Downer Group Job Security & Advancement reviews

My experience after more than 5 years was negative if you hadn’t come from a rail background or from opposition company in Newcastle which a lot seemed to have come from it wasn’t a case of what you know rather whom you worked with previously.

Pros

Good wages

Cons

Poor management, bullying and harassment ignored

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good team efforts

electrical trades assistant Tele handler operator (Former Employee) - Karratha WA - 23 November 2017

following orders working away good management Working as a team to get the job done working as a T/A having responsibility given and opportunities to learn

Pros

learning

Cons

job finished

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Overall satisfaction
Fair pay for job
Ability to learn new things

good people

Grader 16M and 24M (Current Employee) - Pilbara WA - 31 October 2017

good people to work with just need to look at there people more to look after them with training and advancement with in the company long days but enjoyable

Pros

people

Cons

life style

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New Project

Maintenance & Mobile Technician (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 12 September 2017

New Train with long term project encouraging for long term career goal. Due to lack of vision from management ends up big failure. Frequent change in mid management level make everyone life measurable.

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Good place to start the career

Oracle DBA (Current Employee) - North Ryde NSW - 7 August 2017

Right place to start but not good place for long run. There is good learning opportunity. Work culture is very good. The hardest part of the job is understanding the system environment.

Pros

Good learning

Cons

No Job Security

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Electrical Trade Assistant (Former Employee) - Onslow WA - 27 June 2017

For the past 5 years i have worked for downer as an electrical trades assistant. My time there I have learnt a lot about the construction & mining industry.

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good people on the right jobs

Electrician (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 21 June 2017

happily work with downer again. all jobs so far have been well run and good support all round. if I wasn't moving I would continue to work here doing fifo

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Great Leaning Experience for HR

HR Services Officer (Former Employee) - North Ryde NSW - 17 May 2017

Learnt a lot regarding Oracle/ ExpressHR, EBA's how the construction industry leave entitlements it was a great way into the way in which I learnt how HR on site and how payroll to build a good relationship with them.

Pros

Learing about EBA, working with payroll

Cons

tight deadlines

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Great to work for good support from management

Site Supervisor/Mgr (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 15 March 2017

Challenging environment, good people, got the chance to extend my experience and well rewarded for efforts...variety of works and never boring. Got to see most of Australia and learned a lot from my peers and crews I've managed.

Pros

Well rewarded

Cons

None that come to mind

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Fantastic company

Facilities Coordinator (Former Employee) - Burnley VIC - 22 February 2017

This company was a progressive company, its staff were very friendly and knowledgeable in their respected fields. We were on our clients site directly and this provided us with an opportunity to clearly see the objectives that the company wanted to achieve.

Pros

inhouse cafe

Cons

Perm contractor only

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Electrician (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 8 February 2017

Very friendly and professional company who take great care in getting to know their staff and ensuring that all relevant training is needed. Would recommend

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Working on a rural site

Safety Administrator (Current Employee) - Ingham QLD - 12 January 2017

. Very good team . Work at a good pace . Communication is very important . You must be able to play the politics of management . Your character will be challenged . Job Security is nil as it depends on available work

Pros

Easy going team members

Cons

the politics

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Great working conditions.

Electrical Group Training - Apprentice (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 9 June 2016

Toolbox meeting in the morning about works for the day and crew assigned. Management was fantastic will dealing with different situations that occurred. Gain a lot of knowledge and skills in the electrical industry.

Pros

Fantastic crew

Cons

Long hours

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great team environment

SENIOR SUPERVISOR PRODUCTION (Current Employee) - Christmas Creek QLD - 29 April 2016

Good company to work for, strong people focus. great team environment with my co-workers, easy to come to work each day.

Pros

work life balance

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Excellent Company

Instrumentation and Electrical Technician (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 17 March 2016

Excellent company to work for very professional and well organised setup. I worked as a maintenance and breakdown technician with this company

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A large company with many opportunities

National Injury Management Coordinator (Current Employee) - North Ryde NSW - 13 March 2016

This company is full of different avenues that any worker can take to mould their own experience. there is no such thing as a typical day at work, I've learned more about the corporate workings behind the scenes of a large organisation through interactions with management.

Pros

accessable management

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Work life at Downer

Developer & Administrator (Current Employee) - North Ryde NSW - 12 March 2016

Career progression at Downer is very limited and the company goes through organisational changes very frequently that has direct impact on individual's performance.

Pros

Big group

Cons

frequent changes in organisation

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Productive and saftey aware

Trade - Boilermaker (Former Employee) - Maryborough QLD - 10 March 2016

Working at Downer was interesting to work at because of the variety of work that was offered. eg building trains, mining equipment etc. we were given the opportunity to do several course to improve your work skills.

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Electrical Maintainer (Current Employee) - Western Australia - 26 February 2016

Downer EDI Mining is a great company to work for, good career progression oppurtunities, good renumeration, management are helpful and approachable.

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productive work place with great staff

Machine Operator/Leading Hand/Trades Assistant (Former Employee) - Toowoomba South QLD - 10 February 2016

I enjoyed my two times at Tenix, although both on contracts, as I found all the staff and management very helpful. I would have no hesitation if required, to rejoin this company.