Technician Maintenance - Electrican

Whitehaven Coal Limited; Blackwater; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Whitehaven Coal Limited seeks an experienced Electrician to maintain CHPP electrical systems at our Blackwater site in Queensland. You will perform inspections, preventive maintenance and fault‑finding on screens, centrifuges, conveyors, pumps, thickeners and flotation circuits.

You’ll work to ensure reliability and meet safety standards within a heavy industrial environment. You will ensure compliance with SHMS and site electrical standards, execute safe isolations, document performance data,

Qualifications

• Current Queensland Electrical Licence is required.
• Experience in CHPP, fixed-plant, mineral processing or heavy industrial electrical maintenance.
• Demonstrated capability in complex process-plant isolations and safe work on fixed-plant systems.
• Strong technical expertise across SCADA, PLCs, instrumentation, and fault-diagnosis techniques.
• Exposure to High Voltage Switching & Access or ability to obtain.
• EEHA maintenance processes and inspections exposure.

Responsibilities

• Maintain CHPP electrical systems — inspections, preventive maintenance and fault‑finding across screens, centrifuges, conveyors, pumps, thickeners, flotation circuits, feeders and fixed‑plant equipment.
• Support plant reliability — identify defects, implement corrective actions and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the CHPP.
• Perform HV operations — switching, testing, commissioning and troubleshooting in accordance with site HV procedures.
• Ensure compliance and safety — work within the site SHMS, electrical standards and statutory regulations, ensuring safe isolations and controlled maintenance activities.
• Document maintenance activities — record electrical performance data, defects and improvements to support reliability engineering and operational planning.

Skills

SCADA

PLCs

Instrumentation

Fault-diagnosis

Education

Queensland Electrical Licence

Job description

• Maintain CHPP electrical systems — conduct inspections, preventive maintenance and fault‑finding across screens, centrifuges, conveyors, pumps, thickeners, flotation circuits, feeders and associated fixed‑plant equipment.
• Support plant reliability — identify defects, implement corrective actions and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the CHPP.
• Perform HV operations — switching, testing, commissioning and troubleshooting in accordance with site HV procedures.
• Ensure compliance and safety — work within the site SHMS, electrical standards and statutory regulations, ensuring safe isolations and controlled maintenance activities.
• Document maintenance activities — record electrical performance data, defects and improvements to support reliability engineering and operational planning.

What You’ll Bring

• Current Queensland Electrical Licence with a strong commitment to safe, compliant electrical work.
• Experience in CHPP, fixed‑plant, mineral processing or heavy industrial electrical maintenance.
• Demonstrated capability in complex process‑plant isolations and safe work on fixed‑plant systems.
• Strong technical expertise across SCADA, PLCs, instrumentation, and advanced fault‑diagnosis techniques.
• Qualifications and/or experience in High Voltage Switching & Access, or the ability to obtain these.
• Exposure to EEHA maintenance processes and inspections.