Automotive Electrician - Mobile Mining Equipment

ChapterSix Professional Services Pty Ltd; Mackay Regional; On-site; AUD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Mentorship & training

Career progression

Job summary

ChapterSix Professional Services Pty Ltd in Mackay, QLD is seeking an Automotive Electrician to service and overhaul mobile mining equipment. You will fault find, repair harnesses, install electrical assemblies, and service engine control systems on Caterpillar machinery in the local workshop and on-site sites.

This role offers a structured onboarding, mentorship, path to leadership, relocation assistance, and a schedule of four days on, three off with 12-hour shifts, no FIFO.

Qualifications

• Trade-qualified Automotive Electrician with experience on mobile mining or earthmoving equipment.
• Solid fault-finding experience on electrical/electronic systems.
• Harness repair, removal and installation experience.

Responsibilities

• Fault finding on electrical and electronic systems with test equipment.
• Harness removal, installation and repair.
• Removing and installing electrical and electronic assemblies and components.
• Testing and replacing alternators, generators, voltage regulators and starter motors.
• Engine control systems and timing; ignition and electrical wiring repairs.

Skills

Fault finding

Harness removal

Electrical wiring

Testing electrical systems

Alternator/Starter motors

Education

Certificate III in Automotive Electrician

Job description

Automotive Electrician - Mobile Mining Equipment

ChapterSix Professional Services Pty Ltd – Mackay QLD

Our client is a privately owned Australian business that rebuilds components and overhauls machines for tier one mining operators. Their Mackay workshop is modern, purpose-built, works on Caterpillar equipment, and is booked out to the end of next year. They are growing and build their leaders from within the business.

They are adding an Automotive Electrician to the team.

The role

You will work across cab overhauls, harness removal and installation, and the repair and servicing of electrical components across the machine. Fault finding sits at the centre of it.

Your work will include:

• Fault finding on electrical and electronic systems with test equipment
• Harness removal, installation and repair
• Removing and installing electrical and electronic assemblies and components
• Testing and replacing alternators, generators, voltage regulators and starter motors
• Engine control systems and timing
• Ignition and electrical wiring repairs
• Connecting power-operated equipment and accessories

What is on offer

• $55.00 to $59.63 per hour, with overtime at $76.00 per hour
• 4 on, 3 off. A three-day break every week, home every night, no FIFO
• A branch manager who is on the floor every day and backs people who work hard
• Structured onboarding with regular catch‑ups, mentorship and training where you need it
• A real path into leading hand and supervisor. This business fills its leadership roles from inside
• Relocation assistance for the right person

What we're looking for

A trade-qualified Automotive Electrician. We're particularly interested in people who have built their experience on mobile mining or earthmoving equipment.

You may currently be in a mining workshop, a dealer, an earthmoving or heavy vehicle business, or field service.

You will bring

• A trade qualification as an Automotive Electrician, Certificate III or higher
• Solid fault-finding experience on electrical and electronic systems
• Harness repair, removal and installation experience
• The right to work in Australia
• Cab overhaul experience and a rebuild workshop background will be highly regarded.

The roster

You will work four days on and three days off every week, starting Monday, on 12-hour shifts from 6:00 to 6:00. The roster runs on a three-week swing, with two weeks of day shift followed by one week of night shift.