Posted 3 days ago
Description
The Role
An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic and hard-working Operator Maintainer – Electrical to join our team at our Dongara plant.
Reporting to the Superintendent – Dongara, the Operator Maintainer – Electrical will be responsible for ensuring site plans, objectives and operational requirements are met through the safe, reliable and efficient operation of electrical systems and plant equipment.
This role plays a key part in maintaining plant availability, supporting continuous operations, and ensuring all electrical assets are functioning optimally without environmental impact.
If you are a proactive, innovative, adaptable and flexible self-starter who sets out to achieve and maintain high professional standards, we want to hear from you for this full-time permanent position.
This position forms part of a continuous shift roster with 2 nights, 2 days and 4 days off.
Responsibilities
- Deliver electrical maintenance services across plant and equipment
- Maintain production of quicklime through monitoring and control of electrical systems and process instrumentation
- Conduct fault finding, diagnostics and troubleshooting on electrical and control systems
- Perform inspection, testing, calibration and maintenance of electrical equipment including motors, drives, PLCs and instrumentation
- Carry out routine preventative and predictive electrical maintenance
- Support breakdown response and minimise downtime through effective fault resolution
- Assist with continuous improvement initiatives and electrical system upgrades
- Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental policies and procedures
What you will need to succeed
- Trade qualification as an Electrician (A-grade / Electrical Licence)
- Experience working in a heavy industrial environment
- Strong fault-finding and troubleshooting capability across electrical and control systems
- Experience with PLCs, VSDs, motors and industrial instrumentation
- Demonstrated ability to identify, manage and mitigate workplace risks
- Ability to work autonomously while contributing to a team environment
- Competent with basic computer systems and maintenance management systems (e.g. SAP)
- A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
- Strong problem-solving skills with the resilience to implement solutions
