Join the team at Road Trains of Australia (RTA) – one of Australia’s leading privately owned transport companies. With over a decade of experience moving livestock, fuel, and bulk goods across WA, NT, and QLD, we’re proud of our reputation for safety and reliability.
We’re on the lookout for a qualified Boilermaker to help keep our fleet in top shape. You’ll be based at one of our depots across Australia, working on heavy-duty road trucks.
Road Trains of Australia (RTA) is one of the largest privately owned livestock transporters in Australia. As a family run business, we pride ourselves on having decades of experience in the safe & dependable transport of livestock, petroleum and bulk commodities, throughout Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland with our fleet of 90+ prime movers.
Our depots are based in Broome, Darwin, Mt Isa and Longreach.
Fabricating and repairing steel on our trucks
Keeping accurate records of your work
Following safety rules and company procedures
Boilermaker trade qualification
HR/MC licence (a bonus, not a must)
Able to pass a medical and drug/alcohol test
Police clearance and right to work in Australia
A keen eye for detail and pride in your work
Competitive remuneration
We’re a strong, supportive team that values safety, reliability, and pride in our work.
If you are looking to join a family run business that offers a rewarding and supportive working environment, then Road Trains of Australia might be just what you are looking for.
Applications without required skills and experience listed in the ad will not be considered.
Road Trains of Australia (RTA) has over a decade of experience in safe & dependable transportation of livestock, petroleum and bulk commodities throughout the north of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.
From the remains of Buntine Roadways, the original Road Trains of Australia (RTA) was established by Noel Buntine in the early 1980’s.
In 1985, Noel Buntine sold the Company to Dick David and Ken Warriner who operated it for 8 years until it was sold to Jim Cooper, of Gulf Transport Group, and Mick Flynn, of Flynn Petroleum, in 1993. Jim Cooper bought out Mick Flynn to take full ownership in 1995.
In 2006, competition between RTA and Hampton Transport Services, a Western Australian company owned by the Jones family from Kalgoorlie-Boulder that was involved in mining, heavy haulage, freight and livestock transport, had reached the point where the livestock fleets were a similar size and operating the same routes.
Jim Cooper and Dave Jones from Hampton, the current Managing Director of RTA, saw the economic sense of amalgamating the operations of the two companies and negotiated the sale of the RTA business to Hampton Transport Services, Dave and his brother Bart Jones Jnr to create Road Trains of Australia Pty Ltd in its current form.
In 2007 RTA acquired Hansen Livestock Transport and its depots in Longreach and Quilpie.
Under the ownership of Hampton and the Jones brothers, who still own and operate the Company, RTA has grown to be the largest privately owned livestock transporter in Australia.
RTA’s operations today cover the entire Northern half of Australia, with the company’s 90+ prime movers averaging between 145,000 to 170,000km per year, much of which is traveled in clouds of bulldust on unsealed roads.
Road Trains of Australia is also proudly registered as 100% Australian owned and operated with https://ausowned.com.au.
