Lead Electrical Engineer / Electrical Superintendent

Employer Sponsored Jobs; City Of Karratha; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Employer Sponsored Jobs in Karratha seeks a senior electrical leader to take charge of maintenance, reliability and asset performance across the operation. The role is permanent, based in Karratha, and not FIFO; sponsorship is available for suitable international candidates.

Demonstrated plant leadership and experience with HV/MV/LV systems are essential. Lead electrical teams and contractors, plan shutdowns and commissioning, and uphold safety and compliance across the site, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading in electrical engineering or electrical maintenance.
• Strong experience with HV/MV/LV and industrial electrical systems.
• Experience in plant maintenance and reliability.
• Experience improving asset performance.
• Experience in charge of electrical teams and contractors.
• Experience across shutdowns / turnarounds and commissioning.
• Strong understanding of safety and compliance.
• Experience in resources, energy, oil and gas, chemical, manufacturing, a process plant or a similar environment.
• Candidates with a mineral processing, power generation, refinery, fertiliser, chemical, petrochemical, LNG, oil and gas or major fixed-plant background are encouraged to apply

Responsibilities

• Hold accountability for electrical maintenance throughout the operation
• Improve the reliability of plant equipment
• Track and raise asset performance
• Supervise electrical employees and outside contractors
• Plan and oversee shutdowns, turnarounds and commissioning
• Uphold safety and compliance expectations
• Provide electrical leadership to the wider site team

Skills

Electrical leadership

Electrical maintenance

Plant reliability

Safety compliance

Contractor supervision

Shutdowns & commissioning

HV/MV/LV systems

Team leadership

Job description

An established industrial process plant in Karratha needs a senior electrical leader who can take charge of maintenance, reliability and asset performance across its operation. The employer is open to people who have worked as a lead engineer or as an electrical superintendent, and will decide on the right fit by experience.

The business wants someone with solid time in operating plants, comfortable directing tradespeople and contractors, and confident running shutdown and commissioning work without losing sight of safety. The role is permanent and the successful applicant will reside in Karratha; this is not a FIFO arrangement.

On visas, the employer notes that sponsorship is available for suitable international candidates.

Your CV should make your plant history easy to read: voltage levels you have worked on, turnarounds you have led and crew sizes. Put an electrical superintendent CV together on Build AI CV so the employer can see that fit quickly.

• Hold accountability for electrical maintenance throughout the operation
• Improve the reliability of plant equipment
• Track and raise asset performance
• Supervise electrical employees and outside contractors
• Plan and oversee shutdowns, turnarounds and commissioning
• Uphold safety and compliance expectations
• Provide electrical leadership to the wider site team

• Extensive experience leading in electrical engineering or electrical maintenance
• Strong experience with HV/MV/LV and industrial electrical systems
• Experience in plant maintenance and reliability
• Experience improving asset performance
• Experience in charge of electrical teams and contractors
• Experience across shutdowns / turnarounds and commissioning
• Strong understanding of safety and compliance
• Experience in resources, energy, oil and gas, chemical, manufacturing, a process plant or a similar environment
• Candidates with a mineral processing, power generation, refinery, fertiliser, chemical, petrochemical, LNG, oil and gas or major fixed-plant background are encouraged to apply