Downer Group Work–Life Balance reviews

It is a casual work with a tight schedule. It is suitable for students who are looking for fixed income while completing your degree. It does not promote career growth

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Had fun with the staff and friends I,ve work with

Haul Truck Operator (Former Employee) - Christmas Creek W,A - 10 January 2018

It was great to go back to work and meet friendly staffs and work mates and the feeling of just being back out in the pilbara working at day and night shift ,And accommodation was good ,the food was excellent ,it was good to back there working,

Pros

Good food

Cons

No cons, it was good to meet friendly people

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Fair pay for job
Ability to learn new things

Good company to work for

QC co-ordinator (Former Employee) - Queensland - 16 December 2017

Good company to work for, with a very professional management team. Very diversified with job opportunities. Downer has the ability to draw on staff and resources internally from other projects to assist with delivery of projects ontime. Unfortunately, in my opinion, job security is not forthcoming in my chosen field, however, Downer does make an effort to find alternative opportunities.

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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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low morale, to many chiefs not enough indians

Civil Labourer (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 22 June 2017

at times it was a great place to work. a few people i worked with are now my good friends, but mostly employees in the field felt unappreciated and like they were stuck. morale was general quite low.

Pros

plenty of over time

Cons

unstable rules and morals, no chance of progression

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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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safety conscience company

Regional Procurement Manager, Projects (Former Employee) - Melbourne City Centre VIC - 24 April 2017

Typical day starts round 7.30am Review previous days tasks and complete if not done Attend daily catch up meetings either in person or telephone conference Depending on what projects were on the go arrange meetings with (Telephone Conference) International cable manufacture suppliers and follow up on progress.

Pros

Great Projects and People

Cons

Long hours and lots of travel

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good bunch of people to work with

Boilermaker/Leading Hand (Former Employee) - Mt isa QLD - 14 February 2017

Get towork see what jobs needed to be done either in the workshop or out on site. gather what was needed, tooling, materials, vehicles and then head out to the job site. Worked many continuous days and long hours

Pros

good people, made good money

Cons

long hours

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Great company to work for

Electrician (Former Employee) - Perth WA - 23 January 2017

Long hours but worth it! - I learned to work well in a team environment - Management was fair - Diverse workplace culture which is a plus - Being away from home for long periods is the down side to this kind of work - Socializing and using the recreational facilities was on the up side to the job on the mine

Pros

Recreational facilities

Cons

being away from home for long periods

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A safe professional company to work for

Road maintenance / Civil construction (Current Employee) - Kununurra WA - 23 January 2017

A typical day at work is hard to explain because my work can and does change from day to day, and I have the ability to adapt to change, I have been learning all parts of road construction and maintenance, and found the culture is very professional and a very safe one as well, I find working up here in the Kimberley very hot, but the most enjoyable part of the job is the thanks you get for a job well done.

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Senior Recruitent Officer (Current Employee) - Perth East St Georges Tce WA - 18 January 2017

I have learnt a great deal about the Downer business and in particular being involved with some of the largest Oil and Gas Projects in Australia which has been challenging but also exciting and rewarding.

Pros

Friendly work environment.

Cons

Long Hours at times.

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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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Poor culture, all about the money

White collar (Current Employee) - Australia - 8 November 2016

Zero emphasis on people. All about making money. More and more executives seem to appear while the lower down teams suffer. Tier 1? more like 3rd world. Forget about having a life as you will be working "considerably more" than 38hrs per week.

Pros

Better than being on the dole

Cons

Not having a life or sense of worth.

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Mushroom management, lots of tiers of power hungry maniacs

Anonymous (Former Employee) - Anonymous - 27 October 2016

Good workers, staff however, unsupported by layer upon layer of senior management who are definitely not "for the people". Not far from slavery, long hours and management don't like to listen so best to just shut up and get back in your box, do your job and take the pineapple. Lots of emphasis on making money, little investment in people or tooling. Don't bother asking for new machinery or equipment even though it is causing you to be delayed and stressed fixing broken tools constantly. Get used to being blamed for delays due to the company providing inadequate equipment which doesn't enable you to do your job and wastes hours each week. Summary: Good workers and lower/middle staff who are bled dry by an uncaring senior management more interested in chest beating, employing even more useless senior management and producing fancy intranet pictures.

Pros

You do get paid.

Cons

Work hours, support, equipment to do the job

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Downer had a great work culture, fixed any problems that arose on job sites and cares about the safety of its employees.

NBN Hauling technician (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 9 September 2016

A typical day work for Downer was installing NBN cables through the pits and fitting them off on PCDs. I Learned nearly all there is to know about hauling with a few minor exception; there is always room for more learning. Management at downer were organized as they gave our future job site plans in advance which made our job easier. My co- workers we brilliant I loved the people I worked with. The hardest part of the job was working after it had been raining. The thing I liked most about the job was is didn't interfere with my personal life too much. The work life balance was excellent.

Pros

Never work in the same place for too long.

Cons

Unpredictable hours.

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Butt covering management

Finance team (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 26 July 2016

Bad culture. Management has an attitude of working people into the ground until they leave. Lack of vision. Not a collaborative workplace at all. Avoid if you dont like working for authoritarians.

Pros

Used to pay well

Cons

Long hours, indecisive management, weak management, high turnover of staff

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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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The company fell away once the old manager left the business

Senior Health and Safety Advisor (Former Employee) - Mount Isa QLD - 30 May 2016

Getting all supervisors to agree on scheduled times for training and safety related meeting and issues. That made it very hard to get the message across to all the employees in a timely manner

Pros

Most of the guys were good to work for

Cons

New manager was hard to deal with.

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Electrical Maintenance Engineer/Leading Hand. (Former Employee) - Karratha, Western Australia. - 24 May 2016

Downers are Australia's largest electrical contractor. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. Work is generally 10/12 hour days, 25 days on 10 days off. Great opportunity maintaining Australia's largest LNG plant. 30 plus years old plant so every day posed a challenge. Made many great friends. The long days and roster's were an obvious challenge, fatigue management was key. Made great friends and learned every day.

Pros

Constantly trained and educated.

Cons

Long work cycle.

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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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dump truck operator (Current Employee) - Christmas Creek WA - 27 April 2016

A week of day shift followed by a week of nights working amongst safety and procedure conscious people. A good blend of indigenous people working harmoniously amongst us. We work well as a team .Always keen to work and jumped at the chance to jump in a truck..Hot seating. Not much fun sitting in a crib waiting around so easier to get up and get on with the job.