Careers

Work with a Canberra crew that does it properly.

We're a licensed, family-run ACT plumbing team. Good vans, paid overtime, real training, and jobs quoted with enough time to do them right. If that sounds like the workshop you want to walk into, we'd like to hear from you.

Replacement sewer junction and risers installed in a trench beside a Canberra home
Why work here

Six reasons people stay.

Plumbing is hard enough without bad gear, unpaid overtime and being rushed off a job. We fixed the things that made us want to leave our old employers.

Your own fitted van

Late-model van, stocked properly, tools that work. You're not sharing a ute or buying your own consumables.

Training that isn't lip service

Drainage, gas endorsements, CCTV and locating, backflow. We pay for the tickets and give you the hours to use them.

Overtime paid, not owed

After-hours callouts are paid at rate, on time, every fortnight. No chasing invoices and no unpaid on-call.

ACT work only

Canberra, Queanbeyan and the surrounding districts. You're home for dinner — no interstate stints or camp work.

Do it once, do it right

We quote enough time to do the job properly. Nobody here is pushed to patch something they know will fail.

A crew that backs you

Small, tight team. If you're stuck on site, someone senior picks up the phone — not a call centre.

Open roles

Who we're looking for.

We hire when the right person turns up, not when a vacancy opens. If your trade is on this list, send your details through.

Full time · Canberra ACT

Licensed Plumber

General maintenance, hot water, drainage and emergency work across the ACT. You'll run your own van and your own jobs.

  • ACT plumbing licence (or transferable interstate licence)
  • Full driver's licence
  • Comfortable diagnosing and quoting in front of a customer
  • Gas or drainage endorsement is a plus, not a must
Apprenticeship · 1st–4th year

Plumbing Apprentice

Learn on real jobs from day one — excavation, hot water changeovers, rough-ins and maintenance. Not a labourer role.

  • Enrolled or ready to enrol in a plumbing apprenticeship
  • Reliable, on time, happy to get dirty
  • Driver's licence preferred
  • Genuine interest in the trade long term
Full time · Canberra ACT

Drainer / Excavation Operator

Sewer and stormwater replacements, CCTV and locating, machine work, and reinstatement including concrete.

  • Drainage licence or strong drainage experience
  • Excavator and/or skid steer tickets
  • White card and confidence around services
  • Pride in leaving a site clean
Full time or contract

Gas Fitter

Continuous flow and storage hot water, appliance changeovers, line sizing, pressure testing and certification.

  • ACT gas fitting licence
  • Experience with Rinnai, Vulcan, Rheem and Bosch units
  • Able to certify your own work
  • Documentation habits — we photograph every test

Your trade isn't listed?

Tilers, concreters, office and dispatch — if you're good at what you do and you're local, send it through anyway. We keep good people on file and call them first.

How hiring works

Four steps, no ghosting.

01

Send your details

Fill in the form below or call the office. Resume optional — tell us your last three jobs if that's easier.

02

A real phone call

A ten minute chat about what you've been doing, what you want next, and what we pay. No panel interviews.

03

A day on the tools

Come out on a paid day with one of the crew. You see how we work, we see how you work. Both sides get a straight answer.

04

Offer and start date

Written offer, licence and ticket checks, van and phone sorted, then you're on the board.

Apply now

Send it through. We read every one.

No online portal, no auto-rejection. Your application lands with the director. If you look like a fit you'll get a phone call within a couple of days — and a straight answer either way.

  • Applications stay confidential — we never contact your current employer.
  • No resume handy? Send a link or just tell us your last three jobs.
  • Apprentices welcome. First-year through to fourth.

Prefer to talk first? 0411 832 037

Your details go straight to admin@firstchoiceplumbingcanberra.com.au and are never shared.

Still thinking about it?

Call the office and ask us anything.

Rates, hours, the type of work, who you'd be working with — happy to answer it all before you apply. Or take a look at the jobs we've been doing.

Call now