Maintenance Electrician

Laminex Australia; Tin Can Bay; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Safety-focused environment

Fletcher Building discounts

Job summary

Laminex Australia is seeking an experienced Electrician at our Gympie (Toolara) site in Queensland. The role focuses on electrical maintenance of manufacturing equipment and requires flexibility for standard day shifts and rotating 12-hour shifts.

Join a safety-driven maintenance team and contribute to reliable plant operations. Ideal candidates will hold a Queensland Electrical Licence, have manufacturing experience, and be proficient with Citect SCADA, Allen Bradley PLCs, and variable speed

Qualifications

• Trade certification for electrical licence (QLD)
• Shift work experience required
• Senior First Aid certificate preferred
• Experience in manufacturing/industrial environments
• Strong fault finding and maintenance on electrical systems
• Knowledge of Citect SCADA, Allen Bradley PLCs and VSDs
• High voltage awareness 11kV (helpful)
• Knowledge of AC/DC drives
• Confined space certification
• Working at heights certification
• Experience with Mex CMMS
• AutoCAD experience desirable

Responsibilities

• Pro-actively demonstrate safety commitment and uphold PROTECT safety culture
• Comply with safety responsibilities and authorities
• Conduct safety conversations and identify hazards with proper controls
• Maintain high housekeeping standards
• Report injuries, incidents, hazards and near misses
• Complete quality assurance testing and recording
• Efficiently fault-find and repair plant outages promptly

Skills

Safety culture

Fault finding

Maintenance

Shift work

Manufacturing experience

Education

Queensland Electrical Licence

Senior First Aid

Confined space

Working at heights (EWP)

Autocad

Tools

Citect SCADA

Allen Bradley PLCs

Variable Speed Drives

Autocad

CMMS (Mex CMMS)

Job description

Description

About Laminex Australia

We’ve been a part of the iconic Australian design landscape for over 90 years. Only a few short years after Australian’s fell in love with Vegemite, families were spreading their toast in kitchens and on tables made by us. We’ve come a long way. Today, you’ll see Laminex on surfaces everywhere you look - be it hospitals, shopping centres, restaurants or your home. We manufacture and procure a broad range of products for commercial and residential use such as laminate, engineered stone and veneers so that all Australians can live in beautiful, practical spaces.

About the Role

Being one of Australia’s leading manufacturers in the building & interiors industry requires ongoing support and maintenance of electrical equipment. As a result, we are seeking an experienced and safety orientated Electrician at our Gympie (Toolara) site in QLD. The primary focus of this role is to provide assistance in the electrical maintenance of all the equipment supporting the manufacturing process. We are seeking to appoint a person who has expertise in maintaining a high standard of work in accordance with Australian regulations and standards and work as a proactive member of the Maintenance team, under the site organisational structure. This role is both standard dayshift hours (6am - 3pm) and/or rotating12 hour shifts – you must be able and willing to work both structures. Rotating shifts would be 14 x 12-hour shifts per 28 days.

Key focuses & responsibilities will include:

• Pro-actively demonstrate a personal commitment to safety and our PROTECT safety culture
• Demonstrate an understanding of and comply with the responsibilities, accountabilities and authorities contained within the safety system relevant to your position and team
• Pro-actively undertake Safety Behaviour Conversations (SBC) and identify hazards and implement appropriate control measures
• Achieve and maintain a high standard of housekeeping
• Report all injuries, incidents, hazards and near misses, regardless of severity
• Complete quality assurance testing and recording
• Efficient and effective fault finding to diagnose and repair plant outages in a timely manner.

About You

We are after the following experience, skills & traits:

• Appropriate trade certification Queensland Electrical Licence
• Shift work experience
• Senior First Aid certificate (preferred not mandatory)
• Previous experience in a manufacturing and/or industrial environment
• High level of fault finding, repair and carry out maintenance on complex electrical systems comprising of Citect SCADA systems, Allen Bradley PLCs and Variable Speed drives
• High voltage Maintenance 11KV ring main (helpful but not essential)
• Good knowledge of AC/DC drives
• Confined space certification
• Working at heights (EWP) certification
• Commitment to working within the Mex CMMS environment
• Autocad experience desirable

What’s on offer:

• Career development opportunities in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
• A strong focus on safety, well-being, and continuous improvement.
• Access to Fletcher Building discounts