Industrial Maintenance Electrician – PLCs & SCADA, 64/hr

Workfast

Melbourne

On-site

AUD 83,000 - 96,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing work
Potential permanent position
Overtime opportunities

Job summary

Workfast is seeking an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join the maintenance team at a busy galvanising and steel coating plant in Campbellfield, VIC. You will perform preventative and reactive electrical maintenance, fault finding on motors, control circuits and SCADA systems, and support general maintenance tasks across the plant.

Ideal candidates hold a relevant electrical trade qualification, Victorian A-Grade Licence, and experience with PLCs and SEW drives.

Qualifications

  • Relevant electrical trade qualification.
  • Victorian A-Grade Electrical Licence.
  • Experience as an industrial or maintenance electrician.
  • Strong electrical fault‑finding and diagnostic skills.
  • Experience with PLCs, SEW drives and control circuits.
  • Experience with SCADA systems and preventative maintenance.

Responsibilities

  • Carrying out preventative and reactive electrical maintenance across the plant.
  • Diagnosing and rectifying electrical faults and breakdowns.
  • Working with PLCs, SEW drives and control circuits.
  • Troubleshooting and maintaining industrial control systems.
  • Reading and interpreting electrical schematics and drawings.
  • Assisting with installation, modification and commissioning of electrical equipment.

Skills

Fault finding
Preventative maintenance
PLC experience
SCADA experience
Electrical fault-finding
Team communication

Education

Electrical trade qualification
Victorian A-Grade Electrical Licence
Industrial/maintenance electrician experience

Tools

PLCs
SEW drives
SCADA systems

Job description

Workfast is seeking an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join the maintenance team at a busy galvanising and steel coating plant in Campbellfield, VIC. You will perform preventative and reactive electrical maintenance, fault finding on motors, control circuits and SCADA systems, and support general maintenance tasks across the plant.

Ideal candidates hold a relevant electrical trade qualification, Victorian A-Grade Licence, and experience with PLCs and SEW drives.

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