Maintenance Electrician

NGARE EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD; Australia; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NGARE EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD is seeking a Maintenance Electrician for the Rocklea plant in Queensland. The role involves rotating Day/Afternoon/Night shifts and ensuring electrical maintenance aligns with production targets.

You will support preventive maintenance, contribute to root cause investigations, and collaborate with maintenance and production teams to improve reliability and safety standards. This is a site-based role offering varied career opportunities.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician is required.
• Knowledge of CMMS and maintenance tools is preferred.
• Experience in paper/packaging or highly automated plant industry is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical maintenance and preventative tasks to ensure plant reliability.
• Respond to breakdowns and provide timely repair actions.
• Support maintenance and production teams with technical expertise.

Skills

Certificate III Electrotechnology

Programming

Mechanical principles

Education

Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician

Tools

CMMS

Job description

We manufacture goods that you see, touch, and use every day and our customer base includes some of the biggest names in FMCG, Retail and Fresh Produce.

We stand for innovation, smart solutions, and sustainability.

Discover the Opportunity….

An opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Electrician to join the Opal Rocklea plant reporting to the Maintenance Manager. This role will be rotating across Day, Afternoon and Night shifts.

The objective of the role is to ensure all site electrical maintenance and corrective tasks are conducted to ensure reliability of plant and equipment. This person is required to support and undertake maintenance and engineering projects to continuously improve the both the capability and reliability of the business.

The Maintenance Electrician role includes but is not limited to:

• Understanding, supporting, promoting, and complying with Production Management Systems
• Maintaining equipment condition and reliability so that company quality and safety targets can be achieved
• Experienced in the use of CMMS and other maintenance/reliability tools and practices
• Ensuring timely action and satisfactory completion of preventative maintenance work as directed
• The timely action and satisfactory completion of machine breakdowns
• Provide reasonable site support outside of normal working hours as required
• Where required, assist with root cause investigations and implementation of corrective actions for repetitive failures
• Provide technical support to the Maintenance and Production teams
• Assist with ordering components and consult with external suppliers and OEMs as necessary with appropriate approval

We are able to offer a varied career journey with experiential learning gained from cross-functional and lateral moves. We embrace diversity in all its forms, and we look for curious individuals who thrive in an environment of change.

Specifically for this role, we expect you will have:

• Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician
• Intermediate to Advance skill in programming
• Experience in Paper/Packaging or a highly automated plant industry highly desirable
• Understanding basic to intermediate mechanical system principles will also be highly considered

Our competitive wages and great work-life balance make us the perfect place to grow your career. Join our fun and professional team today!

8 September 2025Rocklea Queensland, AustraliaFull TimeTrades & ServicesElectricians