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04For qualified tradespeople · confidential career moves

CAPABLE MECHANICS DESERVE STRAIGHT ANSWERS.

Know the equipment makes, workshop tooling, crew leadership and roster expectations before making a move. We only put forward opportunities with a credible reason to change.

Confidential career chat

01Confidential by design

Your employer does not need to know you are listening.

Career conversations with Nathan Gunn are strictly confidential. We do not circulate your name or CV to a workshop without your permission, and we tell you the real role context before asking for an interview.

No generic CV blast
Salary context first
Equipment and roster explained
Straight answers from Nathan

02The roles · WA mechanical trades

The work we know.

Perth metro workshop, regional residential and FIFO site roles across the trade lanes that keep WA moving.

01

Heavy diesel mobile plant

CAT, Komatsu, Hitachi, Volvo and mixed mobile plant work across workshops, field service and site operations.

02

Commercial fleet

Road transport, road trains, buses and fleet maintenance where diagnostic depth and uptime both matter.

03

Auto electrical & rebuild

Diagnostics, auto electrical, component rebuild and specialist fault finding for people who want the technical problem, not just the next roster.

04

Workshop leadership

Leading hands, supervisors and managers who can set a safe, accountable rhythm for the team around them.

03The conversation · no wasted interviews

A better move starts with better information.

01

A confidential first conversation

Talk through where you are, what you work on, what you want more or less of and what would make a move worthwhile.

02

The honest market picture

We share the equipment, roster, leadership, location and package before you decide whether an opportunity deserves your time.

03

A move with a reason behind it

If the fit is credible, we prepare you properly for the interview and keep the conversation direct from first call to offer.

04Start a conversation · strictly confidential

Tell us what you want next.

Share enough for Nathan to understand your trade, equipment and location. We will come back to you privately.

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