McNab
Skilled Labourers
McNabAustralia4 days ago
Full-timeOther
If you’re a skilled and safety-conscious labourer who takes pride in your work and wants steady, long-term employment, join McNab — a team that backs its people and builds with purpose.

Based on the Gold Coast, you’ll enjoy the stability of permanent, ongoing work across a range of commercial, industrial, and residential projects in and around the region — with the support of an experienced, down-to-earth team who take pride in doing things safely and well.

From multi-residential to industrial and social housing builds, there’s always something new and rewarding to get involved in.

At McNab, we offer career pathways for those wanting to progress in construction — many of our senior leaders started on the tools and worked their way up to become Foremen, Site Managers, Project Managers, and Construction Managers.

Duties

You’ll carry out a variety of general labouring and site support tasks across different project types — no two days are the same!

Key Duties Include

  • Assisting trades and site teams with materials, setup, and clean-up
  • Operating plant and equipment safely and efficiently
  • Traffic management duties as required
  • Forklift and telehandler operation (ticketed personnel only)
  • Spotting for machinery and assisting with lifts and deliveries
  • Site housekeeping and maintaining a safe work environment

You’ll Also

  • Follow all site safety and environmental procedures
  • Work effectively in a team and adapt to changing site environments
  • Take pride in producing high-quality work every day

What We’re Looking For

  • Experienced Skilled Labourers
  • Tickets ideal but not essential:
  • Forklift
  • Telehandler
  • Traffic Control (Implement and/or Stop–Slow)
  • Construction White Card (essential)
  • Valid driver’s licence and reliable transport
  • Safety-focused and team-oriented attitude
  • Physically fit and capable of manual work
  • Motivated with a strong work ethic and professionalism

In Return

  • Competitive hourly rate with consistent full-time hours and overtime opportunities
  • Supportive and collaborative team environment
  • Opportunities to gain more tickets and broaden your skills
  • Daily Travel Allowance (paid regardless of work location)
  • PPE Allowance: $500 per financial year (reimbursed with receipts for standard PPE)
  • Health & Fitness Subsidy: $250 per year (toward gym, activewear, fishing gear, etc.)
  • Birthday Leave: 1 paid day off in addition to 4 weeks’ annual leave and 10 days’ sick leave
  • Banked Hours: Any hours worked beyond 38 in a week may be banked or paid out later
  • Paid Travel Time: For work on sites more than 40km from your base McNab office (Broadbeach)
  • Support and systems that make it easy to do your best work — and go home safe every day

About Us

McNab is one of the largest Construction, Development, and Property Groups in Australia, now turning over more than $1bn annually. Despite our growth, we’ve kept our small-company DNA — built on genuine care for our people, clients, and communities.

For us, success isn’t about size — it’s when our clients are so proud of our work they’d wear a McNab T-shirt on the weekend.

We genuinely care. We make it easy. We deliver certainty.

This is our promise — to our clients, our partners, and our team. Everything we do, from recruiting and training to promotion and performance, revolves around that promise.

By leveraging the strength of the entire McNab Group — from our own property developments to in-house manufacturing — we offer stability, opportunity, and a genuine career pathway for every member of our trades team.