Electrician

Glencore; Warkworth; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six weeks annual leave

Long service leave

Education assistance

18 weeks parental leave

Relocation assistance

Health and gym programs

Job summary

Glencore’s United Wambo Joint Venture in the Hunter Valley seeks a skilled electrician to maintain and repair heavy mobile mining equipment across the operation. You will work with a maintenance team to ensure reliability, safe execution and high availability of the fleet.

Reporting to the Maintenance Execution Superintendent, you’ll diagnose faults, perform effective repairs and coach apprentices while adhering to site procedures and risk controls.

Qualifications

• Essential: proficiency certificate in an electrical trade or equivalent.
• Experience maintaining heavy mobile mining equipment.
• Strong commitment to risk management and safe work practices.

Responsibilities

• Complete planned and unplanned maintenance to safety and technical standards.
• Diagnose faults, perform repairs and maintain records.
• Identify repeat defects and contribute ideas to improve reliability and downtime.
• Collaborate with supervision, planners, reliability and operators.
• Mentor apprentices and share knowledge to build capability.
• Apply site procedures and stop work if conditions are unsafe.

Skills

Heavy mining equipment maintenance

Education

Electrical trade qualification / proficiency certificate

Job description

United Wambo Joint Venture (UWJV) is an open-cut coal mine located 16 kilometres west of Singleton in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. UWJV is a 50:50 joint venture between United Collieries (Glencore and MEU) and Wambo Coal (Peabody).

The Opportunity

Bring your Industry and electrical based experience to a long-life Hunter Valley operation where trade quality, equipment reliability and safe execution matter. You will work across a diverse mining fleet and be part of a maintenance team focused on doing the job properly, improving performance and developing its people.

The opportunity

Reporting to a Maintenance Supervisor, you will maintain and repair heavy mobile equipment and ancillary machinery across United Wambo. The work includes planned maintenance, breakdown response, fault diagnosis, component repairs, inspections and defect elimination.

You will work closely with Maintenance Operations, Planning and Reliability to return equipment safely and efficiently, improve availability and prevent repeat failures. Experienced tradespeople will also support apprentices and developing team members through practical coaching, clear feedback and safe task guidance.

The role

• Complete planned and unplanned maintenance to the required safety, quality and technical standards.
• Diagnose equipment faults, complete effective repairs and provide clear handovers and maintenance records.
• Identify repeat defects and contribute practical ideas that improve reliability, maintainability and downtime performance.
• Work constructively with supervisors, planners, reliability personnel, operators and service providers.
• Support a respectful learning culture by sharing trade knowledge and helping apprentices build safe, verified workplace capability.
• Apply risk controls, follow site procedures and stop work when conditions or capability change.

About you

• It is essential that you have a proficiency certificate (issued by State Training Services) in an electrical trade or equivalent qualification.

• Experience maintaining heavy mobile mining equipment.
• A strong commitment to risk management, critical controls and safe work practices.
• Sound diagnostic and fault finding ability with pride in repair quality and workmanship.
• Clear communication, reliable teamwork and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision.
• A practical improvement mindset and willingness to challenge ineffective ways of working.

What we offer

• Direct employment with Glencore at an established Hunter Valley operation.
• A highly competitive remuneration package with performance based bonus opportunities.
• Six weeks' annual leave each year and access to Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave.
• A tailored Personal Development Plan, career pathways and access to Education Assistance.
• Eighteen weeks' paid parental leave, including superannuation contributions during periods of paid and unpaid parental leave.
• Health and wellbeing programs, including gym membership.
• Relocation assistance for eligible candidates.

For more information regarding this role contact Nick Eyb, Maintenance Execution Superintendent on 0407 942 706.

Application close date: Sunday, 22 November 2026.

Glencore is committed to providing an environment that adheres to the Respect at Work Legislation.