About the Role
As a Trade Assistant, you’ll play a key role in keeping our production operations running smoothly. You’ll work alongside experienced tradespeople, gain practical skills, and contribute to delivering projects that matter.
Candidate Requirements
Job Requirements

Why Bowhill Engineering?
At Bowhill Engineering, we’re proud of our people, our projects and the communities we help build.
When you join our team, you’ll enjoy:
In a competitive recruitment climate, Bowhill Engineering is known as the employer of choice in the Murraylands and is not afraid to shout out the benefits of joining the Bowhill Engineering team – why, because we love where we work!
We offer exciting opportunities for metal fabricators, welders, and boilermaker welders to join our team with a full work schedule of structural steel engineering projects planned.
– together we thrive!
Why Join Bowhill Engineering?
A Trade Assistant position at Bowhill Engineering is a great foot in the door opportunity, come and join the team!
How to Apply – Applications must be submitted via our website: https://boweng.com.au/our-vacancies/
With YOU our team is complete! In a competitive recruitment climate, Bowhill Engineering is known as the employer of choice in the Murraylands and is not afraid to shout out the benefits of joining the Bowhill Engineering team – why because we love where we work! We offer some great opportunities to join our team with a full work schedule of exciting projects planned
– together we thrive!

Employee Assistance Programme
- $100 employee health assistance annually +
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program) – free confidential consultations for yourself and your family via Access Programs (Value $495)
- Culturise – Being Well at Bowhill staff program – quarterly personal & team development based program

Start & Relocation incentives
- Relocation Incentive OR
- Bowhill Accommodation Assistance (up to 6 months, 3 brm house available, accommodation shared as required) Talk to us about your relocation requirements
* conditions apply, as per personal requirements, subject to position applied for.

Reward & Recognition
- An employer of choice in our local region, wages are competitive, and performance based
- Permanency (6 month’s probation)
- Wage Reviews against industry benchmarks, and paid at above award rate, CPI & Bonus reviews 6 monthly
- Honour Roll – Years of Service recognition
- Wage Boost Incentives – $1k Recruitment incentives available to existing staff for recruitment of Metal Fabricators, Fabricator Welders, and Boilermaker Welders
Social
- BEERS – Bowhill Engineering Employees Recreational Social Club, regular in-house and external events, charity fundraising, Team lunch and Boweng brekky events
- Celebration Hour – monthly, early finish, recognition event of all the “good stuff” team and & personal
Career and training opportunities
- Career Advancement Opportunities – Workforce development plans including pathways from welder to senior fabricator roles
- Individual Growth & Development Opportunities – Individual Training Plans, Individual goals, P&E training, company role appreciation
- Leadership Growth – leadership development group, growing our next generation of leaders
- Regular Individual reviews for training & development opportunities
- Opportunities to progress into specialised structural steel engineering roles including metal fabrication, boilermaking, welding, and production coordination

Workplace Facilities
- 5 x workshop facilities, including our new state of the art Okuma CNC Milling Machine & IGM Welding Robots
- Outdoor balcony dining area
- Fully equipped Lunchroom with eight-ball tables
- Open door – Leadership & Management

Who are we?
Well, to summarise, we are a bit of a “BCF” kind of crowd really, we are country people that love to get outdoors and be active, spend time with our families, participate in local sporting groups and generally have a good time. Boating, camping, fishing, 4WDing, cars, bikes, river recreation… We love it!

Company culture
There is no better feeling than enjoying where you work, working with mates and working together to achieve the big picture!? We are super proud of who we work for, the projects that we achieve and the team that we have! Our retention rate is over 5+ years, a testament to the work that we put into our team in an ever-changing and competitive industry.

BEERS Social Club
A great, fun way to get to know the team! Whether it is tea at a local pub, go-karting, horse racing, or celebrating special events, these events are always fun and are held quarterly. Membership is a great value at only $5 per fortnight, and we love all of our team to be members.

Wellbeing & Staff Recognition
Aside from social club activities, we hold a number of in-house events, including Celebration Hour once a month, where we stop early and celebrate all the good stuff happening with drinks and nibbles as a team! We also have welcome lunches for new staff and morning teas to celebrate important events or dates such as Movember, Sids for Kids and more.
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Group Tours

Bowhill Engineering offer opportunities for small group tours upon request ie Regional Schools, local interest groups, etc
Group Tour Request Form – Applications may be made to HR manager, Samantha Krollig via email: [email protected]

















