excavator driver, skid steer operator, posi track operator, loader operator, civil plant operator or demolition machine operator, and the work matches what is above, this is the same job. We hire on what you can do on the tools, not on the title.

What we are like to work for

We are a young business and we are growing. That is the honest pitch. It means the structure is not set in concrete, there is room to move up if you are any good, and the person who decides is not six layers away from site. We buy decent gear, we back people who bring a better way of doing something, and safety is not a poster in the lunch room. On Tier 1 jobs it is the thing that keeps you working.

Work rights

You need the right to work in Australia. We do not sponsor visas and we do not charge anyone a fee to apply or to be placed, ever. If someone asks you for money to get a job with us, it is not us. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

What happens after you apply

• You get an email straight away confirming we have your application.
• Someone rings you within one business day, on the mobile number you give us.
• If you did not attach a CV, reply to that confirmation email with it. It is the fastest way to get in front of us.
• We keep your details on file. Even if there is nothing today, we come back to people when the right job lands.

Where we work

Head office is Marrickville in Sydney and the Queensland base is at Slacks Creek. We have crews on projects across greater Sydney, the Hunter, Wollongong, Canberra, regional New South Wales and South East Queensland, and we are building the Western Australia crew now. If you are in Perth or fly out of Perth, say so on the form.

Other roles

See also Demolition Supervisor jobs and Asbestos Removal Supervisor jobs. Every Perfect Contracting role is on the Work With Us page.