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Young ABC tradesperson in hi-vis and safety glasses writing QA measurements against a large machined flange in the Paget workshop
Careers · Mackay · Paget · Bowen Basin

Rated 4.5/5 by the people who already work here.

SEEK 4.5/5 · 11 reviews 91% recommend 7/7 & even-time rosters Smith-family owned
SEEK employee review — verbatim

“Good team spirit, clean camp at site.”

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Heavy engineering · since the late 1980s
ABC crew in orange hi-vis on the deck of a Marion 8750 walking dragline as a crane holds the red propel gear case overhead, Bowen Basin
The crew on the Marion 8750 deck — propel gear case change-out, Bowen Basin
Why ABC — 01 / 03

A family business that works like one.

ABC is owned and run by the Smith family — Maurie, Rick and Paul — and they work the same floor as the crews. Decisions get made beside the job, not three states away, and the trades you learn from have been doing this in Paget since the late 1980s.

  • OwnershipSmith family — locally owned and operated
  • ManagementOn the floor, beside the crews
  • HeritageSince the late 1980s, Paget
Meet the team leaders →
ABC boilermaker in a leather apron oxy-cutting a heavy steel section in the Paget fabrication shop, sparks falling to the floor
Fabrication floor, Paget — the work the reviews talk about
Why ABC — 02 / 03

Don’t take our word for it.

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Source: 11 employee reviews · seek.com.au

“Management were apart of the team, very hands on.”

SEEK employee review — verbatim
ABC engineer standing in the Paget workshop with machinery behind him, working on a plan to be sent out for laser cutting
Engineering, Paget — plans drawn metres from the machines that cut them
Why ABC — 03 / 03

Rosters that give the time back.

Site rosters run 7/7 and even-time, with meals and accommodation covered — and the variety is real: draglines one swing, sugar mills the next, workshop and Bowen Basin field work on the same payslip.

  • Rosters7/7 and even-time options on site roles
  • LeaveUp to 6 weeks annual leave on some 7/7 rosters
  • On siteMeals & accommodation on site rosters
  • Recent site ads$80–$95/hr for some site roles [Directors]
  • VarietyDraglines to sugar mills — workshop and field
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Current openings

The roles we hire for, year round.

Live listings run on SEEK. If your trade is below and there’s no live ad, apply anyway — good trades don’t wait for vacancies here.

[Directors] SEEK listing URLs & company profile link to be supplied — rows link to the application form until then.

Apply now

Send your trade across.

Tell us what you’re ticketed for and what you want to work on. Applications go to the people who run the floor — not a recruitment queue.

Tickets held

PDF or Word · demo form — file is not uploaded.

Trade, years on the tools, the gear you’ve worked on, the roster you’re after.

Applications are read by management — the same people the SEEK reviews talk about.

Work with us

Rather hire the crew than join it?

The same team that answers at 2am quotes the day work too. Send the drawing or the broken part — workshop, site or machinery.

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