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Permanent recruitment · Australia-wide

Need to hire skilled
tradespeople?

We recruit qualified maintenance fitters, electricians and skilled tradespeople for permanent roles across Australia’s food manufacturing, FMCG and industrial sectors.

  • No placement, no fee
  • 3-month guarantee on every placement
  • 24/7 service
  • Temp to perm
  • Competitive rates
  • Free consultation
Call 0426 563 100

Talk to Ashleigh Cook, our client care executive

Fast, obligation-free quote

Tell us about the role and a permanent recruitment consultant will call you back.

No placement, no fee. Your quote, usually within 24 hours.

or talk to Ashleigh Cook, our client care executive, on 0426 563 100

Trusted by leading Australian employers

Food manufacturing & warehousing specialists

Skilled trades.
Quality assured.

We source licensed, experienced tradespeople for permanent roles across food manufacturing, warehousing and industrial sites.

01Mechanical trade

Maintenance fitters & boilermakers

  • Qualified maintenance fitters, mechanical fitters and boilermakers
  • Experience in preventative maintenance, breakdowns, fabrication and repairs
  • Trade qualifications, licences and experience verified
  • Permanent and temp-to-perm placement options

02Electrical trade

Industrial electricians

  • Qualified industrial and maintenance electricians
  • Hold a current A-grade electrical licence and relevant qualifications
  • Experience in fault finding, installations, breakdowns and preventative maintenance
  • Permanent and temp-to-perm placement options

Need a different trade?

We also source fitters & turners, welders, maintenance technicians and other skilled trades to your requirements.

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Celebrating 35 years · 1991–2026

Placing skilled
tradespeople since 1991.

Our consultants know the floor. They run site inductions, visit factories and warehouses in person, and check every ticket and licence themselves. Three decades in, we know what a qualified maintenance fitter or electrician looks like on paper and on the job.

1991
Founded in Melbourne, placing our first blue-collar crews.
Today
1,000+ successful placements, every candidate personally vetted.
On site
Consultants with real trade-floor experience check every ticket.

Workforce automation

Your whole workforce.
One roster.

Employees, agency workers and Chandler cover on one live board. No software subscription for eligible employers.

The Chandler roster platform: a week of shifts across departments
  1. 01

    Build the week once

    Put your employees and agency workers on the same roster, and publish it to everyone at once.

  2. 02

    Know who’s on site

    Watch clock-ons come in by site. If someone doesn’t show, send the gap to Chandler from the board.

  3. 03

    Approve and move on

    Hours flow from the roster into timesheets, ready for your sign-off in one place.

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What our clients say

Trusted by employers
across Australia.

Rated 4.7 stars on Google.

The people behind the placements

Meet our team.

Ready to solve your
staffing problem?

Get a free, no-obligation quote for licensed tradespeople, usually within 24 hours.

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or talk to Ashleigh Cook, our client care executive, on 0426 563 100