Site Electrical & Automation Supervisor

Bush's Proteins; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bush's Proteins, located at Beaudesert, is seeking a Site Electrical & Automation Supervisor to lead electrical, automation and process control across a high-performance plant. You will manage shift electricians, apprentices and a process control specialist, ensuring safe, reliable operation on site.

The role requires a licensed electrician with strong industrial experience and leadership capability to drive maintenance, troubleshooting and automation upgrades.

Qualifications

• Licensed electrician with extensive industrial manufacturing experience.
• Strong leadership capability and experience supervising electrical teams.
• Advanced knowledge of PLCs, SCADA, HMIs, instrumentation, drives, and industrial networks.
• Ability to guide and mentor apprentices and tradespeople.
• Experience leading complex troubleshooting and automation fault-finding.
• Strong communication skills and a commitment to safe work practices.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team of electricians, apprentices, and a process control specialist.
• Overseeing electrical maintenance, compliance, and safe work practices.
• Providing advanced troubleshooting across PLC, SCADA, instrumentation, drives, and industrial networks.
• Managing automation changes, system integrity, backups, and documentation.
• Supporting capital projects, upgrades, and reliability improvements.
• Ensuring electrical and automation work meets regulatory, safety, and operational standards.
• Working closely with production, engineering, and contractors to keep the plant running safely and efficiently.

Skills

PLC systems

SCADA

HMIs

Instrumentation

Drives

Industrial networks

Team leadership

Electrical maintenance

Job description

Located in Beaudesert, Bush's Proteins is one of Australia's largest service rendering plants. Bush's Proteins is a function of the A J Bush & Sons business which is family owned and operated with over 115 years of history in the meat industry. The Head Office is located in Homebush, NSW.

Bush's Proteins converts animal by-products into valuable commodities such as meat-based protein meals and fats / oils, commonly used as key ingredients in stock feed, pet food, aqua feed and fertiliser.

We're seeking an experienced Site Electrical & Automation Supervisor to lead our electrical, automation, and process control functions across a high-performance industrial manufacturing plant. This is a senior technical leadership role overseeing a team of shift electricians, apprentices, and a process control specialist, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all electrical and automation systems on site.

If you're a licensed electrician with strong industrial experience - and you're ready to step into a role where your technical depth and leadership capability genuinely matter - this is the opportunity for you.

About the Role

As the Site Electrical & Automation Supervisor, you will be the highest-level electrical and automation authority on site, responsible for:

Leading and developing a team of electricians, apprentices, and a process control specialist

Overseeing electrical maintenance, compliance, and safe work practices

Providing advanced troubleshooting across PLC, SCADA, instrumentation, drives, and industrial networks

Managing automation changes, system integrity, backups, and documentation

Supporting capital projects, upgrades, and reliability improvements

Ensuring electrical and automation work meets regulatory, safety, and operational standards

Working closely with production, engineering, and contractors to keep the plant running safely and efficiently

This role suits someone who enjoys being hands-on, solving complex technical problems, and building capability within a team.

What You'll Bring

Licensed electrician with extensive industrial manufacturing experience

Strong leadership capability and experience supervising electrical teams

Advanced knowledge of PLCs, SCADA, HMIs, instrumentation, drives, and industrial networks

Ability to guide and mentor apprentices and tradespeople

Experience leading complex troubleshooting and automation fault-finding

Strong communication skills and a commitment to safe work practices

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