Concrete Grinding and Polishing Jobs

We are hiring grinder operators for concrete grinding, polishing and surface preparation across New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.

Fair warning on this one: almost nobody searches for this job by name, so if you have found this page you are ahead of most. It is steady work and it is a good trade to learn if you are coming off the tools elsewhere.

Fill in the form below and someone will ring you back within one business day. It takes about two minutes. The more you tell us about your tickets and your inductions, the faster we can put you on a job.

What the work is

• Grinding slabs back for coatings, toppings and new floor finishes.
• Polished concrete finishes, from a light burnish through to a full mechanical polish.
• Scabbling and surface preparation ahead of remediation and repair crews.
• Removing coatings, adhesives, glue and old toppings.
• Running dust extraction properly, because this is the dustiest work we do.
• Getting a consistent finish across a big floor, which is the part that separates a good operator from an average one.

Tickets and experience

If you have run a grinder on any site, apply.

• White Card and grinding, polishing or surface preparation experience.
• Familiar with planetary grinders, edge grinders and dust extraction units.
• Silica awareness and current respiratory fit testing. This one is not optional in grinding.
• Working at Heights, Confined Space or EWP if you hold them.
• Live Tier 1 inductions are a real advantage.
• A driver licence and your own way to site.

Silica and how we work

Silica is the one that matters in this trade. Everything runs wet or on extraction, you get fit tested, and if a job cannot be done safely we stop and sort it out. We are not interested in anyone who works dry to save five minutes.

What it pays

Pay depends on experience and tickets. Tell us what you are on and we will be straight with you. Travel work pays more, and there is interstate work for people who want it. People tend to stay with us once they start: the crew is energetic, dedicated and good to work alongside, and we back them.

Other names for this job

Companies label this role differently and so do candidates. If your last job was called concrete grinder, concrete polisher, floor grinding operator, concrete grinding operator, polished concrete installer, floor preparation operator, surface preparation technician, concrete floor finisher or grinding machine operator, and the work matches what is above, this is the same job. We hire on what you can do on the tools, not on the title.

What we are like to work for

We are a young business and we are growing. That is the honest pitch. It means the structure is not set in concrete, there is room to move up if you are any good, and the person who decides is not six layers away from site. We buy decent gear, we back people who bring a better way of doing something, and safety is not a poster in the lunch room.

Work rights

You need the right to work in Australia. We do not sponsor visas and we do not charge anyone a fee to apply or to be placed, ever. If someone asks you for money to get a job with us, it is not us.

What happens after you apply

• You get an email straight away confirming we have your application.
• Someone rings you within one business day, on the mobile number you give us.
• If you did not attach a CV, reply to that confirmation email with it. It is the fastest way to get in front of us.
• We keep your details on file. Even if there is nothing today, we come back to people when the right job lands.

Where we work

We run out of Marrickville in Sydney and Slacks Creek in Queensland, with crews across greater Sydney, the Hunter, Wollongong, Canberra and South East Queensland, and we travel for the bigger jobs. Western Australia work is starting up too, so put your hand up on the form if you would fly out of Perth.