Electrical & Instrumentation Technician

Service Stream; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Ongoing training

Career progression opportunities

Competitive EBA rates

Job summary

Service Stream is seeking an Electrical & Instrumentation Technician to join our Brisbane team and maintain essential water infrastructure. The role focuses on electrical and instrumentation assets, fault-finding, and SCADA system support to ensure reliable plant operation.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, contribute to continuous improvement, and participate in ongoing training and career development. Relocation assistance is available for exceptional candidates.

Qualifications

• Experience in the water industry or a similar industrial environment
• Experience working on wastewater treatment plants and pumping station equipment
• Strong electrical maintenance and fault‑finding capabilities
• Instrumentation and control troubleshooting experience
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of SCADA systems
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Commitment to safety and quality outcomes
• Willingness to undertake ongoing training and professional development
• High Risk Work Licence is highly regarded
• Water and wastewater industry experience
• Experience commissioning and maintaining industrial control systems

Responsibilities

• Perform planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance activities
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, control, and instrumentation faults
• Inspect, test, calibrate, adjust, and repair equipment and systems
• Maintain and support SCADA, instrumentation, and control systems
• Assist with commissioning and decommissioning of assets and plant equipment
• Support the delivery of minor works and capital installation projects
• Provide technical advice and support to operational teams, engineers, and clients
• Contribute to maintenance planning, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills

Electrical maintenance

SCADA systems

Fault finding

Instrumentation

Teamwork

Safety compliance

Job description

Primary Location QLD - Fortitude Valley

Job Description Summary

Join Service Stream as an E&I Technician in Brisbane, maintaining critical water infrastructure with strong benefits, career growth, and training opportunities.

About the Role

Electrical & Instrumentation Technician

Service Stream is a leading ASX-listed provider of essential infrastructure services across telecommunications, utilities, transport, defence, and social infrastructure sectors throughout Australia. Join a national organisation that values its people and invests in their success. As part of a newly secured contract, you'll have the opportunity to help shape processes, influence ways of working, and contribute to the long‑term success of a growing operation from day one. We offer competitive remuneration under our Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA), ongoing training and development opportunities, supportive leadership, and genuine career progression pathways within a business that continues to expand nationally. Relocation assistance is available for exceptional candidates looking to make the move to Brisbane.

About the Opportunity

Service Stream's Utilities division is seeking an experienced Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Technician to join our Brisbane team on a permanent, full‑time basis. This is an exciting opportunity to work on critical water and wastewater infrastructure that delivers essential services to local communities every day. You'll be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, calibrating, and improving electrical and instrumentation assets that are vital to the safe and reliable operation of treatment plants and pumping stations. Working alongside a skilled multidisciplinary team, you'll play a key role in ensuring operational reliability, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and delivering quality outcomes for our clients and communities. If you're a proactive technician who enjoys problem solving, fault finding, and working with modern electrical, instrumentation, and SCADA systems, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance activities
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, control, and instrumentation faults
• Inspect, test, calibrate, adjust, and repair equipment and systems
• Maintain and support SCADA, instrumentation, and control systems
• Assist with commissioning and decommissioning of assets and plant equipment
• Support the delivery of minor works and capital installation projects
• Provide technical advice and support to operational teams, engineers, and clients
• Contribute to maintenance planning, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Support apprentices and promote knowledge sharing across the team
• Maintain a strong commitment to safety, quality, and environmental compliance

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess:

• Current Driver's Licence
• Experience in the water industry or a similar industrial environment
• Experience working on wastewater treatment plants and pumping station equipment
• Strong electrical maintenance and fault‑finding capabilities
• Instrumentation and control troubleshooting experience
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of SCADA systems
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Commitment to safety and quality outcomes
• Willingness to undertake ongoing training and professional development

Highly regarded:

• High Risk Work Licence
• Water and wastewater industry experience
• Experience commissioning and maintaining industrial control systems

Why Join Service Stream

• Permanent full‑time employment
• Competitive EBA rates and employee benefits
• Work on critical infrastructure that supports local communities
• Exposure to electrical, instrumentation, automation, and SCADA systems
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities
• Diverse work across maintenance, projects, and asset upgrades
• Supportive and collaborative team environment
• Opportunity to help shape a newly awarded contract
• National organisation with long‑term career pathways
• Relocation assistance available for exceptional candidates

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At Service Stream, we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ individuals, veterans, and candidates from diverse cultural backgrounds. We believe a diverse workforce strengthens our business and helps us better serve the communities in which we operate.

Department Field Services

Service Stream, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading national service provider to develop and operate Australia's essential communications, energy and water networks in the telecommunications and utilities industries. We specialise in the design, construction and maintenance of new and existing networks, and deliver end‑to‑end engineering and asset management solutions on behalf of our blue chip client base.