Industrial Electrician

Recruit Shop; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Elecstar is seeking curious, hands-on industrial electricians, automation technicians and engineers who want to grow. You’ll fault-find, commission new equipment, and work across PLCs, drives, instrumentation and functional safety.

We value ownership, teamwork, and ongoing learning, and we reward problem-solving over job titles. You’ll join a team that supports each other, shares knowledge, and helps customers get production back up quickly.

Qualifications

• Think logically.
• Stay calm under pressure.
• Build trust with customers.
• Keep learning.
• Share what you know.
• Take pride in your work.

Responsibilities

• Fault finding and diagnosing faults across varying weeks.
• Commissioning new equipment.
• Work across PLCs, drives, instrumentation and upgrades.
• Plan customer upgrades with the team.

Tools

PLC

Variable speed drives

Instrumentation

Functional safety

Job description

Some people see a machine that's stopped.

Others see a puzzle.

They're the people who start asking questions.

"What changed?"

"What happened just before it stopped?"

"Why did that overload trip?"

"That doesn't make sense..."

They don't just replace parts.

They solve problems.

If that's how you think, keep reading.

At Elecstar, we don't build our team around job titles.

Some of us started as electricians.

Some as automation technicians.

Some as engineers.

Some came from maintenance.

What matters isn't where you started.

It's where you want to go.

We believe great industrial people never stop learning.

Every new machine, every unfamiliar PLC, every breakdown and every project is another opportunity to become better at what you do.

We don't expect you to know everything.

In fact, we'd be worried if you thought you did.

What we do expect is curiosity.

We expect you to ask questions.

To take ownership.

To help your team-mates.

To keep going when everyone else has run out of ideas.

Because that's what our customers remember.

Not how quickly you opened the PLC software.

They remember the person who stayed until production was running again.

What you'll do

Some weeks you'll spend your time fault finding.

Other weeks you'll be commissioning new equipment.

You might be working on a PLC one day, a drive the next, instrumentation after that, then helping a customer plan an upgrade.

You'll work across food manufacturing, packaging, processing, water treatment, infrastructure and industrial facilities.

Every customer is different.

Every day teaches you something.

Who succeeds here?

The people who enjoy saying:

"Let's work it out."

Not...

"That's not my job."

We're looking for people who:

• Think logically.
• Stay calm under pressure.
• Build trust with customers.
• Keep learning.
• Share what they know.
• Take pride in their work.

What you'll gain

You'll work alongside experienced industrial electricians, automation specialists and engineers.

• PLC troubleshooting and modifications
• Variable speed drives
• Instrumentation
• Functional safety

Not because we expect you to know it all today.

Because we believe good people deserve opportunities to keep growing.

Why Elecstar?

Because we're building something we're proud of.

A business where people back each other.

Where customers know they'll get honest advice.

Where difficult jobs are shared, not avoided.

Where learning never stops.

Where attitude matters as much as qualifications.

We're not trying to become the biggest industrial contractor.

We're trying to become the one people want to work for.