Electrician

Médecins Sans Frontières; Australia; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Médecins Sans Frontières is seeking an electrician to perform electrical assessments and supervise maintenance across MSF facilities, including clinics and field installations.

The role involves coordinating electrical design/installation, working with medical teams on operational goals, and training local staff. Six months+ assignment; solar panel and generator experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Qualified electrician or degree in electrical engineering.
• Experience in planning and leading energy related projects.
• Experience supervising staff/teams in logistics or field operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage procurement, installation, maintenance, and supervision of electrical equipment.
• Organise project electrical infrastructure: construction and refurbishment.
• Ensure safety compliance of electrical supply for project facilities.

Skills

Electrical project coordination

Team supervision

Safety compliance

Education

Licensure as electrician or degree in electrical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Visio

Job description

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which we create and meet, the Gadigal of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

The electrician carries out the necessary assessments of electrical installations in MSF's programs (compounds, warehouses, hospitals, health centres, and accommodation) and will carry out or supervise all electrical maintenance of logistics equipment for cold chain, energy, IT and radio communications.

Duties include drawing up documents to ensure full and definitive compliance of the installations (diagrams, lists of supplies) in a project, supervising and coordinating any works that are carried out and installing equipment.

Activities

• Management of the electrical equipment required by the project: procurement, installation, maintenance and supervision of electrical equipment.
• Organisation of the project‘s electrical infrastructure: construction and refurbishment works.
• Ensuring safety compliance of electrical supply for project facilities and structures such as medical clinics.
• Supervising and training logistics teams and locally employed and/or international personnel.
• Working with medical teams and project coordinators to define operational strategies and logistical objectives of a project.
• Qualification and license as electrician or degree in electrical engineering
• Experience in planning and leading energy related projects (including Financial and HR aspects is a strong asset)
• Relevant experience in one or more of the following domains:
  • electrical design/implementation works for domestic/office/industrial set-ups
  • building electrical constructions
  • mechanics (generators, pumps, diesel motors)
  • renewable energy
  • industrial programming (PLC)
• Professional experience in supervising and training staff/teams
• Available for assignment for a minimum of six months or longer
• Microsoft Visio and/or AutoCAD skills (highly desirable)
• Ability to implement processes that ensure availability and quality of locally purchased electrical supplies
• Experience with the installation and maintenance of medical equipment
• Experience with solar panels installations and maintenance

MSF Medical-Operational Guidelines

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) develops medical-operational guidelines for use in resource-limited environments. These guidelines draw from practical experience and scientific data collected in MSF’s projects, as well as evidence published by the World Health Organization and other leading medical institutions and scientific literature.