Electrical Control Systems Technician / Specialist

Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation; Sydney; On-site; AUD 86,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 days personal/carers leave

3 days paid leave between Christmas &

Parental leave (18/14 weeks)

Job summary

ANSTO is seeking an Electrical Controls Systems Technician/Specialist to design, draft, cabling, and test PLC and motion control systems. You will manage end-to-end deployment, perform maintenance and fault-finding, and ensure compliance with standards.

You will deploy field-tested control systems, program motion controllers, and manage power distribution and UPS maintenance. An electrical contractor's licence is required.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and deploying PLC and motion control systems.
• Ability to interpret standards and apply safe electrical practices.
• Capability to manage end-to-end deployment and testing of control systems.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain NBI motion control systems for precise positioning.
• Maintain NBI safety interlock systems ensuring staff safety.
• Lead design, programming, deployment and maintenance of SIS across projects.
• Train staff and prepare induction and training materials.

Skills

Electrical control systems

PLC programming

Motion control

Safety interlocks

Electrical licensing

Education

Electrical contractor's licence

Job description

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Position Overview

• 2 Year Fixed Term | Full Time | $86k - $112k +15.4% super
• Lucas Heights I Health and Wellbeing Programs I Free onsite carpark
• Working with a dedicated group of Electrical Control Instrument specialists, Electricians, and Engineers Together we design, build, program, test, deploy, and commission dedicated control systems for the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering

About the Opportunity

The Electrical Controls Systems Technician/Specialist is responsible for designing, drafting, cabling, and testing of PLC and Motion control systems. Working with the other ACNS Electrical Engineering team members you will take a specification from stakeholders and manage the complete end to end deployment of the control systems. Maintenance, fault finding, and repairs of existing electrical control systems is a significant part of the position requirements. You will have the opportunity to program motion controllers and PLCs and deploy these systems in the field and test against functional requirements and standardised protocols. This position requires an electrician with an electrical contractor's licence and is also responsible for the management of the maintenance and testing of the power distribution and UPS systems.

About You

"We are looking for an Electrical Control systems technician that is interested in continuous learning and producing safe, high quality, reliable, maintainable, PLC and Motion control systems that meet client's requirements in a scientific environment. You will take pride in the quality of your work and control system builds. We have built control system simulators, tested, and prototyped systems for decades and continuously produced results for the ACNS. You will be expected to produce well documented and rigorously tested accurate control systems with cabling that is not only safe, it is also accurate, functional, maintainable, accessible, neat, tidy and clearly labelled according to the drawing. If you see it in the field, we designed and built it here!" Frank Darmann, ACNS Electrical Engineering Team Lead

Your Duties and Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities Band 4

• Install and maintain Neutron Beam Instruments (NBI) motion control systems to provide reliable and robust positioning of instruments, samples and other system related to the NBI including moveable shielding.
• Install and maintain Neutron Beam Instruments (NBI) Safety Interlock System (SIS) to ensuring personal safety of ANSTO staff and non-employees
• Maintain all aspects of the motion positioning systems to ensure a high quality and reliability, devising solution for maximising the effective use of the neutron beam instruments including the recommendations for spare parts holdings

Key Accountabilities Band 5 In addition to accountabilities at Band 4, Band 5 requires:

• Lead the design, programming, deployment and maintenance of the Neutron Beam Instruments (NBI) safety interlock systems (SIS) ensuring personal safety of ANSTO staff and non-employees.
• Interpret and apply Australian Standards for Machine Safety and Australian regulatory requirements of the NBI SIS to ensure ongoing compliance
• Project management of operational and capital projects, including conceiving and proposing new projects, according to ACNS plans and objectives, developing the technical case, prepare costing, organising quotes and planning execution.
• Training of staff in the use of the SIS including documentation and preparation of induction and training materials.

About Us

ANSTO leverages great science to deliver big outcomes. We partner with scientists and engineers and apply new technologies to provide real-world benefits. Our work improves human health, saves lives, builds our industries and protects the environment. ANSTO is the home of Australia's most significant landmark and national infrastructure for research. Thousands of scientists from industry and academia benefit from gaining access to state-of-the-art instruments every year.

Benefits of Working with Us

ANSTO offers training and development, performance-based salary increases and an extensive range of leave provisions to help employees balance work and personal commitments.

• 18 days personal/carers leave for each year of service
• 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year

Generous parental leave provisions:

• 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregiver
• 14 weeks Parental leave for secondary caregiver (with incremental increase to a maximum of 18 weeks effective 01/03/2027)
• Cultural, Naidoc and First Nations ceremonial leave

To be eligible for appointment, applicants will require a security and pre-employment medical assessment.

All applicants must be Australian citizens.

In order to solve great challenges, we need great minds and great teams. At ANSTO, we understand that diverse teams produce better outcomesand we value the merit that a diverse perspective can bring to our team. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, primary carers, those with a disability, and women in STEM. ANSTO is a charter member of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) initiative and is proudly taking action to create a gender-inclusive workforce.