About the role

Arbor Guy is looking for an experienced plant operator to join our mechanical vegetation clearing team.

This isn’t a standard earthmoving position. You’ll operate specialised equipment across fire mitigation, vegetation clearing and utility vegetation projects throughout the South West and Great Southern.

This is a role for an operator who takes pride in their machines, enjoys challenging and varied work, and wants ownership of the equipment and work program.

The Equipment

• Cat 299D skid steers
• Hitachi ZX170 wheeled excavator
• Forestry mulchers
• Grapple saw and specialised vegetation clearing attachments
• Dedicated service/support vehicle

The Role

You will take ownership of our mechanical clearing equipment and work program, including:

• Mechanical vegetation and tree clearing
• Fire mitigation works
• Forestry mulching
• Grapple saw operations
• Excavator and skid steer operations
• Daily machine inspections and basic maintenance
• Working closely with our arborist and vegetation crews

What we are looking for

We’re looking for an experienced operator with:

• Strong excavator and skid steer experience
• Excavator and skid steer competency/tickets
• MR or HR licence
• White Card
• First Aid
• Good mechanical knowledge
• Strong safety awareness
• Ability to work independently
• High standard of workmanship
• Experience with forestry mulchers, tree clearing or grapple saws is highly regarded, but we will train the right experienced operator.

Why Arbor Guy?

You’ll be part of a specialist arboriculture and vegetation management business with the equipment, workshop support and team around you to do the job properly.

This is an opportunity to take real ownership of the mechanical clearing program and grow with the business.

If you’re an experienced operator who looks after equipment, enjoys challenging work and wants ownership of your machines and program, we’d like to hear from you.

What We Offer

• $40–$48 per hour + super
• Monthly performance bonus
• Permanent full-time position - 38 hours per week with consistent hours
• Flexible roster options — we’re open to discussing alternative roster arrangements with the right experienced applicant
• Occasional weekend work available
• Variety- you’re not sitting in the same machine doing the same job every day
• Dedicated service vehicle
• Full-time mechanical support for all plant and equipment
• Quality specialised machinery
• Stable long-term work
• Great team and strong safety culture

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